Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2013

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Rank (rank change vs 2012)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (—)	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2516	661	Yale University Stanford University Princeton University
2 (1)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2483	488	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
3 (1)	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2404	501	Princeton University Harvard University Stanford University
4 (2)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2384	252	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
5 (3)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2356	389	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
6 (18)	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	2339	580	Northwestern University Columbia University in the City of New York University of Pennsylvania
7 (6)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2326	463	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
8 (1)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2324	92	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
9 (11)	Amherst College Amherst, MA	2312	135	Williams College Swarthmore College Bowdoin College
10 (3)	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO Nearby: Colorado Springs	2303	59	United States Naval Academy United States Military Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
11 (—)	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2278	120	Williams College Amherst College Haverford College
12 (9)	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	2265	463	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
13 (1)	Williams College Williamstown, MA Nearby: Pittsfield	2263	143	Amherst College Swarthmore College Bowdoin College
14 (23)	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT Nearby: Not applicable	2262	124	Bowdoin College Colby College Williams College
15 (2)	United States Military Academy West Point, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2241	47	United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
16 (—)	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2219	59	United States Air Force Academy United States Military Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
17 (12)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2211	552	Columbia University in the City of New York Cornell University Princeton University
18 (10)	Pomona College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2184	194	Claremont McKenna College Amherst College Swarthmore College
19 (26)	Carleton College Northfield, MN Nearby: Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Cloud	2183	192	Macalester College Grinnell College Bowdoin College
20 (13)	Georgetown University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2165	319	Dartmouth College Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York
21 (11)	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2163	325	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
22 (4)	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland	2118	715	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
23 (16)	Tufts University Medford, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2110	289	Northeastern University Boston College Amherst College
24	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2100	77	Caltech Pomona College Claremont McKenna College
25 (12)	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	2098	303	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University

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