Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2018

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Rank (rank change vs 2017)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (4)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2239	893	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
2 (49)	Williams College Williamstown, MA Nearby: Pittsfield	2161	355	Amherst College Swarthmore College Bowdoin College
3 (5)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2131	1672	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
4 (2)	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO Nearby: Colorado Springs	2116	421	United States Naval Academy United States Military Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
5	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2107	152	Pomona College Pitzer College Scripps College
6 (3)	United States Military Academy West Point, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2104	398	United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
7 (6)	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2096	923	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
8 (3)	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME Nearby: Portland, Lewiston, South Portland	2095	286	Colby College Middlebury College Bates College
8	United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2095	61	United States Coast Guard Academy United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy
10 (7)	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2077	1299	Princeton University Stanford University Harvard University
11 (7)	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2069	334	United States Air Force Academy United States Military Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
12 (4)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2064	1056	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
13 (7)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2044	306	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
14 (13)	Pomona College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2043	463	Claremont McKenna College Amherst College Swarthmore College
15 (5)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2032	1195	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
16 (4)	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	2028	731	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University
17 (24)	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	1995	1420	Princeton University Brown University University of Pennsylvania
18	Texas A & M University-Galveston Galveston, TX	1989	85	4.0,96.0 4% Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi 1.7,98.3 2% Maine Maritime Academy 1.6,98.4 2% Texas A & M University-Kingsville
19 (4)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	1973	5710	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
20 (40)	Smith College Northampton, MA	1968	326	Mount Holyoke College Wellesley College Bryn Mawr College
21 (12)	United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT Nearby: Hartford, West Hartford, Willimantic	1962	95	United States Merchant Marine Academy United States Naval Academy United States Military Academy
22 (11)	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1955	1561	Northwestern University Columbia University in the City of New York University of Pennsylvania
23 (9)	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Nearby: Charlottesville	1951	2394	Virginia Tech James Madison University College of William and Mary
24 (4)	Rice University Houston, TX Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville	1942	844	Johns Hopkins University Vanderbilt University Dartmouth College
25	Evangel University Springfield, MO	1939	76	Southwestern Assemblies of God University North Central University College of the Ozarks

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