Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2015

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Rank (rank change vs 2014)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
26 (—)	Rice University Houston, TX Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville	1945	462	Johns Hopkins University Vanderbilt University Washington University in St. Louis
27 (29)	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Nearby: Pittsburgh, New Castle	1885	662	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cornell University Johns Hopkins University
28	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1861	36	Rutgers University-Camden Rutgers University-New Brunswick Montclair State University
29 (44)	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1852	279	Lafayette College Bucknell University Villanova University
30 (1)	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Nearby: Austin, Round Rock	1850	849	Texas A & M University-College Station Baylor University Texas Tech University
30 (15)	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	1850	632	Duke University University of Virginia Vanderbilt University
30	Parsons School of Design New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1850	61	Fashion Institute of Technology Pratt Institute Rhode Island School of Design
33 (12)	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1825	797	Florida State University University of Central Florida University of South Florida
34 (5)	University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI	1816	6046	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
34 (15)	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA Nearby: San Diego, Carlsbad, San Marcos	1816	2239	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles
36 (19)	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1812	766	Boston University Georgetown University Northeastern University
37 (7)	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Nearby: Charlottesville	1807	638	Virginia Tech James Madison University College of William and Mary
38 (1)	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL Nearby: Champaign, Urbana	1803	3088	University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois State University Loyola University - Chicago
39 (15)	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1799	1982	University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Riverside
40 (13)	University of California, Davis Davis, CA Nearby: Sacramento, , Arden, Arcade, , Yuba City	1796	1724	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Irvine University of California, San Diego
41 (24)	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Nearby:	1780	2021	University of California, San Diego University of California, Irvine University of California, Davis
42 (8)	George Washington University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1779	610	American University Georgetown University Boston University
43 (8)	University of Washington Seattle, WA Nearby: Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia	1776	1157	Washington State University University of Oregon Western Washington University
44 (4)	College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA	1772	309	University of Virginia Virginia Tech James Madison University
45	University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX Nearby: San Antonio	1752	127	Texas State University-San Marcos Texas A & M International University University of Houston
46 (6)	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX Nearby: College Station, Bryan	1746	463	University of Texas at Austin Texas Tech University Baylor University
47	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	1745	87	Florida International University Florida Atlantic University Barry University
48	University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK Nearby: Tulsa, Bartlesville	1743	90	Tulsa Community College University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Oklahoma State University
49 (1)	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI Nearby: Lansing, East Lansing, Owosso	1742	10013	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Grand Valley State University Central Michigan University
50 (17)	New York University New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1738	1586	Columbia University in the City of New York Boston University University of California, Berkeley

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