Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2016

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Rank (rank change vs 2015)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
26 (11)	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Nearby: Charlottesville	1898	851	Virginia Tech James Madison University College of William and Mary
27 (85)	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1864	76	New Jersey Institute of Technology Worcester Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
28 (5)	Brigham Young University-Provo Provo, UT Nearby: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Clearfield	1859	281	Brigham Young University-Idaho Utah State University Utah Valley University
29 (1)	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Nearby: Austin, Round Rock	1836	1298	Texas A & M University-College Station Baylor University Texas Tech University
30 (22)	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1820	1029	University of Georgia Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University
31 (35)	Emory University Atlanta, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1810	673	Vanderbilt University Washington University in St. Louis Rice University
32 (33)	University of Georgia Athens, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1808	766	Georgia State University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Auburn University
33 (3)	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	1802	799	Duke University University of Virginia Vanderbilt University
34 (4)	Parsons School of Design New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1800	93	Fashion Institute of Technology Pratt Institute Rhode Island School of Design
35 (14)	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Nearby: Nashville, Davidson, , Murfreesboro, , Columbia	1798	899	Duke University Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University
36 (14)	New York University New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1794	2110	Columbia University in the City of New York Boston University University of California, Berkeley
37 (135)	University of Nebraska, Lincoln Lincoln, NE	1792	633	University of Nebraska, Omaha University of Nebraska at Kearney Creighton University
38 (36)	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX Nearby: Dallas, Fort Worth	1786	772	Baylor University Southern Methodist University Texas Tech University
39 (1)	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL Nearby: Champaign, Urbana	1785	4328	University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois State University Loyola University - Chicago
40 (2)	George Washington University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1774	820	American University Georgetown University Boston University
41 (7)	University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI	1770	7489	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
42	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX Nearby: Dallas, Fort Worth	1764	51	University of Texas at Arlington University of North Texas Stephen F Austin State University
43 (3)	University of California, Davis Davis, CA Nearby: Sacramento, , Arden, Arcade, , Yuba City	1763	2284	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Irvine University of California, San Diego
44 (161)	Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX Nearby: Corpus Christi, Kingsville	1760	112	Texas A & M University-Kingsville University of Texas at San Antonio Texas A & M International University
45 (11)	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA Nearby: San Diego, Carlsbad, San Marcos	1759	3001	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles
46 (3)	University of Washington Seattle, WA Nearby: Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia	1756	1739	Washington State University University of Oregon Western Washington University
47 (6)	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Nearby:	1746	2666	University of California, San Diego University of California, Irvine University of California, Davis
48 (2)	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX Nearby: College Station, Bryan	1737	788	University of Texas at Austin Texas Tech University Baylor University
48 (15)	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1737	993	Florida State University University of Central Florida University of South Florida
50 (2)	University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK Nearby: Tulsa, Bartlesville	1736	149	Tulsa Community College University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Oklahoma State University

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