Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2012
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All Colleges | National Universities | Liberal Arts Colleges | Masters Colleges
Rank |
College |
Score(Elo points) |
Matchups(Student decisions) |
Peer Colleges |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester |
2542 | 468 | |
| 2 |
|
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport |
2494 | 282 | |
| 3 |
|
Stanford University
Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland |
2480 | 294 | |
| 4 |
|
Yale University
New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport |
2462 | 408 | |
| 5 |
|
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland |
2444 | 427 | |
| 6 |
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester |
2421 | 153 | |
| 7 |
|
United States Air Force Academy
USAF Academy, CO Nearby: Colorado Springs |
2410 | 51 | |
| 8 |
|
Pomona College
Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside |
2279 | 131 | |
| 9 |
|
Caltech
Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside |
2274 | 48 | |
| 10 |
|
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport |
2258 | 261 | |
| 11 |
|
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland |
2235 | 76 | |
| 12 |
|
Williams College
Williamstown, MA Nearby: Pittsfield |
2147 | 75 | |
| 13 |
|
Brown University
Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester |
2145 | 300 | |
| 13 |
|
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont |
2145 | 235 | |
| 15 |
|
Barnard College
New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport |
2113 | 55 | |
| 16 |
|
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia |
2083 | 41 | United States Air Force Academy |
| 17 |
|
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport |
2078 | 35 | |
| 18 |
|
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME Nearby: Portland, Lewiston, South Portland |
2077 | 92 | |
| 19 |
|
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester |
2052 | 82 | |
| 20 |
|
Amherst College
Amherst, MA |
2047 | 83 | |
| 21 |
|
Duke University
Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary |
2041 | 290 | |
| 22 |
|
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia |
2035 | 232 | |
| 23 |
|
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa |
2022 | 344 | |
| 24 |
|
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City |
2018 | 297 | |
| 25 |
|
Rice University
Houston, TX Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville |
2003 | 201 | |