Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2014

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Rank (rank change vs 2013)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (1)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2493	650	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
2 (2)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2457	316	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
3 (2)	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2408	793	Yale University Stanford University Princeton University
4 (1)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2400	495	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
5 (7)	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	2395	618	Princeton University Brown University University of Pennsylvania
6 (3)	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2389	613	Princeton University Stanford University Harvard University
7 (1)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2342	116	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
8 (10)	Pomona College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2274	233	Claremont McKenna College Amherst College Swarthmore College
8 (16)	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2274	103	Caltech Pomona College Claremont McKenna College
10 (3)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2213	560	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
11 (9)	Georgetown University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2205	406	Dartmouth College Brown University George Washington University
12 (5)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2196	651	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
13 (8)	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2181	406	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
14 (8)	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	2165	719	Northwestern University Columbia University in the City of New York University of Pennsylvania
15 (227)	Haverford College Haverford, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2130	69	Swarthmore College Vassar College Bowdoin College
16 (5)	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2112	139	Williams College Amherst College Bowdoin College
17 (6)	Tufts University Medford, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2110	347	Northeastern University Boston College Amherst College
18 (9)	Amherst College Amherst, MA	2105	161	Williams College Swarthmore College Bowdoin College
19 (7)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2104	1720	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
20 (6)	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT Nearby: Not applicable	2096	160	Bowdoin College Colby College Williams College
21 (19)	Bates College Lewiston, ME Nearby: Portland, Lewiston, South Portland	2087	81	Colby College Bowdoin College Middlebury College
22 (23)	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	2076	472	Duke University University of Virginia Vanderbilt University
23 (6)	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Nearby: Nashville, Davidson, , Murfreesboro, , Columbia	2075	493	Duke University Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University
24 (24)	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2071	163	Smith College Barnard College Bryn Mawr College
25 (—)	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	2068	361	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University

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