Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2016

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Rank (rank change vs 2015)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (—)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2311	1181	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
2 (—)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2299	627	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
3 (20)	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2188	222	Caltech Pomona College Claremont McKenna College
4 (6)	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	2166	1094	Princeton University Brown University University of Pennsylvania
5 (1)	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2163	914	Princeton University Stanford University Harvard University
6 (10)	United States Military Academy West Point, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2161	235	United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
7 (—)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2149	1038	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
8 (4)	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	2148	1198	Northwestern University Columbia University in the City of New York University of Pennsylvania
9 (17)	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2141	182	United States Air Force Academy United States Military Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
10	University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON	2128	50	11.7,88.3 12% McMaster University 10.8,89.2 11% University of Toronto 10.3,89.7 11% Queen's University
11 (10)	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2127	222	Williams College Amherst College Bowdoin College
12 (5)	Pomona College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2121	397	Claremont McKenna College Amherst College Swarthmore College
13 (2)	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME Nearby: Portland, Lewiston, South Portland	2074	218	Colby College Middlebury College Bates College
14 (8)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2072	221	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
15 (1)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2061	867	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
16 (62)	University of Toronto Toronto, ON	2055	149	15.5,84.5 16% McGill University 14.7,85.3 15% University of British Columbia 10.8,89.2 11% University of Waterloo
17 (12)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2052	776	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
18 (14)	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	2048	1196	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
19 (—)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2047	3768	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
20 (32)	McGill University Montreal, QC	2044	311	15.5,84.5 16% University of Toronto 13.6,86.4 14% University of British Columbia 7.8,92.2 8% University of Waterloo
21 (1)	Williams College Williamstown, MA Nearby: Pittsfield	2040	265	Amherst College Swarthmore College Bowdoin College
22 (3)	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2020	3657	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
23 (11)	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2019	679	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
24 (29)	Barnard College New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2008	197	Wellesley College Smith College Bryn Mawr College
25 (7)	Haverford College Haverford, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2007	146	Swarthmore College Vassar College Bowdoin College

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