Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2017

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Rank (rank change vs 2016)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (11)	Pomona College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2330	413	Claremont McKenna College Amherst College Swarthmore College
2 (31)	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO Nearby: Colorado Springs	2292	321	United States Naval Academy United States Military Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
3 (3)	United States Military Academy West Point, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2247	315	United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
4 (5)	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2238	229	United States Air Force Academy United States Military Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
5 (3)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2204	757	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
6 (8)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2193	271	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
7 (—)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2172	1255	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
8 (7)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2159	1444	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
9	United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT Nearby: Hartford, West Hartford, Willimantic	2064	77	United States Merchant Marine Academy United States Naval Academy United States Military Academy
10 (5)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2054	1006	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
11 (2)	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME Nearby: Portland, Lewiston, South Portland	2042	246	Colby College Middlebury College Bates College
12 (30)	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	2036	635	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University
13 (5)	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	2030	1496	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
13 (10)	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2030	794	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
15 (4)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2019	4781	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
16 (1)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2009	872	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
17 (12)	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2006	1062	Princeton University Stanford University Harvard University
18 (7)	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2001	248	Williams College Amherst College Bowdoin College
19 (3)	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1996	4823	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
20 (29)	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1990	323	Smith College Barnard College Bryn Mawr College
21 (49)	Pitzer College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1983	90	Scripps College Claremont McKenna College Occidental College
22 (19)	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1977	1461	Yale University Stanford University Princeton University
23 (7)	Texas A & M International University Laredo, TX Nearby: Laredo	1975	353	Laredo Community College Texas A & M University-Kingsville University of Texas at San Antonio
24 (21)	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1964	245	Caltech Pomona College Claremont McKenna College
25 (9)	University of Toronto Toronto, ON	1958	186	15.5,84.5 16% McGill University 14.7,85.3 15% University of British Columbia 10.8,89.2 11% University of Waterloo

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