Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2018


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Rank


(rank change vs 2017)

College


Score


(Elo points)

Matchups


(Student decisions)

Peer Colleges

1 (4) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester
2239 893

Princeton University

Stanford University

Cornell University

2 (49) Williams College
Williamstown, MA
Nearby: Pittsfield
2161 355

Amherst College

Swarthmore College

Bowdoin College

3 (5) Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland
2131 1672

Yale University

Princeton University

Harvard University

4 (2) United States Air Force Academy
USAF Academy, CO
Nearby: Colorado Springs
2116 421

United States Naval Academy

United States Military Academy

United States Coast Guard Academy

5 Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
2107 152

Pomona College

Pitzer College

Scripps College

6 (3) United States Military Academy
West Point, NY
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
2104 398

United States Naval Academy

United States Air Force Academy

United States Coast Guard Academy

7 (6) Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
2096 923

Brown University

University of Pennsylvania

Princeton University

8 (3) Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Nearby: Portland, Lewiston, South Portland
2095 286

Colby College

Middlebury College

Bates College

8 United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point, NY
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
2095 61

United States Coast Guard Academy

United States Military Academy

United States Naval Academy

10 (7) Yale University
New Haven, CT
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
2077 1299

Princeton University

Harvard University

Stanford University

11 (7) United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia
2069 334

United States Air Force Academy

United States Military Academy

United States Coast Guard Academy

12 (4) Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
2064 1056

Yale University

Stanford University

Cornell University

13 (7) Caltech
Pasadena, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
2044 306

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Carnegie Mellon University

Harvey Mudd College

14 (13) Pomona College
Claremont, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
2043 463

Claremont McKenna College

Amherst College

Swarthmore College

15 (5) Brown University
Providence, RI
Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester
2032 1195

Columbia University in the City of New York

Princeton University

University of Pennsylvania

16 (4) Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Nearby: Claremont
2028 731

Brown University

Columbia University in the City of New York

Princeton University

17 (24) Duke University
Durham, NC
Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary
1995 1420

Princeton University

University of Pennsylvania

Brown University

18 Texas A & M University-Galveston
Galveston, TX
1989 85

4.3,95.7 5% Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi

1.7,98.3 2% Texas A & M University-Kingsville

1.6,98.4 2% Maine Maritime Academy

19 (4) University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland
1973 5710

University of California, Los Angeles

Stanford University

University of California, San Diego

20 (40) Smith College
Northampton, MA
1968 326

Mount Holyoke College

Wellesley College

Bryn Mawr College

21 (12) United States Coast Guard Academy
New London, CT
Nearby: Hartford, West Hartford, Willimantic
1962 95

United States Merchant Marine Academy

United States Naval Academy

United States Military Academy

22 (11) University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City
1955 1561

Northwestern University

Columbia University in the City of New York

University of Pennsylvania

23 (9) University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Nearby: Charlottesville
1951 2394

Virginia Tech

James Madison University

College of William and Mary

24 (4) Rice University
Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville
1942 844

Johns Hopkins University

Vanderbilt University

Washington University in St. Louis

25 Evangel University
Springfield, MO
1939 76

North Central University

Southwestern Assemblies of God University

Southwest Baptist University

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