Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2020

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Rank (rank change vs 2019)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (8)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2222	1259	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
2 (1)	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO Nearby: Colorado Springs	2180	619	United States Naval Academy United States Military Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
3 (11)	Pomona College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2174	512	Claremont McKenna College Amherst College Swarthmore College
4 (17)	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2140	442	United States Air Force Academy United States Military Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
5 (55)	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2127	344	Williams College Amherst College Bowdoin College
6	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2112	175	Pomona College Pitzer College Scripps College
7 (12)	Amherst College Amherst, MA	2078	396	Williams College Swarthmore College Bowdoin College
8	United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT Nearby: Hartford, West Hartford, Willimantic	2050	127	United States Merchant Marine Academy United States Naval Academy United States Military Academy
9 (6)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2047	2127	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
10	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME Nearby: Portland, Lewiston, South Portland	2044	342	Colby College Middlebury College Bates College
11 (3)	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Nearby: Detroit, Warren, Flint	2042	20369	Michigan State University Grand Valley State University Central Michigan University
12 (18)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2024	1470	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
12 (3)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2024	383	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
14 (4)	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1985	4723	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego
15 (11)	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1974	2412	University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Brown University
15 (31)	American University of Paris 75007 Paris, FR	1974	136	4.4,95.6 5% Richmond College, The American International University in London 2.3,97.7 3% Franklin College Switzerland 1.4,98.6 2% American University in Cairo
17 (6)	Brigham Young University-Provo Provo, UT Nearby: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Clearfield	1965	954	Brigham Young University-Idaho Utah State University Utah Valley University
18 (15)	The University of Texas at Brownsville Brownsville, TX Nearby: Brownsville, Harlingen, Raymondville	1964	322	Texas Southmost College Texas A & M University-Kingsville University of Houston-Victoria
19 (5)	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL Nearby: Champaign, Urbana	1960	11280	University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois State University Purdue University-Main Campus
20 (15)	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1953	1147	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Duke University
21 (8)	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1951	7740	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
22 (8)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1946	1293	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
23 (3)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	1944	7248	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
24 (19)	United States Military Academy West Point, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1932	485	United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
25 (19)	University of Toronto Toronto, ON	1930	419	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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