Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2018

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Rank (rank change vs 2017)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
26 (4)	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1836	1768	University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Brown University
27 (2)	Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO Nearby: St. Louis, St. Charles, Farmington	1835	1452	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Johns Hopkins University
28 (142)	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1833	426	Lafayette College Bucknell University Villanova University
29 (15)	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Nearby: Pittsburgh, New Castle	1828	1123	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cornell University Johns Hopkins University
30 (15)	Emory University Atlanta, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1821	1050	Vanderbilt University Washington University in St. Louis Rice University
31 (4)	University of Georgia Athens, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1819	2170	Georgia State University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Auburn University
32 (6)	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Nearby: Austin, Round Rock	1816	2656	Texas A & M University-College Station Baylor University Texas Tech University
33 (13)	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA Nearby: Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford	1791	2987	James Madison University University of Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University
34 (1)	University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK Nearby: Tulsa, Bartlesville	1790	246	Tulsa Community College University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Oklahoma State University
35 (26)	University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	1786	120	St. Mary's University Saint Edward's University El Paso Community College
36 (15)	Georgetown University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1775	880	Dartmouth College Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York
37 (21)	College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA	1772	934	University of Virginia Virginia Tech James Madison University
38 (3)	University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI	1761	10276	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
39 (121)	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC Nearby: Greensboro, , Winston, Salem, , High Point	1756	496	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Davidson College Emory University
40 (8)	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	1747	1149	Duke University University of Virginia Vanderbilt University
41 (9)	University of Rochester Rochester, NY Nearby: Rochester, Batavia, Seneca Falls	1744	673	Case Western Reserve University Tufts University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
42 (16)	George Washington University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1743	1268	American University Georgetown University Boston University
43 (12)	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL Nearby: Champaign, Urbana	1738	6694	University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois State University Loyola University - Chicago
44 (48)	University of Delaware Newark, DE Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	1731	664	Delaware State University Delaware Technical and Community College-Stanton-Wilmington Salisbury University
45 (9)	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Nearby:	1729	4127	University of California, San Diego University of California, Irvine University of California, Davis
46 (2)	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX Nearby: College Station, Bryan	1727	2044	University of Texas at Austin Texas Tech University Baylor University
47 (7)	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1726	1760	Florida State University University of Central Florida University of South Florida
48 (77)	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1719	215	University of New Hampshire Roger Williams University University of Connecticut
49 (8)	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA Nearby: San Diego, Carlsbad, San Marcos	1718	4739	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles
49 (11)	University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX Nearby: San Antonio	1718	673	Texas State University-San Marcos Texas A & M International University University of Houston

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