Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2020


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Rank


(rank change vs 2019)

College


Score


(Elo points)

Matchups


(Student decisions)

Peer Colleges

26 (12) Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland
1859 2378

Princeton University

University of Pennsylvania

Brown University

27 (17) University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City
1852 1899

Northwestern University

Columbia University in the City of New York

University of Pennsylvania

28 (27) Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Nearby: Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford
1847 6018

James Madison University

University of Virginia

Virginia Commonwealth University

28 (2) Yale University
New Haven, CT
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
1847 1575

Princeton University

Harvard University

Stanford University

30 (1) University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Nearby: Austin, Round Rock
1845 4260

Texas A & M University-College Station

Baylor University

Texas Tech University

31 (90) University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Lafayette, LA
Nearby: Lafayette, Acadiana
1842 69

Southeastern Louisiana University

Louisiana Tech University

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

32 (2) Duke University
Durham, NC
Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary
1838 1689

Princeton University

University of Pennsylvania

Brown University

33 (45) Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia
1829 1023

Dartmouth College

Brown University

Columbia University in the City of New York

34 (12) Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester
1827 2264

Yale University

Stanford University

Princeton University

35 (7) Rice University
Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville
1826 1035

Johns Hopkins University

Vanderbilt University

Washington University in St. Louis

36 (11) Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
Nearby: Lafayette, Frankfort
1823 17431

Indiana University - Bloomington

Ball State University

Indiana University - Purdue University-Indianapolis

37 (32) Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville
1804 1418

Vanderbilt University

Washington University in St. Louis

Rice University

38 (7) University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville
1802 3651

Georgia State University

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Auburn University

39 (—) Illinois State University
Normal, IL
1800 3836

Northern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

40 (25) University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City
1798 3743

Loyola University - Chicago

DePaul University

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

41 (3) Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Nearby: Pittsburgh, New Castle
1797 1347

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cornell University

Johns Hopkins University

42 (6) University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
Nearby: Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha
1792 3847

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

University of Wisconsin - Madison

43 (2) Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH
Nearby: Columbus, Marion, Chillicothe
1777 4486

Penn State University

Purdue University-Main Campus

University of Cincinnati

44 (27) Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Tallahassee, FL
1776 605

Clark Atlanta University

North Carolina A & T State University

Alabama A & M University

45 (28) Texas Southern University
Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville
1773 286

Prairie View A & M University

Grambling State University

Jackson State University

46 (18) University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
1771 6464

University of California, San Diego

University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California, Riverside

47 (3) Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester
1765 1420

Boston University

Georgetown University

Northeastern University

48 (24) Wilmington College
Wilmington, OH
Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland
1763 142

Wilmington University

Southeastern University

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute

49 (4) Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
Nearby: Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha
1755 6434

University of Wisconsin - Madison

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Loyola University - Chicago

50 (2) University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Nearby: San Diego, Carlsbad, San Marcos
1754 6774

University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California, Irvine

University of California, Los Angeles

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