Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2021

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Rank (rank change vs 2020)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
26 (—)	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland	1910	2587	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
26 (15)	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Nearby: Pittsburgh, New Castle	1910	1475	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cornell University Johns Hopkins University
28 (8)	University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX Nearby: San Antonio	1893	1698	Texas State University-San Marcos Texas A & M International University University of Houston
29 (9)	University of Georgia Athens, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1875	4745	Georgia State University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Auburn University
30 (—)	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Nearby: Austin, Round Rock	1868	5187	Texas A & M University-College Station Baylor University Texas Tech University
31 (3)	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1854	1698	Princeton University Stanford University Harvard University
32 (7)	Illinois State University Normal, IL	1848	4969	Northern Illinois University Southern Illinois University Carbondale University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
33 (13)	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1847	7742	University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Riverside
34 (25)	Edgewood College Madison, WI	1846	845	Madison Area Technical College University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Viterbo University
35 (18)	University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX Nearby: Dallas, Fort Worth	1842	1048	University of North Texas University of Texas at Dallas Texas Tech University
36 (—)	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN Nearby: Lafayette, Frankfort	1839	21381	Indiana University - Bloomington Ball State University Indiana University - Purdue University-Indianapolis
37 (22)	University of California, Davis Davis, CA Nearby: Sacramento, , Arden, Arcade, , Yuba City	1835	6052	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Irvine University of California, San Diego
38 (25)	College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA	1832	1955	University of Virginia James Madison University Virginia Tech
39 (11)	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA Nearby: Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford	1828	7508	James Madison University University of Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University
40 (2)	University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI Nearby: Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha	1823	4694	University of Wisconsin - Whitewater University of Wisconsin Oshkosh University of Wisconsin - Madison
41 (21)	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Nearby: Nashville, Davidson, , Murfreesboro, , Columbia	1802	1657	Duke University Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University
41 (6)	Rice University Houston, TX Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville	1802	1099	Johns Hopkins University Vanderbilt University Dartmouth College
43 (4)	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1798	1535	Boston University Georgetown University Northeastern University
44 (60)	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	1788	1585	Duke University University of Virginia Vanderbilt University
45 (20)	Tufts University Medford, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1783	730	Northeastern University Boston College Amherst College
46 (4)	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA Nearby: San Diego, Carlsbad, San Marcos	1779	8128	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles
47 (10)	DePaul University Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1772	6267	Loyola University - Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago Northern Illinois University
48 (19)	University of Washington Seattle, WA Nearby: Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia	1770	5364	Washington State University University of Oregon Western Washington University
49 (16)	Georgetown University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1769	1101	Dartmouth College Brown University George Washington University
50 (13)	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Nearby:	1768	6773	University of California, San Diego University of California, Irvine University of California, Davis

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