Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2012

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Rank		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
26	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland	2001	464	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
27	Scripps College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2000	48	Pitzer College Claremont McKenna College Pomona College
28	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA Nearby: Not applicable	1996	62	University of Richmond Davidson College College of William and Mary
29	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO Nearby: Colorado Springs	1981	103	Colby College Bowdoin College Grinnell College
30	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Nearby: Charlottesville	1974	310	Virginia Tech James Madison University College of William and Mary
31	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Nearby: Nashville, Davidson, , Murfreesboro, , Columbia	1971	259	Duke University Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University
32	Haverford College Haverford, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	1961	46	Swarthmore College Vassar College Bowdoin College
33	Georgetown University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1959	218	Dartmouth College Brown University George Washington University
34	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT Nearby: Hartford, West Hartford, Willimantic	1952	102	Vassar College Bowdoin College Middlebury College
35	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1950	635	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
36	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	1946	674	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
37	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT Nearby: Not applicable	1941	73	Bowdoin College Colby College Williams College
38	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1925	433	University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Brown University
39	Tufts University Medford, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1921	188	Northeastern University Boston College Amherst College
40	Smith College Northampton, MA	1898	71	Mount Holyoke College Wellesley College Bryn Mawr College
41	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	1895	228	Duke University University of Virginia Vanderbilt University
42	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1885	599	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego
43	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Nearby: Pittsburgh, New Castle	1880	291	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cornell University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
44	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1874	62	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rochester Institute of Technology Stevens Institute of Technology
45	Carleton College Northfield, MN Nearby: Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Cloud	1860	116	Macalester College Grinnell College Bowdoin College
46	University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX Nearby: Dallas, Fort Worth	1859	31	University of North Texas University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at Arlington
47	Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO Nearby: St. Louis, St. Charles, Farmington	1857	246	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Johns Hopkins University
48	Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1848	49	Pratt Institute School of Visual Arts School of the Art Institute of Chicago
49	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Nearby: Detroit, Warren, Flint	1840	1258	Michigan State University Grand Valley State University Central Michigan University
50	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1837	79	Wesleyan University Swarthmore College Bowdoin College

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