Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2016

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Rank (rank change vs 2015)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
26 (2)	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1989	2477	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego
27 (20)	Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1984	83	Parsons School of Design FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles LIM College
28 (11)	Georgetown University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1978	718	Boston College University of Pennsylvania Brown University
28 (4)	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1978	669	University of Pennsylvania Cornell University Brown University
30	Texas A & M International University Laredo, TX Nearby: Laredo	1975	138	Laredo Community College University of Houston-Victoria University of Texas at San Antonio
31 (1)	Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO Nearby: St. Louis, St. Charles, Farmington	1972	1102	Northwestern University Vanderbilt University Johns Hopkins University
32 (8)	Rice University Houston, TX Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville	1968	625	Washington University in St. Louis Johns Hopkins University Duke University
33 (26)	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO Nearby: Colorado Springs	1961	231	United States Naval Academy United States Military Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
34 (73)	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	1957	148	Mount Holyoke College Smith College Wellesley College
35 (3)	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Nearby: Detroit, Warren, Flint	1954	8302	Michigan State University Harvard University Northwestern University
36 (3)	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1950	1390	University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Duke University
37 (63)	University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC	1949	213	14.8,85.2 15% University of Toronto 12.7,87.3 13% McGill University 8.7,91.3 9% University of Waterloo
38 (4)	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland	1948	1436	University of Pennsylvania Princeton University Columbia University in the City of New York
38 (70)	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1948	124	Pomona College Pitzer College Occidental College
40 (9)	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Nearby: Pittsburgh, New Castle	1940	845	Cornell University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Johns Hopkins University
41 (38)	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1937	1179	Yale University Stanford University Princeton University
42 (27)	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	1922	545	Brown University Princeton University Columbia University in the City of New York
43 (12)	Tufts University Medford, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1921	501	Boston College Brown University Amherst College
44 (35)	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT Nearby: Not applicable	1911	278	Bowdoin College Williams College Amherst College
45 (—)	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1899	55	Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Rhode Island School of Design Columbia University - Fu School of Engineering
46 (27)	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Nearby: Charlottesville	1898	851	Virginia Tech College of William and Mary University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
47 (3)	Carleton College Northfield, MN Nearby: Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Cloud	1883	416	Macalester College Grinnell College Bowdoin College
48 (12)	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1874	281	Wesleyan University Swarthmore College Amherst College
49 (15)	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1868	281	Smith College Barnard College Bryn Mawr College
50 (8)	Berea College Berea, KY Nearby: Lexington, Fayette, , Frankfort, , Richmond	1864	103	Morehead State University Eastern Kentucky University Lindsey Wilson College

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