Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2018

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Rank (rank change vs 2017)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
26 (2)	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Nearby: Detroit, Warren, Flint	1936	12795	Michigan State University Grand Valley State University Central Michigan University
27 (39)	Tufts University Medford, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1928	575	Northeastern University Boston College Amherst College
28 (9)	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1923	5687	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
28 (5)	Texas A & M International University Laredo, TX Nearby: Laredo	1923	532	Laredo Community College Texas A & M University-Kingsville University of Texas at San Antonio
30 (17)	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	1920	1741	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
31	University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON	1914	87	11.7,88.3 12% McMaster University 10.8,89.2 11% University of Toronto 10.3,89.7 11% Queen's University
32 (2)	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1913	880	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Duke University
33 (15)	McGill University Montreal, QC	1908	409	15.5,84.5 16% University of Toronto 13.6,86.4 14% University of British Columbia 7.8,92.2 8% University of Waterloo
33 (31)	Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1908	143	Otis College of Art and Design California Institute of the Arts School of Visual Arts
35 (14)	Pitzer College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1905	118	Scripps College Claremont McKenna College Occidental College
36 (18)	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	1902	280	Williams College Amherst College Bowdoin College
37 (15)	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1898	1685	Yale University Stanford University Princeton University
38 (19)	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1896	1863	University of Georgia Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University
39 (170)	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA Nearby: Not applicable	1892	285	University of Richmond Davidson College College of William and Mary
40	Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, MO Nearby: Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas City	1890	109	Goddard College Minneapolis College of Art and Design Maryland Institute College of Art
41 (34)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	1882	1369	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
42 (125)	Carroll University Waukesha, WI Nearby: Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha	1879	330	Carroll College Concordia University - Wisconsin Carthage College
42 (50)	Barnard College New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1879	238	Wellesley College Smith College Bryn Mawr College
44	University of Northwestern Ohio Lima, OH Nearby: Lima, Van Wert, Wapakoneta	1873	52	Ohio Technical College Lincoln Technical Institute Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc
45 (15)	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1872	3452	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego
46	University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD Nearby: Salisbury	1862	53	Coppin State University Bowie State University Delaware State University
47	American University of Paris 75007 Paris, FR	1858	90	4.4,95.6 5% Richmond College, The American International University in London 2.3,97.7 3% Franklin College Switzerland 1.4,98.6 2% American University in Cairo
48 (7)	Brigham Young University-Provo Provo, UT Nearby: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Clearfield	1854	522	Brigham Young University-Idaho Utah State University Utah Valley University
49 (246)	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA Nearby: Richmond	1852	514	College of William and Mary Washington and Lee University University of Virginia
50 (10)	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Nearby: Nashville, Davidson, , Murfreesboro, , Columbia	1851	1249	Duke University Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University

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