Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2021

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Rank (rank change vs 2020)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
26	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2003	60	University of Phoenix-Online Campus Western Governors University University of New Hampshire
27 (17)	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	1995	2547	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
28 (5)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	1992	8263	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
29 (7)	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	1991	951	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University
30	Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1989	107	Whittier College Burlington College Pitzer College
31 (19)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1987	410	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
32	Southern Virginia University Buena Vista, VA Nearby: Not applicable	1976	64	Brigham Young University-Hawaii Brigham Young University-Idaho Brigham Young University-Provo
33 (14)	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL Nearby: Champaign, Urbana	1968	13788	University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois State University Purdue University-Main Campus
34 (27)	Amherst College Amherst, MA	1966	437	Williams College Swarthmore College Bowdoin College
34 (6)	University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON	1966	159	11.7,88.3 12% McMaster University 10.8,89.2 11% University of Toronto 10.3,89.7 11% Queen's University
36 (11)	University of Toronto Toronto, ON	1965	520	15.5,84.5 16% McGill University 14.7,85.3 15% University of British Columbia 10.8,89.2 11% University of Waterloo
37 (15)	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1962	3506	University of Georgia Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University
38 (10)	University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI	1958	17684	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
39 (5)	Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO Nearby: St. Louis, St. Charles, Farmington	1944	1898	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Johns Hopkins University
40 (13)	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Nearby: Charlottesville	1943	5008	Virginia Tech James Madison University College of William and Mary
41	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Fogelsville, PA Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1939	67	DeSales University Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary Cedar Crest College
42 (32)	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME Nearby: Portland, Lewiston, South Portland	1938	367	Colby College Middlebury College Bates College
43 (26)	Brigham Young University-Provo Provo, UT Nearby: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Clearfield	1935	1269	Brigham Young University-Idaho Utah State University Utah Valley University
43 (644)	Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS Nearby: Pittsburg	1935	175	Emporia State University Fort Hays State University Wichita State University
45 (12)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	1931	1718	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
46 (13)	University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC	1926	642	14.7,85.3 15% University of Toronto 13.6,86.4 14% McGill University 9.4,90.6 10% University of Waterloo
47 (23)	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	1925	1827	Princeton University Brown University University of Pennsylvania
48 (4)	University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX Nearby: Dallas, Fort Worth	1918	2117	University of North Texas University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at Arlington
49 (17)	University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX Nearby: Tyler, Jacksonville	1917	156	Tyler Junior College Stephen F Austin State University Texas A & M University-Commerce
50 (4)	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland	1910	2587	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University

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