Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2018

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Rank (rank change vs 2017)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
51 (27)	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1847	265	Caltech Pomona College Claremont McKenna College
52 (21)	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO Nearby: Colorado Springs	1840	227	Colby College Bowdoin College Grinnell College
52 (32)	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1840	346	Smith College Barnard College Bryn Mawr College
54 (23)	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland	1839	1912	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
54	Scripps College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1839	172	Pitzer College Claremont McKenna College Pomona College
56 (19)	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1836	1768	University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Brown University
57 (15)	Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO Nearby: St. Louis, St. Charles, Farmington	1835	1452	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Johns Hopkins University
58 (375)	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1833	426	Lafayette College Bucknell University Villanova University
59	University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX Nearby: Tyler, Jacksonville	1829	63	Tyler Junior College Stephen F Austin State University Texas A & M University-Commerce
60 (23)	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Nearby: Pittsburgh, New Castle	1828	1123	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cornell University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
61	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Altoona, PA Nearby: Altoona	1826	77	Mount Aloysius College University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Saint Francis University
62 (25)	Emory University Atlanta, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1821	1050	Vanderbilt University Washington University in St. Louis Rice University
63 (38)	University of Toronto Toronto, ON	1820	234	15.5,84.5 16% McGill University 14.7,85.3 15% University of British Columbia 10.8,89.2 11% University of Waterloo
64 (19)	University of Georgia Athens, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1819	2170	Georgia State University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Auburn University
65 (21)	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Nearby: Austin, Round Rock	1816	2656	Texas A & M University-College Station Baylor University Texas Tech University
65 (20)	Amherst College Amherst, MA	1816	326	Williams College Swarthmore College Bowdoin College
67	California Maritime Academy Vallejo, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	1812	68	Maine Maritime Academy Massachusetts Maritime Academy SUNY Maritime College
68 (2)	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA Nearby: Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia	1811	87	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma Community College
69 (15)	Kendall College Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1802	78	College for Creative Studies Center for Creative Studies - College of Art and Design Culinary Institute of America
70 (34)	Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA Nearby: Not applicable	1800	139	Citadel Military College of South Carolina United States Military Academy Norwich University
71	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1796	157	Providence College Fairfield University Bates College
72 (18)	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA Nearby: Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford	1791	2987	James Madison University University of Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University
73 (4)	University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK Nearby: Tulsa, Bartlesville	1790	246	Tulsa Community College Oral Roberts University University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
74 (36)	University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC	1788	385	14.7,85.3 15% University of Toronto 13.6,86.4 14% McGill University 9.4,90.6 10% University of Waterloo
75 (50)	University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	1786	120	St. Mary's University Saint Edward's University El Paso Community College

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