Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2013

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Rank (rank change vs 2012)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (—)	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2516	661	Yale University Stanford University Princeton University
2 (1)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2483	488	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
3 (1)	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2404	501	Princeton University Stanford University Harvard University
4 (2)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2384	252	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
5 (3)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2356	389	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
6 (8)	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	2339	580	Northwestern University Columbia University in the City of New York University of Pennsylvania
7 (2)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2326	463	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
8 (1)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2324	92	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
9 (2)	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	2265	463	Princeton University Brown University University of Pennsylvania
10 (5)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2211	552	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
11 (8)	Georgetown University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2165	319	Dartmouth College Brown University George Washington University
12 (4)	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2163	325	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
13 (3)	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland	2118	715	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
14 (9)	Tufts University Medford, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2110	289	Northeastern University Boston College Amherst College
15 (6)	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	2098	303	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University
16 (5)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2084	1211	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
17 (4)	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	2082	463	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
18 (—)	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Nearby: Nashville, Davidson, , Murfreesboro, , Columbia	2035	395	Duke University Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University
19 (4)	Rice University Houston, TX Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville	2034	282	Johns Hopkins University Vanderbilt University Dartmouth College
20 (2)	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	2004	670	University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Brown University
21 (9)	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1998	301	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Duke University
22 (2)	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1991	1090	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
23 (7)	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Nearby: Detroit, Warren, Flint	1946	2104	Michigan State University Grand Valley State University Central Michigan University
24 (—)	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	1945	349	Duke University University of Virginia Vanderbilt University
25 (—)	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1940	923	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego

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