Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2016

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Rank (rank change vs 2015)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (—)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2311	1181	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
2 (—)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2299	627	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
3 (5)	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	2166	1094	Princeton University Brown University University of Pennsylvania
4 (—)	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2163	914	Princeton University Stanford University Harvard University
5 (2)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2149	1038	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
6 (3)	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	2148	1198	Northwestern University Columbia University in the City of New York University of Pennsylvania
7 (1)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2072	221	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
8 (3)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2061	867	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
9 (4)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2052	776	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
10 (9)	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	2048	1196	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
11 (2)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2047	3768	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
12 (3)	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2020	3657	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
13 (4)	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2019	679	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
14 (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
15 (10)	Georgetown University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1978	718	Dartmouth College Brown University George Washington University
15 (1)	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1978	669	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Duke University
17 (—)	Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO Nearby: St. Louis, St. Charles, Farmington	1972	1102	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Johns Hopkins University
18 (8)	Rice University Houston, TX Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville	1968	625	Johns Hopkins University Vanderbilt University Dartmouth College
19 (5)	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Nearby: Detroit, Warren, Flint	1954	8302	Michigan State University Grand Valley State University Central Michigan University
20 (—)	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1950	1390	University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Brown University
21 (—)	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland	1948	1436	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
22 (5)	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Nearby: Pittsburgh, New Castle	1940	845	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cornell University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
23 (20)	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1937	1179	Yale University Stanford University Princeton University
24 (12)	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	1922	545	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University
25 (7)	Tufts University Medford, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1921	501	Northeastern University Boston College Amherst College

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