Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2017

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Rank (rank change vs 2016)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (1)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2204	757	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
2 (5)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2193	271	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
3 (2)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2172	1255	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
4 (3)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2159	1444	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
5 (3)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2054	1006	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
6 (18)	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	2036	635	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University
7 (3)	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	2030	1496	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
7 (6)	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2030	794	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
9 (2)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2019	4781	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
10 (1)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2009	872	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
11 (7)	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2006	1062	Princeton University Stanford University Harvard University
12 (—)	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1996	4823	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
13 (10)	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1977	1461	Yale University Stanford University Princeton University
14 (5)	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Nearby: Detroit, Warren, Flint	1936	10568	Michigan State University Grand Valley State University Central Michigan University
14 (4)	Rice University Houston, TX Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville	1936	736	Johns Hopkins University Vanderbilt University Dartmouth College
16 (2)	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1934	3009	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego
17 (4)	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland	1932	1699	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
18 (8)	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Nearby: Charlottesville	1921	1385	Virginia Tech James Madison University College of William and Mary
19 (13)	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1912	1371	Northwestern University Columbia University in the City of New York University of Pennsylvania
20 (5)	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1911	775	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Duke University
21 (13)	Parsons School of Design New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1903	153	Fashion Institute of Technology Pratt Institute Rhode Island School of Design
22 (2)	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1880	1584	University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Brown University
23 (12)	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Nearby: Nashville, Davidson, , Murfreesboro, , Columbia	1876	1072	Duke University Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University
24 (21)	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	1874	1235	Princeton University Brown University University of Pennsylvania
25 (8)	Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO Nearby: St. Louis, St. Charles, Farmington	1867	1292	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Johns Hopkins University

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