Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2022

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Rank (rank change vs 2021)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (—)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2156	1567	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
2 (14)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2073	435	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
3 (1)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2026	2606	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
4 (8)	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1996	1380	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Duke University
5 (1)	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Nearby: Detroit, Warren, Flint	1960	28304	Michigan State University Grand Valley State University Central Michigan University
6 (—)	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1956	6358	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego
7 (4)	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1953	10749	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
8 (6)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	1947	9522	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
9 (1)	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1915	2252	Northwestern University Columbia University in the City of New York University of Pennsylvania
10 (3)	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	1909	2787	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
11 (2)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1900	1494	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
12 (11)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	1899	1897	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
13 (8)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1895	1661	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
14 (7)	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1874	1387	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
15 (26)	Rice University Houston, TX Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville	1871	1259	Johns Hopkins University Vanderbilt University Dartmouth College
16	Our Lady of the Lake University-San Antonio San Antonio, TX Nearby: San Antonio	1865	107	Our Lady of the Lake College Aquinas College University of the Incarnate Word
17 (14)	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	1856	1836	Princeton University Stanford University Harvard University
18 (4)	Brigham Young University-Provo Provo, UT Nearby: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Clearfield	1855	1637	Brigham Young University-Idaho Utah State University Utah Valley University
19 (16)	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1851	2935	University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Brown University
20 (3)	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL Nearby: Champaign, Urbana	1847	15998	University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois State University Purdue University-Main Campus
21 (1)	Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO Nearby: St. Louis, St. Charles, Farmington	1841	2062	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Johns Hopkins University
22 (4)	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1835	4013	University of Georgia Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University
23 (18)	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Nearby: Nashville, Davidson, , Murfreesboro, , Columbia	1832	1810	Duke University Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University
24 (3)	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Nearby: Charlottesville	1828	5817	Virginia Tech James Madison University College of William and Mary
25 (5)	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Nearby: Austin, Round Rock	1812	6466	Texas A & M University-College Station Baylor University Texas Tech University

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