Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2014

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Rank (rank change vs 2013)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (1)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2493	650	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
2 (2)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2457	316	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
3 (2)	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2408	793	Yale University Stanford University Princeton University
4 (1)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2400	495	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
5 (4)	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	2395	618	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
6 (3)	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2389	613	Princeton University Stanford University Harvard University
7 (1)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2342	116	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
8 (1)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2213	560	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
9 (2)	Georgetown University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2205	406	Dartmouth College Brown University George Washington University
10 (—)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2196	651	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
11 (1)	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2181	406	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
12 (6)	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	2165	719	Northwestern University Columbia University in the City of New York University of Pennsylvania
13 (1)	Tufts University Medford, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2110	347	Northeastern University Boston College Amherst College
14 (2)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2104	1720	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
15 (9)	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	2076	472	Duke University University of Virginia Vanderbilt University
16 (2)	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Nearby: Nashville, Davidson, , Murfreesboro, , Columbia	2075	493	Duke University Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University
17 (2)	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	2068	361	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University
18 (20)	Brigham Young University-Provo Provo, UT Nearby: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Clearfield	2032	84	Brigham Young University-Idaho Utah State University Utah Valley University
19 (3)	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2029	1497	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
20 (7)	Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO Nearby: St. Louis, St. Charles, Farmington	2026	504	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Johns Hopkins University
21 (8)	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland	2025	849	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
22 (3)	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2010	1189	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego
23 (6)	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	2002	598	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
24 (4)	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1998	770	University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Brown University
25 (4)	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1990	366	Brown University Duke University University of Pennsylvania

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