Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2015


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Rank


(rank change vs 2014)

College


Score


(Elo points)

Matchups


(Student decisions)

Peer Colleges

1 (17) United States Air Force Academy
USAF Academy, CO
Nearby: Colorado Springs
2227 141

United States Naval Academy

United States Military Academy

United States Coast Guard Academy

2 (4) Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
Nearby: Not applicable
2184 226

Bowdoin College

Colby College

Williams College

3 (8) Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Nearby: Portland, Lewiston, South Portland
2134 191

Colby College

Middlebury College

Bates College

4 (6) United States Military Academy
West Point, NY
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
2103 139

United States Naval Academy

United States Air Force Academy

United States Coast Guard Academy

5 (4) Pomona College
Claremont, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
2090 332

Claremont McKenna College

Amherst College

Swarthmore College

6 (3) Haverford College
Haverford, PA
Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland
2085 112

Swarthmore College

Vassar College

Hamilton College

7 (20) Williams College
Williamstown, MA
Nearby: Pittsfield
2078 210

Amherst College

Swarthmore College

Bowdoin College

8 (4) Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland
2049 180

Williams College

Amherst College

Haverford College

9 (2) Bates College
Lewiston, ME
Nearby: Portland, Lewiston, South Portland
2047 128

Colby College

Bowdoin College

Middlebury College

10 (9) Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
2046 161

Caltech

Pomona College

Claremont McKenna College

11 United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia
2040 109

United States Air Force Academy

United States Military Academy

United States Coast Guard Academy

12 (7) Amherst College
Amherst, MA
2036 225

Williams College

Swarthmore College

Bowdoin College

13 (34) Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
2024 99

Smith College

Bryn Mawr College

Wellesley College

14 (6) Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester
1971 234

Smith College

Barnard College

Bryn Mawr College

15 (22) Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA
Nearby: Not applicable
1944 261

Carleton College

Macalester College

Kenyon College

16 Berea College
Berea, KY
Nearby: Lexington, Fayette, , Frankfort, , Richmond
1939 46

Morehead State University

Eastern Kentucky University

Lindsey Wilson College

17 (3) Carleton College
Northfield, MN
Nearby: Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Cloud
1920 334

Macalester College

Grinnell College

Bowdoin College

18 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
1919 47

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Rhode Island School of Design

Pratt Institute

19 (12) Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA
Nearby: Not applicable
1894 151

University of Richmond

Davidson College

College of William and Mary

20 (4) Davidson College
Davidson, NC
Nearby: Charlotte, Gastonia, Salisbury
1889 79

Washington and Lee University

Wake Forest University

Haverford College

21 (8) Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
Nearby: Hartford, West Hartford, Willimantic
1885 242

Vassar College

Bowdoin College

Middlebury College

21 (4) Pitzer College
Claremont, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
1885 74

Scripps College

Claremont McKenna College

Occidental College

23 (14) Barnard College
New York, NY
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
1871 143

Wellesley College

Smith College

Bryn Mawr College

24 (65) Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
Nearby: Syracuse, Auburn
1866 227

Hamilton College

Colby College

Middlebury College

25 (7) Union College
Schenectady, NY
Nearby: Albany, Schenectady, Amsterdam
1860 121

Union College

Skidmore College

Trinity College

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