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 (—) Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland
2419 927

Yale University

Princeton University

Harvard University

2 (—) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester
2370 456

Princeton University

Stanford University

Cornell University

3 (—) Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester
2363 1023

Yale University

Stanford University

Princeton University

4 (2) Yale University
New Haven, CT
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
2307 781

Princeton University

Stanford University

Harvard University

5 (1) Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
2306 654

Yale University

Stanford University

Cornell University

6 (1) Caltech
Pasadena, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
2255 174

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Carnegie Mellon University

Harvey Mudd College

7 (3) University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland
2227 839

Columbia University in the City of New York

Cornell University

Princeton University

8 (3) Duke University
Durham, NC
Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary
2138 832

Princeton University

University of Pennsylvania

Brown University

9 (3) University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City
2128 987

Northwestern University

Columbia University in the City of New York

University of Pennsylvania

9 (2) Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
2128 583

Brown University

University of Pennsylvania

Princeton University

11 (3) Brown University
Providence, RI
Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester
2110 751

Columbia University in the City of New York

Princeton University

University of Pennsylvania

12 (5) Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Nearby: Claremont
2107 450

Brown University

Columbia University in the City of New York

Princeton University

13 (1) University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland
2081 2783

University of California, Los Angeles

Stanford University

University of California, San Diego

14 (11) Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia
2045 545

Brown University

University of Pennsylvania

Duke University

15 (4) University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
2043 2635

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, San Diego

University of Southern California

16 (6) University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
2027 1952

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, San Diego

17 (3) Washington University in St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Nearby: St. Louis, St. Charles, Farmington
2017 791

Vanderbilt University

Northwestern University

Johns Hopkins University

18 (5) Tufts University
Medford, MA
Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester
2005 426

Northeastern University

Boston College

Amherst College

19 (4) University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa
1991 930

Vanderbilt University

Northwestern University

Duke University

20 (4) Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City
1987 1123

University of Chicago

University of Pennsylvania

Brown University

21 (—) Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland
1971 1149

Princeton University

University of Pennsylvania

Brown University

21 (5) Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Nearby: Nashville, Davidson, , Murfreesboro, , Columbia
1971 751

Duke University

Dartmouth College

Johns Hopkins University

23 (5) Brigham Young University-Provo
Provo, UT
Nearby: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Clearfield
1969 181

Brigham Young University-Idaho

Utah State University

Utah Valley University

24 (4) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Nearby: Detroit, Warren, Flint
1952 6316

Michigan State University

Grand Valley State University

Central Michigan University

25 (16) Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia
1950 561

Dartmouth College

Brown University

George Washington University

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