Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2017


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Rank


(rank change vs 2016)

College


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

Cornell University

Princeton 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

Washington University in St. Louis

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

University of Pennsylvania

Brown University

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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