Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2018

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Rank (rank change vs 2017)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (—)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2239	893	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
2 (2)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2131	1672	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
3 (4)	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2096	923	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
4 (7)	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2077	1299	Princeton University Stanford University Harvard University
5 (5)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2064	1056	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
6 (4)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2044	306	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
7 (2)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2032	1195	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
8 (2)	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	2028	731	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University
9 (15)	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	1995	1420	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
10 (1)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	1973	5710	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
11 (8)	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1955	1561	Northwestern University Columbia University in the City of New York University of Pennsylvania
12 (6)	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Nearby: Charlottesville	1951	2394	Virginia Tech James Madison University College of William and Mary
13 (1)	Rice University Houston, TX Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville	1942	844	Johns Hopkins University Vanderbilt University Dartmouth College
14 (—)	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Nearby: Detroit, Warren, Flint	1936	12795	Michigan State University Grand Valley State University Central Michigan University
15 (18)	Tufts University Medford, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1928	575	Northeastern University Boston College Amherst College
16 (4)	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1923	5687	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
17 (10)	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	1920	1741	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
18 (2)	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1913	880	Brown University Duke University University of Pennsylvania
19 (6)	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1898	1685	Yale University Stanford University Princeton University
20 (10)	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1896	1863	University of Georgia Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University
21 (18)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	1882	1369	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
22 (6)	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1872	3452	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego
23 (5)	Brigham Young University-Provo Provo, UT Nearby: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Clearfield	1854	522	Brigham Young University-Idaho Utah State University Utah Valley University
24 (1)	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Nearby: Nashville, Davidson, , Murfreesboro, , Columbia	1851	1249	Duke University Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University
25 (8)	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland	1839	1912	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University

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