Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2021

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Rank (rank change vs 2020)		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1 (—)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2168	1382	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
2 (—)	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2134	2389	Yale University Princeton University Harvard University
3 (4)	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	2110	2716	University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Brown University
4 (1)	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Nearby: Detroit, Warren, Flint	2074	24394	Michigan State University Grand Valley State University Central Michigan University
5 (1)	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2071	1567	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
6 (—)	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2058	5661	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego
7 (12)	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2046	1231	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
8 (19)	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	2037	2081	Northwestern University Columbia University in the City of New York University of Pennsylvania
9 (3)	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2035	1382	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
10 (24)	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2034	2652	Yale University Stanford University Princeton University
11 (—)	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2026	9185	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
12 (2)	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2011	1247	Brown University Duke University University of Pennsylvania
13 (7)	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	1995	2547	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
14 (1)	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	1992	8263	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
15 (3)	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	1991	951	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University
16 (12)	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1987	410	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
17 (8)	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL Nearby: Champaign, Urbana	1968	13788	University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois State University Purdue University-Main Campus
18 (6)	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA Nearby: Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Gainesville	1962	3506	University of Georgia Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University
19 (4)	University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI	1958	17684	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
20 (4)	Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO Nearby: St. Louis, St. Charles, Farmington	1944	1898	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Johns Hopkins University
21 (7)	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Nearby: Charlottesville	1943	5008	Virginia Tech James Madison University College of William and Mary
22 (14)	Brigham Young University-Provo Provo, UT Nearby: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Clearfield	1935	1269	Brigham Young University-Idaho Utah State University Utah Valley University
23 (8)	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	1931	1718	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
24 (8)	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	1925	1827	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
25 (5)	University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX Nearby: Dallas, Fort Worth	1918	2117	University of North Texas University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at Arlington

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