The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1Harvey Mudd College
2Scripps College
3Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
4Claremont McKenna College
5San Francisco Art Institute
6Mills College
7California Institute of Technology
8Webb Institute
9Occidental College
10Earlham College
11Pomona College
12Colorado College
13Trinity College
14Whittier College
15Westmont College
16Dominican University of California
17Prescott College
18Alaska Pacific University
19Colby College
20Menlo College
21Amherst College
22Bowdoin College
23Reed College
24Williams College
25Soka University of America
26Illinois Institute of Technology
27Lake Forest College
28Cornell College
29Wesleyan University
30Haverford College
31Carleton College
32Macalester College
33Kalamazoo College
34Hamilton College
35Rollins College
36Thomas Aquinas College
37Washington College
38Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
39Babson College
40Saint Johns University
41Drew University
42Kenyon College
43Vassar College
44Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
45Maryland Institute College of Art
46Centre College
47Bryn Mawr College
48Coe College
49DePauw University
50Ursinus College
Please note that unlike most other college ranking methods out there, our ranking is based solely on objective, measurable data, such as student test scores and the like. There are no subjective factors considered at all. The main factors used in the ranking, as well as their weights in the ranking formula, are given below

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Key Ranking Factors

RankData FieldWeight
1Published in-district tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)972
2Exclusions from part-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)970
3Full time total (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)749
4Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Completers within 150% of normal time)737
5SAT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)708
6Part time women (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)646
7ACT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)610
8Full time women (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)521
9Full-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)342
10Enrolled part time total (IC2013)339
11ACT Writing 75th percentile score (IC2013)307
12Recreational or avocational (IC2013)295
13Total men (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)218
14Enrolled women (IC2013)148
15Part time total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)136
16Full-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)131
17Occupational (IC2013)100
18First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Foreign countries)87