Skiena Rankings
Highest Applicants1. Univ. of California, Los Angeles (108,870)
2. Univ. of California, San Diego (100,062)
3. University of California, Irvine (97,938)
4. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (90,961)
5. University of California, Berkeley (88,062)
6. New York University (80,210)
7. University of California, Davis (76,897)
8. Cal. State, Long Beach (67,426)
9. University of Michigan (65,021)
10. San Diego State University (64,784)
11. Northeastern University (64,459)
12. Florida State University (63,691)
13. Liberty University (61,649)
14. Boston University (61,007)
15. University of Southern California (59,712)
16. Purdue University (57,510)
17. The University of Texas at Austin (57,241)
18. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz (54,988)
19. Arizona State University (53,516)
20. Cal. State, San Luis Obispo (52,371)
21. Cornell University (51,500)
22. Univ. of California, Riverside (49,442)
23. The Ohio State University (49,087)
24. Grand Canyon University (48,918)
25. University of Florida (48,193)
26. University of Central Florida (47,957)
27. Fordham University (47,936)
28. University of Wisconsin-Madison (45,915)
29. Cal. State, Fullerton (45,449)
30. Michigan State University (45,426)
31. Stanford University (45,227)
32. University of Colorado Boulder (44,203)
33. Indiana University Bloomington (44,129)
34. Tulane University (43,892)
35. University of Washington (43,778)
36. The University of Arizona (43,540)
37. Univ. of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign (43,473)
38. Texas A&M University (42,872)
39. University of Pennsylvania (42,205)
40. UNC Chapel Hill (41,773)
41. Rutgers University (41,263)
42. University of Virginia (40,879)
43. Georgia Institute of Technology (40,852)
44. Columbia University (40,462)
45. Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst (40,315)
46. Harvard University (40,248)
47. University of Miami (40,133)
48. Duke University (39,639)
49. The University of Alabama (39,560)
50. Northwestern University (39,263)
51. University of South Florida (38,696)
52. Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities (38,237)
53. Binghamton University, SUNY (38,116)
54. Cal. State, Pomona (38,026)
55. Northern Arizona University (37,386)
56. Southern New Hampshire University (37,143)
57. Stony Brook University (37,083)
58. Brown University (36,793)
59. Vanderbilt University (36,646)
60. Yale University (35,220)
61. University of South Carolina (34,957)
62. University of Connecticut (34,437)
63. University of Chicago (34,350)
64. Temple University (33,805)
65. Baylor University (33,680)
66. University of Delaware (33,656)
67. Princeton University (32,835)
68. University of Pittsburgh (32,549)
69. San José State University (32,375)
70. University of Maryland (32,147)
71. Syracuse University (32,005)
72. North Carolina State University (31,487)
73. San Francisco State University (31,430)
74. Drexel University (31,237)
75. Virginia Tech (30,771)
76. University at Buffalo, SUNY (30,247)
77. Johns Hopkins University (30,115)
78. Boston College (29,382)
79. Texas Tech University (29,131)
80. Case Western Reserve University (29,084)
81. Louisiana State University (28,960)
82. Colorado State University (28,843)
83. University of Houston (28,645)
84. Clemson University (28,600)
85. University of Oregon (28,525)
86. Emory University (28,211)
87. University of Georgia (28,206)
88. Washington University in St. Louis (27,949)
89. St. John's University (27,917)
90. DePaul University (27,869)
91. Cal. State, Northridge (27,765)
92. Miami University (26,844)
93. George Washington University (26,405)
94. Carnegie Mellon University (26,189)
95. University at Albany, SUNY (26,127)
96. University of California, Merced (25,923)
97. Cal. State, Sacramento (25,734)
98. Texas State University (25,461)
99. Loyola University Chicago (25,453)
100. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville (25,423)
101. Florida Atlantic University (25,300)
102. Pace University (24,902)
103. Howard University (24,325)
104. University of Iowa (24,132)
105. Hofstra University (24,062)
106. University of Cincinnati (23,960)
107. James Madison University (23,922)
108. University of Rhode Island (23,856)
109. William Marsh Rice University (23,455)
110. Tufts University (23,127)
111. University of Illinois at Chicago (22,798)
112. University of Denver (22,723)
113. Ohio University (22,518)
114. Villanova University (22,083)
115. Rochester Institute of Technology (21,928)
116. Univ. of Texas at San Antonio (21,597)
117. University of North Texas (21,514)
118. University of San Francisco (21,477)
119. Dartmouth College (21,392)
120. University of Notre Dame (21,253)
121. George Mason University (21,198)
122. Washington State University (21,198)
123. Georgetown University (21,190)
124. Texas Christian University (21,145)
125. Seton Hall University (20,830)
126. University of Missouri (20,641)
127. Georgia State University (20,409)
128. East Carolina University (20,313)
129. Iowa State University (20,223)
130. Ball State University (20,167)
131. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (20,075)
132. Lehman College, CUNY (20,057)
133. American University (20,036)
134. California State University, Chico (19,999)
135. Univ. of North Carolina,Charlotte (19,949)
136. Quinnipiac University (19,798)
137. University of Arkansas (19,777)
138. University of Kentucky (19,648)
139. University of Rochester (19,607)
140. Central Michigan University (19,396)
141. Montana State University (18,892)
142. University of New Hampshire (18,797)
143. Kennesaw State University (18,601)
144. Loyola Marymount University (18,576)
145. University of Vermont (18,569)
146. The University of Utah (18,419)
147. Appalachian State University (18,178)
148. Kent State University (18,085)
149. Auburn University (17,946)
150. University of Nebraska-Lincoln (17,495)
151. Oregon State University (17,374)
152. Bowling Green State University (17,341)
153. West Virginia University (17,326)
154. University of Louisville (17,265)
155. Virginia Commonwealth University (17,253)
156. Georgia Southern University (17,250)
157. Oklahoma State University (17,164)
158. Wayne State University (17,093)
159. Florida International University (16,904)
160. Northern Illinois University (16,690)
161. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (16,661)
162. University of Dayton (16,606)
163. Western Michigan University (16,582)
164. Saint Louis University (16,580)
165. University of North Florida (16,551)
166. Santa Clara University (16,488)
167. University of Mississippi (16,383)
168. North Carolina A&T State Univ. (16,366)
169. Indiana/Purdue University (16,220)
170. Mississippi State University (16,127)
171. Eastern Michigan University (15,957)
172. Utah State University (15,949)
173. United States Naval Academy (15,699)
174. Clark Atlanta University (15,613)
175. Boise State University (15,511)
176. Illinois State University (15,487)
177. Grand Valley State University (15,465)
178. The University of Oklahoma (15,451)
179. Cal. State, Fresno (15,448)
180. The University of Texas at Dallas (15,411)
181. Adelphi University (15,329)
182. Marquette University (15,324)
183. Elon University (15,306)
184. College of Charleston (15,214)
185. University of Kansas (15,042)
186. United States Military Academy (14,969)
187. The University of Maine (14,785)
188. Rowan University (14,763)
189. University of Texas at Arlington (14,620)
190. University of Akron (14,553)
191. Cal. State, San Bernardino (14,435)
192. Long Island University (14,341)
193. Savannah College of Art and Design (14,327)
194. Chapman University (14,252)
195. College of William & Mary (14,201)
196. University of the Pacific (14,063)
197. University of Massachusetts Boston (14,029)
198. Southern Methodist University (14,010)
199. Colby College (13,922)
200. Nova Southeastern University (13,727)
201. New Mexico State University (13,715)
202. Old Dominion University (13,651)
203. Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington (13,633)
204. Indiana State University (13,477)
205. Sonoma State University (13,353)
206. The University of Memphis (13,298)
207. University of Nevada, Las Vegas (13,256)
208. University of Hawaii at Manoa (13,240)
209. University of San Diego (13,171)
210. The University of Texas at El Paso (13,121)
211. University of Massachusetts Lowell (12,970)
212. Ithaca College (12,906)
213. University of Hartford (12,660)
214. Wesleyan University (12,632)
215. Univ. of Texas Rio Grande Valley (12,622)
216. Lehigh University (12,389)
217. Towson University (12,295)
218. Sacred Heart University (12,189)
219. University of Richmond (12,060)
220. Oakland University (12,054)
221. Colorado School of Mines (12,044)
222. Sam Houston State University (12,025)
223. Wake Forest University (11,959)
224. Montclair State University (11,888)
225. Pepperdine University (11,768)
226. Marist College (11,715)
227. Swarthmore College (11,630)
228. Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore (11,459)
229. Delaware State University (11,317)
230. Brigham Young University (11,292)
231. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (11,269)
232. Hampton University (10,811)
233. United States Air Force Academy (10,747)
234. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (10,738)
235. Barry University (10,671)
236. Amherst College (10,603)
237. University of New Mexico (10,436)
238. Skidmore College (10,433)
239. Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham (10,391)
240. Pomona College (10,388)
241. Stevens Institute of Technology (10,346)
242. New Jersey Institute of Technology (10,299)
243. Colorado College (10,257)
244. Brigham Young University-Idaho (10,234)
245. Brandeis University (10,223)
246. Western Washington University (10,219)
247. Humboldt State University (10,198)
248. University of Idaho (9,938)
249. Bucknell University (9,890)
250. Valdosta State University (9,887)
251. Univ. of North Carolina,Greensboro (9,870)
252. Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette (9,870)
253. Florida Institute of Technology (9,803)
254. University of Southern Mississippi (9,683)
255. University of Toledo (9,673)
256. University of Nevada, Reno (9,644)
257. Morgan State University (9,623)
258. Missouri State University (9,591)
259. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. (9,581)
260. Jackson State University (9,551)
261. Florida A&M Univ. (9,472)
262. University of Colorado Denver (9,458)
263. Barnard College (9,411)
264. Bowdoin College (9,402)
265. Oberlin College (9,309)
266. Kansas State University (9,208)
267. Eastern Kentucky University (9,206)
268. Middlebury College (9,174)
269. University of Northern Colorado (9,149)
270. Spelman College (9,118)
271. Middle Tennessee State University (9,096)
272. Denison University (9,079)
273. Franklin and Marshall College (9,062)
274. Indiana University of Pennsylvania (9,034)
275. Stephen F. Austin State University (9,016)
276. University of Tennessee at Martin (9,001)
277. Univ. of Colorado Colorado Springs (8,944)
278. Belmont University (8,926)
279. University of Nebraska at Omaha (8,864)
280. Southern Illinois Univ. Edwrdsvlle (8,773)
281. Williams College (8,744)
282. Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth (8,738)
283. The New School (8,701)
284. East Tennessee State University (8,686)
285. Morehead State University (8,684)
286. Creighton University (8,682)
287. Vassar College (8,663)
288. Colgate University (8,583)
289. Ferris State University (8,581)
290. Texas A&M University-Commerce (8,577)
291. Western Kentucky University (8,574)
292. Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi (8,540)
293. Gonzaga University (8,409)
294. Monmouth University (8,367)
295. Duquesne University (8,335)
296. Lafayette College (8,215)
297. University of La Verne (8,212)
298. Grinnell College (8,137)
299. University of South Alabama (8,084)
300. California Institute of Technology (8,007)
301. Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga (7,938)
302. Seattle University (7,914)
303. University of Indianapolis (7,893)
304. North Dakota State University (7,880)
305. Berklee College of Music (7,860)
306. Cleveland State University (7,815)
307. Bates College (7,696)
308. Suffolk University (7,686)
309. Wichita State University (7,655)
310. Union College (7,622)
311. Lamar University (7,512)
312. Michigan Technological University (7,476)
313. Hamilton College (7,443)
314. University of Michigan-Dearborn (7,300)
315. Clark University (7,153)
316. University of St. Thomas (7,128)
317. Stonehill College (7,117)
318. College of the Holy Cross (7,087)
319. Louisiana Tech University (7,087)
320. Coe College (7,041)
321. Occidental College (6,939)
322. Augustana College (6,894)
323. Carleton College (6,892)
324. University of the Incarnate Word (6,883)
325. Connecticut College (6,882)
326. Tennessee Tech University (6,781)
327. Marshall University (6,718)
328. Portland State University (6,701)
329. Texas Southern University (6,687)
330. Northern Kentucky University (6,686)
331. University of West Georgia (6,634)
332. Drake University (6,624)
333. Kenyon College (6,614)
334. Wellesley College (6,581)
335. Babson College (6,501)
336. Gettysburg College (6,468)
337. Macalester College (6,373)
338. Fisk University (6,345)
339. Texas A&M University-Kingsville (6,308)
340. Loyola University New Orleans (6,259)
341. The Catholic University of America (6,258)
342. Western New England University (6,235)
343. Clarkson University (6,198)
344. Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale (6,165)
345. University of Bridgeport (6,020)
346. Valparaiso University (5,991)
347. Trinity College (5,952)
348. St. Lawrence University (5,952)
349. Bethune-Cookman University (5,938)
350. Regis University (5,912)
351. Arkansas State University (5,836)
352. Texas Woman's University (5,824)
353. The University of Tulsa (5,815)
354. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville (5,793)
355. Dillard University (5,783)
356. Widener University (5,739)
357. University of Missouri-Kansas City (5,672)
358. University of North Dakota (5,662)
359. Mercer University (5,651)
360. Reed College (5,647)
361. University of Central Arkansas (5,642)
362. Davidson College (5,621)
363. Lewis & Clark College (5,620)
364. The College of Wooster (5,582)
365. Missouri Univ. of Sci and Tech (5,528)
366. Susquehanna University (5,497)
367. DePauw University (5,481)
368. University of New Orleans (5,382)
369. The University of Montana (5,380)
370. Roosevelt University (5,379)
371. Dickinson College (5,375)
372. Gardner-Webb University (5,370)
373. Claremont McKenna College (5,306)
374. Roanoke College (5,296)
375. South Dakota State University (5,290)
376. Smith College (5,249)
377. St. Olaf College (5,231)
378. Wright State University (5,226)
379. University of Puget Sound (5,202)
380. Furman University (5,194)
381. University of Northern Iowa (5,085)
382. Rhodes College (5,074)
383. Whittier College (5,038)
384. Illinois Institute of Technology (5,033)
385. Campbell University (5,025)
386. Washington and Lee University (4,998)
387. Bard College (4,969)
388. Whitman College (4,964)
389. University of Wyoming (4,919)
390. University of New England (4,843)
391. University of Louisiana at Monroe (4,837)
392. Eckerd College (4,815)
393. Wartburg College (4,795)
394. Gustavus Adolphus College (4,737)
395. Albion College (4,699)
396. Keiser University (4,678)
397. Purchase College, SUNY (4,594)
398. Southwestern University (4,578)
399. Muhlenberg College (4,543)
400. Azusa Pacific University (4,534)
401. Haverford College (4,530)
402. Lake Forest College (4,482)
403. Thomas Jefferson University (4,469)
404. Robert Morris University (4,469)
405. Gannon University (4,442)
406. St. John Fisher College (4,409)
407. Allegheny College (4,380)
408. Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock (4,363)
409. Biola University (4,324)
410. Austin College (4,288)
411. Pitzer College (4,260)
412. Sewanee: University of the South (4,191)
413. Bellarmine University (4,191)
414. Regent University (4,120)
415. Wofford College (4,102)
416. University of Michigan-Flint (4,017)
417. Willamette University (4,010)
418. Rhode Island School of Design (4,001)
419. Drew University (3,989)
420. University of Detroit Mercy (3,985)
421. National Louis University (3,983)
422. Ohio Wesleyan University (3,962)
423. Saint Anselm College (3,942)
424. Hobart and William Smith Colleges (3,931)
425. Seattle Pacific University (3,923)
426. Hope College (3,907)
427. Illinois Wesleyan University (3,896)
428. Samford University (3,867)
429. Ursinus College (3,834)
430. Augusta University (3,692)
431. Sarah Lawrence College (3,674)
432. Guilford College (3,660)
433. Luther College (3,640)
434. Wilkes University (3,633)
435. Lipscomb University (3,621)
436. Hartwick College (3,609)
437. Wheaton College, Massachusetts (3,580)
438. University of Missouri-St. Louis (3,511)
439. Concordia University Wisconsin (3,509)
440. Fort Lewis College (3,497)
441. Mount Holyoke College (3,480)
442. Kalamazoo College (3,456)
443. Harvey Mudd College (3,397)
444. University of South Dakota (3,392)
445. University of Findlay (3,386)
446. St. Norbert College (3,358)
447. The University of Texas at Tyler (3,346)
448. Bryn Mawr College (3,311)
449. Calvin University (3,199)
450. Saint Michael's College (3,184)
451. Beloit College (3,140)
452. Univ. North Carolina, Asheville (3,115)
453. Knox College (3,104)
454. Hollins University (3,056)
455. Lawrence University (3,028)
456. Carson-Newman University (3,022)
457. Benedictine University (3,017)
458. Aurora University (2,965)
459. Scripps College (2,938)
460. Lycoming College (2,917)
461. Simmons University (2,905)
462. Washington College (2,901)
463. Gordon College (2,884)
464. Lesley University (2,879)
465. Wittenberg University (2,807)
466. Juniata College (2,757)
467. Westminster College, Pennsylvania (2,746)
468. Spring Hill College (2,742)
469. Georgetown College (2,712)
470. Lindenwood University (2,695)
471. George Fox University (2,685)
472. Shenandoah University (2,646)
473. Cornell College (2,615)
474. Ripon College (2,614)
475. St. Mary's College of Maryland (2,604)
476. Goucher College (2,598)
477. Hanover College (2,565)
478. Mississippi College (2,559)
479. Chatham University (2,505)
480. Maryville University (2,503)
481. Union University (2,503)
482. Washington & Jefferson College (2,496)
483. Westmont College (2,493)
484. Pacific University (2,458)
485. Saint Mary's College (2,412)
486. Oglethorpe University (2,386)
487. Central College (2,340)
488. Moravian College (2,337)
489. Saint Vincent College (2,310)
490. Husson University (2,301)
491. Linfield University (2,250)
492. Harding University (2,201)
493. Earlham College (2,198)
494. Centre College (2,163)
495. University of Wisconsin-Parkside (2,048)
496. Hillsdale College (1,993)
497. SUNY College of ESF (1,951)
498. The College of St. Scholastica (1,922)
499. Hampden-Sydney College (1,906)
500. Berea College (1,857)
501. Saint Benedict/Saint John's Univ. (1,845)
502. Tougaloo College (1,844)
503. Agnes Scott College (1,838)
504. Wheaton College (1,801)
505. Touro College (1,778)
506. Hendrix College (1,775)
507. The Sage Colleges (1,740)
508. Oklahoma City University (1,714)
509. Elizabethtown College (1,696)
510. St. Catherine University (1,677)
511. Meredith College (1,674)
512. Transylvania University (1,663)
513. Shepherd University (1,651)
514. Bethel University (1,646)
515. Lincoln Memorial University (1,630)
516. Grove City College (1,624)
517. Virginia Military Institute (1,543)
518. Wabash College (1,522)
519. Yeshiva University (1,442)
520. Andrews University (1,429)
521. University of Mary (1,391)
522. Bennington College (1,382)
523. New College of Florida (1,382)
524. University of Alaska Fairbanks (1,361)
525. Simpson College (1,300)
526. Warren Wilson College (1,273)
527. Hampshire College (1,202)
528. University of Wisconsin-Superior (1,067)
529. Metropolitan State University (887)
530. Sweet Briar College (873)
531. Centenary College of Louisiana (862)
532. Baker University (819)
533. St John's College (777)
534. Gallaudet University (412)
Suprisingly Strong
1. Grand Canyon University (+257) 48,918, Rank: 24, Expected: 281
2. Savannah College of Art and Design (+241) 14,327, Rank: 193, Expected: 434
3. Southern New Hampshire University (+238) 37,143, Rank: 56, Expected: 294
4. United States Air Force Academy (+176) 10,747, Rank: 233, Expected: 409
5. Clark Atlanta University (+175) 15,613, Rank: 174, Expected: 349
6. University of Hartford (+174) 12,660, Rank: 213, Expected: 387
7. United States Military Academy (+172) 14,969, Rank: 186, Expected: 358
8. Coe College (+167) 7,041, Rank: 320, Expected: 487
9. Tulane University (+155) 43,892, Rank: 34, Expected: 189
10. United States Naval Academy (+154) 15,699, Rank: 173, Expected: 327
Suprisingly Weak
1. Penn State University (-418) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 126
2. Tennessee State University (-285) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 259
3. Idaho State University (-247) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 297
4. Thomas Jefferson University (-246) 4,469, Rank: 404, Expected: 158
5. California Institute of Technology (-244) 8,007, Rank: 300, Expected: 56
6. Yeshiva University (-220) 1,442, Rank: 519, Expected: 299
7. University of Wyoming (-220) 4,919, Rank: 389, Expected: 169
8. The University of Tulsa (-205) 5,815, Rank: 353, Expected: 148
9. University of Northern Iowa (-200) 5,085, Rank: 381, Expected: 181
10. Harvey Mudd College (-194) 3,397, Rank: 443, Expected: 249
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