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Prestige: Factoring in statistics like endowment and founding date, this ranking correlates most strongly with popular perceptions of the strength of the university.
Research and Scholarship: Universities exist to create knowledge, not merely to transmit it. This ranking rewards schools whose faculty's research are well funded and whose research publications are well cited. These considerations are particularly important for those pursuing graduate studies.
Visibility: Colleges have an important presence in popular culture. This ranking rewards public interest in a school, as measured on social media, Wikipedia, and the web.
Social good: Schools that successfully educate sizable numbers of first-generation and disadvantaged students deserve recognition for the good they do. This ranking rewards schools for low tuition, high enrollments, and excellent return on investment.



Component Rankings

Average SAT Score

1. California Institute of Technology (1557)
2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (1547)
3. University of Chicago (1528)
4. Harvey Mudd College (1526)
5. Duke University (1522)

Average ACT Score

1. California Institute of Technology (36)
2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (35)
3. Johns Hopkins University (34)
4. Duke University (34)
5. Harvard University (34)

Completion Rate

1. Princeton University (97.9%)
2. Yale University (97.2%)
3. Harvard University (97.1%)
4. University of Pennsylvania (96.0%)
5. University of Notre Dame (95.88%)

Web Hits

1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (262,893,247)
2. Harvard University (257,284,114)
3. Stanford University (117,100,640)
4. Cornell University (97,254,139)
5. University of California, Berkeley (87,290,452)

Enrollment

1. Southern New Hampshire University (90,196)
2. Penn State University (74,630)
3. University of Central Florida (58,940)
4. Grand Canyon University (57,629)
5. Texas A&M University (53,119)

Applicants

1. 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)

Admission Rate

1. The University of Texas at El Paso (99.99%)
2. National Louis University (97.67%)
3. Western Kentucky University (97.26%)
4. University of Southern Mississippi (96.94%)
5. University of Toledo (96.4%)

Cost of Attendance

1. University of Chicago ($78,555)
2. Harvey Mudd College ($76,953)
3. Columbia University ($76,907)
4. University of Pennsylvania ($75,303)
5. Duke University ($75,105)

Endowment

1. Harvard University ($51,900,662,000)
2. Yale University ($42,282,900,000)
3. Stanford University ($37,800,000,000)
4. Princeton University ($37,697,508,820)
5. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology ($27,527,204,000)

Average Family Income

1. Washington and Lee University ($145,228)
2. Bucknell University ($143,225)
3. Elon University ($142,287)
4. Lafayette College ($141,098)
5. Villanova University ($139,368)

Research Expenses

1. Johns Hopkins University ($3,263,050,000)
2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology ($1,665,682,000)
3. New York University ($1,206,032,000)
4. Harvard University ($1,124,808,000)
5. University of Wisconsin-Madison ($1,097,886,371)

Citations per Faculty

1. Harvard University (86333.19)
2. Stanford University (71257.38)
3. University of California, Berkeley (49018.41)
4. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (48446.69)
5. Univ. of California, San Diego (42013.31)

Racial Overrepresentation

1. Spelman College (1.0)
2. Tougaloo College (0.95)
3. Clark Atlanta University (0.92)
4. Hampton University (0.89)
5. Dillard University (0.84)

Minority %

1. Clark Atlanta University (100.0%)
2. Dillard University (100.0%)
3. Spelman College (100.0%)
4. Fisk University (99.0%)
5. Tougaloo College (99.0%)

Gender Balance

1. Indiana University Bloomington (49.93%)
2. Yale University (49.9%)
3. Washington & Jefferson College (49.87%)
4. Williams College (49.8%)
5. Univ. of California, San Diego (49.79%)

First Generation %

1. Cal. State, San Bernardino (59.69%)
2. University of California, Merced (57.41%)
3. Colorado Technical University (54.59%)
4. Cal. State, Northridge (53.87%)
5. Cal. State, Fresno (53.25%)

Sports Score

1. Lesley University (22.37)
2. Agnes Scott College (22.0)
3. Berea College (21.92)
4. University of Wisconsin-Superior (21.87)
5. Meredith College (21.85)

Student Life

1. Florida State University (5.0)
2. Iowa State University (5.0)
3. Northeastern University (5.0)
4. Georgetown University (5.0)
5. University of Maryland (5.0)

Social Media Followers

1. Harvard University (1,950,000)
2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (1,194,666)
3. Stanford University (882,658)
4. Yale University (610,179)
5. Columbia University (483,490)

Wiki Hits

1. Harvard University (18,648,405)
2. Stanford University (12,095,402)
3. Yale University (10,173,968)
4. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (10,063,053)
5. Columbia University (9,862,725)

NPV10

1. Georgia Institute of Technology ($220,261)
2. Missouri Univ. of Sci and Tech ($197,730)
3. Colorado School of Mines ($185,199)
4. Cal. State, San Luis Obispo ($180,142)
5. Brigham Young University ($165,914)

NPV20

1. California Institute of Technology ($968,913)
2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology ($950,902)
3. Harvey Mudd College ($903,792)
4. Georgia Institute of Technology ($870,164)
5. Colorado School of Mines ($848,838)

NPV40

1. California Institute of Technology ($2,203,193)
2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology ($2,174,794)
3. Harvey Mudd College ($2,103,101)
4. Babson College ($2,019,706)
5. University of Pennsylvania ($1,921,121)

Social Mobility Rate

1. Lehman College, CUNY (10.24%)
2. Pace University (8.43%)
3. Stony Brook University (8.41%)
4. Univ. of Texas Rio Grande Valley (7.65%)
5. Cal. State, Pomona (6.83%)



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