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America's top-ranked colleges & universities

Teaching focus (25) Class size (20) Experiential learning (20) Retention rate (10) Economic mobility (25) Total score (100) Total no. of students No. of undergrad students No. of undergrads

Cluster Rankings

Diamond Kettering University, Flint (Michigan) 25.0 16.0 20.0 8.5 14.0 83.5 1,341 1,233
Diamond United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs (Colorado) 25.0 16.0 19.5 9.5 12.5 82.5 4,124 4,124
Diamond Claremont McKenna College (California) 23.5 15.5 15.0 9.5 19.0 82.5 1,380 1,377
Diamond Amherst College (Massachusetts) 25.0 15.0 14.0 9.5 16.5 80.0 1,910 1,910
Diamond Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) 22.0 15.0 14.5 8.0 19.5 79.0 6,155 3,367
Diamond University of Richmond (Virginia) 23.5 17.0 14.5 9.0 14.5 78.5 3,408 2,942
Diamond Berea College (Kentucky) 24.0 13.0 14.5 8.0 19.0 78.5 1,471 1,471
Platinum University of Washington-Tacoma Campus (Washington) 23.5 17.0 15.0 7.5 20.5 77.7 4,038 3,546
Platinum Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wisconsin) 23.0 14.5 15.0 8.0 17.0 77.5 2,579 2,544
Platinum Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
(Massachusetts) 14.5 13.5 14.5 10.0 25.0 77.5 11,706 4,543
Platinum Washington & Jefferson College, Washington (Pennsylvania) 24.0 17.5 10.0 8.5 17.0 77.0 1,157 1,157
Platinum College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor (Maine) 25.0 17.5 19.5 7.5 12.5 76.3 351 344
Platinum Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania) 23.0 16.0 14.5 9.5 13.0 76.0 1,641 1,641
Platinum Linfield University, McMinnville (Oregon) 22.0 16.5 10.0 8.0 19.5 76.0 1,611 1,575
Platinum Bradley University, Peoria (Illinois) 23.0 16.0 10.0 8.5 18.5 76.0 4,214 3,763
Platinum Seattle University (Washington) 23.5 15.5 15.0 8.0 14.0 76.0 5,650 3,989
Platinum New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark (New Jersey) 17.0 11.5 14.5 9.0 24.0 76.0 10,388 7,913
Platinum Drexel University, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) 18.5 11.5 19.5 8.5 17.5 75.5 16,930 12,505
Platinum Wellesley College (Massachusetts) 24.0 16.0 9.5 9.5 16.5 75.5 2,335 2,335
Platinum Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute (Indiana) 24.5 15.5 15.0 9.0 11.5 75.5 2,220 2,213
Platinum University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) 25.0 10.5 14.5 10.0 15.5 75.5 23,948 10,610
Platinum Rice University, Houston (Texas) 22.5 13.0 14.5 10.0 15.0 75.0 7,972 4,483
Platinum University of the Pacific, Stockton (California) 22.0 12.5 10.0 9.0 21.5 75.0 5,895 3,188
Platinum Harvey Mudd College, Claremont (California) 24.5 14.5 14.5 9.5 11.5 74.5 911 911
Platinum Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) 21.0 13.0 14.5 9.5 16.5 74.5 14,517 7,038
Platinum Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles (California) 21.0 16.5 10.0 7.5 25.0 74.4 2,032 1,612
Platinum University of La Verne (California) 21.5 17.5 10.5 7.5 23.0 74.4 4,303 2,891
Platinum Washington and Lee University, Lexington (Virginia) 24.5 15.0 14.5 10.0 10.0 74.0 2,266 1,887
Platinum The College of New Jersey, Ewing (New Jersey) 22.5 13.5 15.0 9.0 14.0 74.0 7,130 6,903
Platinum Brigham Young University, Provo (Utah) 20.5 11.0 14.5 9.0 19.0 74.0 31,055 29,261
Platinum Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale (Florida) 21.5 15.0 9.5 8.0 20.0 74.0 15,668 6,711
Platinum Rowan University, Glassboro (New Jersey) 21.0 14.5 15.0 8.5 15.0 74.0 15,987 13,010
Platinum Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken (New Jersey) 21.0 10.0 14.5 9.5 19.0 74.0 7,461 4,069
Platinum California State Polytechnic University-Pomona (California) 21.5 7.5 15.0 8.5 21.5 74.0 22,047 21,007
Platinum Hillsdale College (Michigan) 22.0 17.5 9.5 9.5 15.5 74.0 1,611 1,531
Gold Carleton College, Northfield (Minnesota) 24.0 16.0 14.5 9.5 9.5 73.5 2,049 2,049
Gold Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma (Washington) 23.0 14.0 10.0 8.0 18.5 73.5 2,538 2,308
Gold California State University-Stanislaus, Turlock (California) 22.0 12.5 10.0 8.0 21.0 73.5 7,728 6,923
Gold Trinity University, San Antonio (Texas) 24.0 16.0 15.0 9.0 9.5 73.5 2,603 2,482
Gold CUNY Bernard M Baruch College (New York) 22.0 9.0 8.5 8.5 25.0 73.0 13,621 12,947

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