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Best Colleges for Academics

Academic quality and faculty strength

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Top 10 Colleges for Academics

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

1682

95.2% win

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

1674

95.2% win

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

1672

100.0% win

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

1670

91.3% win

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

1661

81.8% win

Brown University

Providence, RI

1658

90.0% win

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

1643

100.0% win

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

1641

78.6% win

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

1617

81.0% win

#10

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

1608

92.3% win

Full Rankings

Rank	College	Type	ELO	Matches	Win Rate
1	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Private	1682	21	95.2%
2	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	Public	1674	21	95.2%
3	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Public	1672	16	100.0%
4	University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	Public	1670	23	91.3%
5	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Private	1661	22	81.8%
6	Brown University Providence, RI	Private	1658	20	90.0%
7	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Private	1643	13	100.0%
8	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	Private	1641	28	78.6%
9	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Private	1617	21	81.0%
10	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	Public	1608	13	92.3%
11	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	Private	1608	22	72.7%
12	Yale University New Haven, CT	Private	1607	14	85.7%
13	Williams College Williamstown, MA	Private	1606	19	78.9%
14	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	Private	1604	31	67.7%
15	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	Private	1604	13	84.6%
16	Pomona College Claremont, CA	Private	1600	18	77.8%
17	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Private	1597	11	81.8%
18	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Private	1592	10	90.0%
19	Duke University Durham, NC	Private	1578	8	87.5%
20	Spelman College Atlanta, GA	Private	1575	5	100.0%
21	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	Public	1574	16	68.8%
22	Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA	Private	1573	5	100.0%
23	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	Public	1573	22	68.2%
24	Davidson College Davidson, NC	Private	1572	33	63.6%
25	University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	Public	1566	10	80.0%
26	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Private	1566	25	64.0%
27	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Private	1565	15	73.3%
28	Columbia University New York, NY	Private	1564	12	75.0%
29	University of Washington Seattle, WA	Public	1563	26	65.4%
30	Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ	Public	1559	4	100.0%
31	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	Private	1558	13	69.2%
32	Emory University Atlanta, GA	Private	1558	15	66.7%
33	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	Private	1554	6	83.3%
34	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	Private	1554	11	72.7%
35	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	Private	1550	8	75.0%
36	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Private	1550	26	61.5%
37	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	Private	1546	10	70.0%
38	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	Private	1545	3	100.0%
39	Denison University Granville, OH	Private	1545	5	80.0%
40	Haverford College Haverford, PA	Private	1544	16	62.5%
41	University of New Hampshire Durham, NH	Public	1542	5	80.0%
42	Tulane University New Orleans, LA	Private	1540	17	58.8%
43	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Public	1539	12	66.7%
44	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	Private	1538	5	80.0%
45	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	Public	1537	14	57.1%
46	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Private	1534	25	60.0%
47	New York University New York, NY	Private	1532	11	63.6%
48	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	Public	1532	4	75.0%
49	Macalester College St. Paul, MN	Private	1531	2	100.0%
50	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Private	1530	10	70.0%
51	Barnard College New York, NY	Private	1529	4	75.0%
52	Purdue University West Lafayette, IN	Public	1528	10	60.0%
53	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	Private	1528	14	57.1%
54	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	Private	1527	8	62.5%
55	Rice University Houston, TX	Private	1526	20	60.0%
56	University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA	Public	1525	6	66.7%
57	University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK	Public	1521	5	60.0%
58	Amherst College Amherst, MA	Private	1517	23	56.5%
59	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	Public	1517	19	52.6%
60	Smith College Northampton, MA	Private	1517	18	55.6%
61	Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA	Public	1517	3	66.7%
62	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	Private	1517	3	66.7%
63	Morehouse College Atlanta, GA	Private	1517	3	66.7%
64	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	Private	1516	3	66.7%
65	University of Montana Missoula, MT	Public	1516	1	100.0%
66	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	Private	1515	9	55.6%
67	University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN	Public	1515	24	50.0%
68	Scripps College Claremont, CA	Private	1515	9	55.6%
69	American University Washington, D.C.	Private	1514	9	55.6%
70	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	Private	1513	23	52.2%
71	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	Private	1513	12	58.3%
72	Colby College Waterville, ME	Private	1513	9	55.6%
73	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	Public	1513	14	57.1%
74	University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV	Public	1512	7	57.1%
75	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	Public	1504	2	50.0%
76	University of California, Davis Davis, CA	Public	1504	16	50.0%
77	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	Private	1504	14	50.0%
78	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Public	1503	8	50.0%
79	Howard University Washington, D.C.	Private	1503	8	50.0%
80	Carleton College Northfield, MN	Private	1502	18	50.0%
81	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	Public	1502	2	50.0%
82	College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	Public	1501	14	50.0%
83	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	Private	1500	2	50.0%
84	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	Public	1500	0	0.0%
85	Georgetown University Washington, D.C.	Private	1500	18	50.0%
86	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	Public	1498	2	50.0%
87	University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	Public	1498	2	50.0%
88	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	Private	1497	16	50.0%
89	University of Delaware Newark, DE	Public	1497	26	50.0%
90	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	Private	1496	8	50.0%
91	Centre College Danville, KY	Private	1495	8	50.0%
92	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	Public	1495	8	50.0%
93	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	Private	1492	13	46.2%
94	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	Private	1491	5	40.0%
95	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	Private	1490	21	47.6%
96	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	Private	1489	17	47.1%
97	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Public	1489	23	47.8%
98	DePaul University Chicago, IL	Private	1488	5	40.0%
99	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	Private	1488	18	50.0%
100	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	Private	1487	15	46.7%
101	Fordham University Bronx, NY	Private	1487	5	40.0%
102	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	Public	1487	3	33.3%
103	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	Public	1486	3	33.3%
104	Union College Schenectady, NY	Private	1485	1	0.0%
105	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Public	1485	3	33.3%
106	University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE	Public	1484	3	33.3%
107	SUNY Buffalo Buffalo, NY	Public	1482	5	40.0%
108	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	Public	1482	3	33.3%
109	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	Public	1480	14	42.9%
110	Lafayette College Easton, PA	Private	1476	8	37.5%
111	Baylor University Waco, TX	Private	1474	4	25.0%
112	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	Public	1472	10	40.0%
113	Clemson University Clemson, SC	Public	1472	18	38.9%
114	SUNY Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY	Public	1471	6	33.3%
115	University of Maine Orono, ME	Public	1469	8	37.5%
116	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	Private	1468	2	0.0%
117	University of California, Merced Merced, CA	Public	1468	6	33.3%
118	Chapman University Orange, CA	Private	1467	9	33.3%
119	SUNY Binghamton Binghamton, NY	Public	1467	4	25.0%
120	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	Private	1466	12	33.3%
121	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	Private	1464	17	41.2%
122	University of Maryland College Park, MD	Public	1462	16	43.8%
123	Villanova University Villanova, PA	Private	1461	18	38.9%
124	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	Private	1460	5	20.0%
125	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	Public	1459	7	28.6%
126	Trinity College Hartford, CT	Private	1458	5	20.0%
127	University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	Public	1458	5	20.0%
128	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	Public	1456	5	20.0%
129	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	Private	1456	3	0.0%
130	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Private	1455	10	30.0%
131	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	Public	1455	20	40.0%
132	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	Private	1454	21	38.1%
133	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	Private	1453	5	20.0%
134	Boston University Boston, MA	Private	1452	12	33.3%
135	University of Mississippi Oxford, MS	Public	1450	10	30.0%
136	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	Private	1448	16	37.5%
137	Texas A&M University College Station, TX	Public	1448	15	33.3%
138	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	Public	1447	14	35.7%
139	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	Public	1444	15	26.7%
140	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	Private	1443	16	37.5%
141	Northeastern University Boston, MA	Private	1441	12	33.3%
142	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA	Public	1441	18	33.3%
143	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	Private	1441	8	25.0%
144	Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN	Public	1438	22	36.4%
145	Reed College Portland, OR	Private	1427	7	14.3%
146	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	Private	1425	5	0.0%
147	University of Denver Denver, CO	Private	1425	5	0.0%
148	Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA	Public	1415	15	26.7%
149	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	Public	1412	21	28.6%
150	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	Public	1406	27	29.6%
151	Tufts University Medford, MA	Private	1405	28	28.6%
152	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	Public	1404	10	10.0%
153	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	Private	1398	16	18.8%
154	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	Private	1398	20	20.0%
155	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	Public	1398	23	26.1%
156	University of South Carolina Columbia, SC	Public	1398	13	15.4%
157	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	Public	1398	11	9.1%
158	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	Public	1392	8	0.0%
159	University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN	Public	1391	13	7.7%
160	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	Private	1388	17	17.6%
161	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	Public	1388	20	20.0%
162	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	Public	1387	23	21.7%
163	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	Public	1371	29	20.7%
164	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	Public	1362	15	13.3%
165	Auburn University Auburn, AL	Public	1360	43	20.9%
166	University of Georgia Athens, GA	Public	1356	15	6.7%
167	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	Private	1354	21	14.3%
168	Bates College Lewiston, ME	Private	1340	16	0.0%
169	University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	Public	1340	15	0.0%

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