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Best Colleges for Academics

Academic quality and faculty strength

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Top 10 Public Colleges for Academics

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

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

1608

92.3% win

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, IL

1574

68.8% win

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

1573

68.2% win

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

1566

80.0% win

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

1563

65.4% win

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

1559

100.0% win

#10

University of New Hampshire

Durham, NH

1542

80.0% win

Full Rankings

Rank	College	Type	ELO	Matches	Win Rate
1	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	Public	1674	21	95.2%
2	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Public	1672	16	100.0%
3	University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	Public	1670	23	91.3%
4	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	Public	1608	13	92.3%
5	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	Public	1574	16	68.8%
6	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	Public	1573	22	68.2%
7	University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	Public	1566	10	80.0%
8	University of Washington Seattle, WA	Public	1563	26	65.4%
9	Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ	Public	1559	4	100.0%
10	University of New Hampshire Durham, NH	Public	1542	5	80.0%
11	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Public	1539	12	66.7%
12	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	Public	1537	14	57.1%
13	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	Public	1532	4	75.0%
14	Purdue University West Lafayette, IN	Public	1528	10	60.0%
15	University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA	Public	1525	6	66.7%
16	University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK	Public	1521	5	60.0%
17	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	Public	1517	19	52.6%
18	Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA	Public	1517	3	66.7%
19	University of Montana Missoula, MT	Public	1516	1	100.0%
20	University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN	Public	1515	24	50.0%
21	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	Public	1513	14	57.1%
22	University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV	Public	1512	7	57.1%
23	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	Public	1504	2	50.0%
24	University of California, Davis Davis, CA	Public	1504	16	50.0%
25	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Public	1503	8	50.0%
26	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	Public	1502	2	50.0%
27	College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	Public	1501	14	50.0%
28	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	Public	1500	0	0.0%
29	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	Public	1498	2	50.0%
30	University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	Public	1498	2	50.0%
31	University of Delaware Newark, DE	Public	1497	26	50.0%
32	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	Public	1495	8	50.0%
33	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Public	1489	23	47.8%
34	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	Public	1487	3	33.3%
35	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	Public	1486	3	33.3%
36	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Public	1485	3	33.3%
37	University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE	Public	1484	3	33.3%
38	SUNY Buffalo Buffalo, NY	Public	1482	5	40.0%
39	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	Public	1482	3	33.3%
40	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	Public	1480	14	42.9%
41	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	Public	1472	10	40.0%
42	Clemson University Clemson, SC	Public	1472	18	38.9%
43	SUNY Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY	Public	1471	6	33.3%
44	University of Maine Orono, ME	Public	1469	8	37.5%
45	University of California, Merced Merced, CA	Public	1468	6	33.3%
46	SUNY Binghamton Binghamton, NY	Public	1467	4	25.0%
47	University of Maryland College Park, MD	Public	1462	16	43.8%
48	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	Public	1459	7	28.6%
49	University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	Public	1458	5	20.0%
50	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	Public	1456	5	20.0%
51	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	Public	1455	20	40.0%
52	University of Mississippi Oxford, MS	Public	1450	10	30.0%
53	Texas A&M University College Station, TX	Public	1448	15	33.3%
54	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	Public	1447	14	35.7%
55	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	Public	1444	15	26.7%
56	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA	Public	1441	18	33.3%
57	Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN	Public	1438	22	36.4%
58	Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA	Public	1415	15	26.7%
59	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	Public	1412	21	28.6%
60	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	Public	1406	27	29.6%
61	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	Public	1404	10	10.0%
62	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	Public	1398	23	26.1%
63	University of South Carolina Columbia, SC	Public	1398	13	15.4%
64	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	Public	1398	11	9.1%
65	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	Public	1392	8	0.0%
66	University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN	Public	1391	13	7.7%
67	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	Public	1388	20	20.0%
68	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	Public	1387	23	21.7%
69	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	Public	1371	29	20.7%
70	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	Public	1362	15	13.3%
71	Auburn University Auburn, AL	Public	1360	43	20.9%
72	University of Georgia Athens, GA	Public	1356	15	6.7%
73	University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	Public	1340	15	0.0%

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