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Top 10 Colleges for Career

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

1680

87.5% win

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

1671

84.0% win

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

1658

94.1% win

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

1655

93.8% win

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

1649

93.3% win

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

1637

81.8% win

Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

1637

80.0% win

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

1631

92.3% win

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

1620

77.3% win

#10

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

1618

78.3% win

Full Rankings

Rank	College	Type	ELO	Matches	Win Rate
1	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Private	1680	32	87.5%
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Private	1671	25	84.0%
3	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	Public	1658	17	94.1%
4	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	Private	1655	16	93.8%
5	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Public	1649	15	93.3%
6	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Private	1637	22	81.8%
7	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	Private	1637	25	80.0%
8	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	Public	1631	13	92.3%
9	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Private	1620	22	77.3%
10	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Private	1618	23	78.3%
11	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Public	1606	20	80.0%
12	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	Private	1603	26	69.2%
13	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Private	1602	27	74.1%
14	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Private	1600	18	77.8%
15	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	Private	1600	19	78.9%
16	University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	Public	1591	6	100.0%
17	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	Private	1590	11	81.8%
18	Columbia University New York, NY	Private	1590	21	71.4%
19	Yale University New Haven, CT	Private	1581	27	66.7%
20	University of Washington Seattle, WA	Public	1580	12	83.3%
21	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	Private	1572	18	72.2%
22	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Private	1571	19	63.2%
23	Texas A&M University College Station, TX	Public	1570	21	66.7%
24	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Private	1568	11	81.8%
25	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	Public	1563	18	66.7%
26	Denison University Granville, OH	Private	1561	8	75.0%
27	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Private	1558	8	75.0%
28	Brown University Providence, RI	Private	1557	11	72.7%
29	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Public	1553	6	83.3%
30	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	Private	1552	8	75.0%
31	University of Delaware Newark, DE	Public	1551	30	60.0%
32	Colby College Waterville, ME	Private	1548	18	66.7%
33	University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK	Public	1547	3	100.0%
34	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	Private	1546	5	80.0%
35	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	Private	1544	19	63.2%
36	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	Public	1543	3	100.0%
37	Scripps College Claremont, CA	Private	1543	5	80.0%
38	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	Public	1542	7	71.4%
39	DePaul University Chicago, IL	Private	1541	7	71.4%
40	University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN	Public	1537	11	63.6%
41	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	Private	1535	4	75.0%
42	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	Private	1533	2	100.0%
43	Northeastern University Boston, MA	Private	1533	11	63.6%
44	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	Private	1531	12	66.7%
45	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	Public	1531	15	60.0%
46	Lafayette College Easton, PA	Private	1531	2	100.0%
47	Centre College Danville, KY	Private	1530	4	75.0%
48	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	Private	1530	4	75.0%
49	Duke University Durham, NC	Private	1530	13	53.8%
50	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	Private	1529	6	66.7%
51	SUNY Buffalo Buffalo, NY	Public	1529	12	58.3%
52	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	Public	1527	17	52.9%
53	University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	Public	1524	6	66.7%
54	University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN	Public	1523	16	56.3%
55	Rice University Houston, TX	Private	1519	23	56.5%
56	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	Public	1519	18	55.6%
57	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	Private	1519	5	60.0%
58	University of Montana Missoula, MT	Public	1517	7	57.1%
59	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	Private	1516	12	50.0%
60	University of Mississippi Oxford, MS	Public	1516	5	60.0%
61	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	Public	1515	12	58.3%
62	University of New Hampshire Durham, NH	Public	1515	1	100.0%
63	Bates College Lewiston, ME	Private	1514	20	50.0%
64	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	Private	1514	3	66.7%
65	Spelman College Atlanta, GA	Private	1514	5	60.0%
66	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	Private	1514	24	54.2%
67	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	Public	1514	3	66.7%
68	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	Public	1514	3	66.7%
69	University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE	Public	1513	13	53.8%
70	Tufts University Medford, MA	Private	1512	39	51.3%
71	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	Public	1512	9	55.6%
72	Purdue University West Lafayette, IN	Public	1510	9	55.6%
73	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	Private	1507	21	47.6%
74	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	Public	1507	27	55.6%
75	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	Private	1504	11	45.5%
76	University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV	Public	1503	2	50.0%
77	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	Private	1503	4	50.0%
78	Georgetown University Washington, D.C.	Private	1501	15	53.3%
79	University of Maine Orono, ME	Public	1501	4	50.0%
80	Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ	Public	1500	15	46.7%
81	Baylor University Waco, TX	Private	1500	2	50.0%
82	Union College Schenectady, NY	Private	1500	2	50.0%
83	University of Denver Denver, CO	Private	1500	4	50.0%
84	Reed College Portland, OR	Private	1499	4	50.0%
85	SUNY Binghamton Binghamton, NY	Public	1499	2	50.0%
86	Trinity College Hartford, CT	Private	1497	2	50.0%
87	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	Public	1497	10	50.0%
88	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	Public	1497	4	50.0%
89	Pomona College Claremont, CA	Private	1494	18	44.4%
90	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	Private	1493	13	46.2%
91	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	Public	1493	7	42.9%
92	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	Public	1492	7	42.9%
93	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	Public	1492	9	44.4%
94	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	Private	1490	9	44.4%
95	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA	Public	1488	16	50.0%
96	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	Private	1488	3	33.3%
97	University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	Public	1488	1	0.0%
98	Tulane University New Orleans, LA	Private	1487	30	46.7%
99	Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA	Public	1486	5	40.0%
100	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	Private	1486	5	40.0%
101	Morehouse College Atlanta, GA	Private	1486	5	40.0%
102	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	Public	1484	3	33.3%
103	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	Private	1484	1	0.0%
104	University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA	Public	1483	11	45.5%
105	Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA	Private	1483	3	33.3%
106	Barnard College New York, NY	Private	1483	1	0.0%
107	Amherst College Amherst, MA	Private	1482	14	42.9%
108	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	Private	1482	3	33.3%
109	University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	Public	1482	1	0.0%
110	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	Public	1482	3	33.3%
111	Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA	Public	1481	20	50.0%
112	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	Public	1478	10	40.0%
113	Haverford College Haverford, PA	Private	1477	9	44.4%
114	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	Public	1475	10	30.0%
115	Boston University Boston, MA	Private	1474	16	43.8%
116	American University Washington, D.C.	Private	1474	2	0.0%
117	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Private	1473	16	37.5%
118	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	Private	1473	11	36.4%
119	Fordham University Bronx, NY	Private	1472	4	25.0%
120	SUNY Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY	Public	1472	6	33.3%
121	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	Public	1472	4	25.0%
122	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	Private	1471	22	40.9%
123	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	Private	1470	11	36.4%
124	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	Private	1470	4	25.0%
125	Macalester College St. Paul, MN	Private	1470	6	33.3%
126	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	Private	1470	4	25.0%
127	Williams College Williamstown, MA	Private	1469	18	44.4%
128	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	Private	1469	2	0.0%
129	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	Public	1468	19	42.1%
130	Howard University Washington, D.C.	Private	1465	4	25.0%
131	Clemson University Clemson, SC	Public	1464	11	36.4%
132	Chapman University Orange, CA	Private	1462	14	35.7%
133	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	Private	1458	7	28.6%
134	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	Private	1457	17	41.2%
135	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	Public	1457	10	30.0%
136	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	Public	1454	3	0.0%
137	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	Public	1454	3	0.0%
138	University of California, Merced Merced, CA	Public	1453	5	20.0%
139	Emory University Atlanta, GA	Private	1448	26	42.3%
140	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Public	1446	6	16.7%
141	University of California, Davis Davis, CA	Public	1444	10	30.0%
142	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	Private	1442	16	37.5%
143	College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	Public	1442	13	30.8%
144	University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	Public	1435	13	23.1%
145	Smith College Northampton, MA	Private	1433	26	34.6%
146	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	Private	1431	16	25.0%
147	Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN	Public	1430	23	30.4%
148	Villanova University Villanova, PA	Private	1428	13	23.1%
149	Carleton College Northfield, MN	Private	1426	8	12.5%
150	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Public	1425	5	0.0%
151	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	Private	1416	13	23.1%
152	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	Private	1415	20	30.0%
153	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	Public	1406	21	23.8%
154	Davidson College Davidson, NC	Private	1406	21	28.6%
155	University of Maryland College Park, MD	Public	1405	21	33.3%
156	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	Public	1405	8	0.0%
157	New York University New York, NY	Private	1400	12	16.7%
158	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	Public	1398	16	18.8%
159	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	Public	1388	11	9.1%
160	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	Private	1385	32	25.0%
161	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	Public	1383	18	22.2%
162	University of South Carolina Columbia, SC	Public	1378	22	22.7%
163	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	Private	1373	18	16.7%
164	Auburn University Auburn, AL	Public	1370	23	21.7%
165	University of Georgia Athens, GA	Public	1358	22	13.6%
166	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	Public	1349	14	7.1%
167	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	Private	1347	19	10.5%
168	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	Private	1340	17	5.9%
169	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Private	1340	32	15.6%

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