Best Colleges for Overall
Overall reputation and prestige
Based on 5,765 community votes
Top 10 Private Colleges for Overall
Yale University
New Haven, CT
1713
89.7% win
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
1705
87.0% win
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
1699
92.0% win
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
1684
88.2% win
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
1682
84.2% win
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
1680
82.9% win
Brown University
Providence, RI
1671
86.7% win
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
1666
87.0% win
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
1655
79.1% win
Columbia University
New York, NY
1654
77.8% win
Full Rankings
| Rank | College | Type | ELO | Matches | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale University New Haven, CT | Private | 1713 | 39 | 89.7% |
| 2 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | Private | 1705 | 46 | 87.0% |
| 3 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | Private | 1699 | 25 | 92.0% |
| 4 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | Private | 1684 | 34 | 88.2% |
| 5 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | Private | 1682 | 38 | 84.2% |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Private | 1680 | 41 | 82.9% |
| 7 | Brown University Providence, RI | Private | 1671 | 30 | 86.7% |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | Private | 1666 | 23 | 87.0% |
| 9 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private | 1655 | 43 | 79.1% |
| 10 | Columbia University New York, NY | Private | 1654 | 45 | 77.8% |
| 11 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | Private | 1647 | 33 | 78.8% |
| 12 | Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA | Private | 1634 | 24 | 75.0% |
| 13 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | Private | 1629 | 35 | 74.3% |
| 14 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Private | 1614 | 36 | 72.2% |
| 15 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | Private | 1611 | 29 | 72.4% |
| 16 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA | Private | 1604 | 18 | 72.2% |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private | 1593 | 50 | 64.0% |
| 18 | Rice University Houston, TX | Private | 1590 | 34 | 67.6% |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | Private | 1588 | 25 | 68.0% |
| 20 | Marquette University Milwaukee, WI | Private | 1588 | 6 | 100.0% |
| 21 | Amherst College Amherst, MA | Private | 1586 | 21 | 71.4% |
| 22 | Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO | Private | 1585 | 18 | 72.2% |
| 23 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | Private | 1572 | 32 | 65.6% |
| 24 | Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA | Private | 1571 | 34 | 64.7% |
| 25 | Colby College Waterville, ME | Private | 1567 | 28 | 64.3% |
| 26 | University of San Diego San Diego, CA | Private | 1567 | 7 | 85.7% |
| 27 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL | Private | 1564 | 37 | 64.9% |
| 28 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | Private | 1563 | 32 | 62.5% |
| 29 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VT | Private | 1562 | 32 | 65.6% |
| 30 | Denison University Granville, OH | Private | 1553 | 12 | 66.7% |
| 31 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | Private | 1553 | 12 | 66.7% |
| 32 | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO | Private | 1550 | 36 | 61.1% |
| 33 | Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA | Private | 1549 | 12 | 66.7% |
| 34 | New York University New York, NY | Private | 1546 | 17 | 64.7% |
| 35 | Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX | Private | 1543 | 11 | 63.6% |
| 36 | Barnard College New York, NY | Private | 1541 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 37 | Boston University Boston, MA | Private | 1539 | 11 | 63.6% |
| 38 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | Private | 1537 | 39 | 56.4% |
| 39 | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC | Private | 1535 | 31 | 58.1% |
| 40 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY | Private | 1535 | 36 | 52.8% |
| 41 | Spelman College Atlanta, GA | Private | 1535 | 12 | 58.3% |
| 42 | University of Denver Denver, CO | Private | 1531 | 15 | 53.3% |
| 43 | Baylor University Waco, TX | Private | 1531 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 44 | Tufts University Medford, MA | Private | 1530 | 25 | 52.0% |
| 45 | Morehouse College Atlanta, GA | Private | 1528 | 8 | 62.5% |
| 46 | Duke University Durham, NC | Private | 1526 | 15 | 53.3% |
| 47 | Scripps College Claremont, CA | Private | 1522 | 11 | 63.6% |
| 48 | Centre College Danville, KY | Private | 1521 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 49 | Oberlin College Oberlin, OH | Private | 1520 | 9 | 55.6% |
| 50 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | Private | 1517 | 45 | 53.3% |
| 51 | American University Washington, D.C. | Private | 1513 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 52 | Kenyon College Gambier, OH | Private | 1512 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 53 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | Private | 1510 | 36 | 52.8% |
| 54 | Macalester College St. Paul, MN | Private | 1507 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 55 | Dickinson College Carlisle, PA | Private | 1506 | 15 | 53.3% |
| 56 | Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA | Private | 1503 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 57 | DePaul University Chicago, IL | Private | 1502 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 58 | Union College Schenectady, NY | Private | 1500 | 12 | 50.0% |
| 59 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA | Private | 1498 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 60 | Howard University Washington, D.C. | Private | 1497 | 9 | 44.4% |
| 61 | Williams College Williamstown, MA | Private | 1497 | 28 | 46.4% |
| 62 | Trinity College Hartford, CT | Private | 1495 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 63 | Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA | Private | 1494 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 64 | Georgetown University Washington, D.C. | Private | 1493 | 22 | 45.5% |
| 65 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Private | 1491 | 51 | 51.0% |
| 66 | Reed College Portland, OR | Private | 1487 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 67 | Fordham University Bronx, NY | Private | 1486 | 10 | 40.0% |
| 68 | Carleton College Northfield, MN | Private | 1486 | 22 | 45.5% |
| 69 | Pomona College Claremont, CA | Private | 1485 | 47 | 46.8% |
| 70 | Whitman College Walla Walla, WA | Private | 1482 | 14 | 42.9% |
| 71 | Villanova University Villanova, PA | Private | 1479 | 40 | 45.0% |
| 72 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | Private | 1478 | 21 | 42.9% |
| 73 | Lafayette College Easton, PA | Private | 1478 | 12 | 41.7% |
| 74 | Gonzaga University Spokane, WA | Private | 1475 | 14 | 42.9% |
| 75 | Occidental College Los Angeles, CA | Private | 1475 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 76 | Pepperdine University Malibu, CA | Private | 1471 | 19 | 42.1% |
| 77 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA | Private | 1471 | 15 | 40.0% |
| 78 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME | Private | 1469 | 39 | 48.7% |
| 79 | Hamilton College Clinton, NY | Private | 1461 | 34 | 41.2% |
| 80 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | Private | 1445 | 19 | 31.6% |
| 81 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | Private | 1441 | 24 | 37.5% |
| 82 | Haverford College Haverford, PA | Private | 1440 | 33 | 33.3% |
| 83 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY | Private | 1424 | 28 | 32.1% |
| 84 | Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA | Private | 1418 | 11 | 18.2% |
| 85 | Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA | Private | 1413 | 11 | 18.2% |
| 86 | Grinnell College Grinnell, IA | Private | 1412 | 21 | 28.6% |
| 87 | Tulane University New Orleans, LA | Private | 1408 | 22 | 31.8% |
| 88 | Davidson College Davidson, NC | Private | 1401 | 45 | 28.9% |
| 89 | Chapman University Orange, CA | Private | 1395 | 19 | 21.1% |
| 90 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | Private | 1380 | 47 | 23.4% |
| 91 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | Private | 1379 | 29 | 20.7% |
| 92 | Bates College Lewiston, ME | Private | 1370 | 23 | 13.0% |
| 93 | Smith College Northampton, MA | Private | 1356 | 22 | 13.6% |
| 94 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX | Private | 1356 | 24 | 16.7% |
| 95 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA | Private | 1344 | 31 | 16.1% |
| 96 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA | Private | 1343 | 31 | 19.4% |