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Best Colleges for Overall

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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

#10

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%

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