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Top 10 Private Colleges for Social

Brown University

Providence, RI

1648

81.8% win

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

1632

79.2% win

New York University

New York, NY

1618

86.7% win

Pomona College

Claremont, CA

1608

82.4% win

Duke University

Durham, NC

1601

91.7% win

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

1595

84.6% win

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

1586

88.9% win

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

1584

77.8% win

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

1583

76.5% win

#10

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

1582

66.7% win

Full Rankings

Rank	College	Type	ELO	Matches	Win Rate
1	Brown University Providence, RI	Private	1648	22	81.8%
2	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Private	1632	24	79.2%
3	New York University New York, NY	Private	1618	15	86.7%
4	Pomona College Claremont, CA	Private	1608	17	82.4%
5	Duke University Durham, NC	Private	1601	12	91.7%
6	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	Private	1595	13	84.6%
7	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	Private	1586	9	88.9%
8	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	Private	1584	18	77.8%
9	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Private	1583	17	76.5%
10	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	Private	1582	24	66.7%
11	Tulane University New Orleans, LA	Private	1581	21	66.7%
12	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	Private	1581	17	76.5%
13	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	Private	1578	10	80.0%
14	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Private	1562	4	100.0%
15	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Private	1554	16	62.5%
16	Yale University New Haven, CT	Private	1553	10	70.0%
17	Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA	Private	1553	8	75.0%
18	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	Private	1544	3	100.0%
19	Villanova University Villanova, PA	Private	1544	15	60.0%
20	Fordham University Bronx, NY	Private	1542	3	100.0%
21	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Private	1538	28	57.1%
22	Spelman College Atlanta, GA	Private	1533	2	100.0%
23	University of Denver Denver, CO	Private	1531	4	75.0%
24	Bates College Lewiston, ME	Private	1529	6	66.7%
25	Haverford College Haverford, PA	Private	1528	6	66.7%
26	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	Private	1526	4	75.0%
27	Williams College Williamstown, MA	Private	1526	16	62.5%
28	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	Private	1524	4	75.0%
29	Emory University Atlanta, GA	Private	1518	12	58.3%
30	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	Private	1514	15	46.7%
31	Reed College Portland, OR	Private	1514	5	60.0%
32	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	Private	1513	3	66.7%
33	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	Private	1513	7	57.1%
34	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	Private	1513	3	66.7%
35	Trinity College Hartford, CT	Private	1507	7	57.1%
36	Denison University Granville, OH	Private	1507	2	50.0%
37	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	Private	1505	16	50.0%
38	Smith College Northampton, MA	Private	1504	8	50.0%
39	Union College Schenectady, NY	Private	1504	6	50.0%
40	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	Private	1503	4	50.0%
41	Columbia University New York, NY	Private	1502	8	50.0%
42	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	Private	1500	0	0.0%
43	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Private	1499	19	47.4%
44	DePaul University Chicago, IL	Private	1499	4	50.0%
45	Carleton College Northfield, MN	Private	1492	13	53.8%
46	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	Private	1491	14	50.0%
47	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	Private	1489	13	46.2%
48	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	Private	1488	5	40.0%
49	Northeastern University Boston, MA	Private	1487	13	46.2%
50	Macalester College St. Paul, MN	Private	1487	5	40.0%
51	Rice University Houston, TX	Private	1487	9	44.4%
52	Morehouse College Atlanta, GA	Private	1484	1	0.0%
53	Lafayette College Easton, PA	Private	1484	3	33.3%
54	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	Private	1483	1	0.0%
55	Georgetown University Washington, D.C.	Private	1482	11	45.5%
56	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	Private	1482	14	42.9%
57	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Private	1481	7	42.9%
58	Scripps College Claremont, CA	Private	1481	5	40.0%
59	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	Private	1476	6	33.3%
60	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	Private	1473	8	37.5%
61	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	Private	1473	17	41.2%
62	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	Private	1471	4	25.0%
63	American University Washington, D.C.	Private	1470	2	0.0%
64	Howard University Washington, D.C.	Private	1469	6	33.3%
65	Centre College Danville, KY	Private	1469	2	0.0%
66	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	Private	1468	23	43.5%
67	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	Private	1468	16	43.8%
68	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	Private	1467	9	33.3%
69	Baylor University Waco, TX	Private	1466	7	28.6%
70	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	Private	1462	9	33.3%
71	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	Private	1460	5	20.0%
72	Amherst College Amherst, MA	Private	1460	5	20.0%
73	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	Private	1459	17	41.2%
74	Tufts University Medford, MA	Private	1459	20	35.0%
75	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	Private	1455	14	28.6%
76	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	Private	1453	9	33.3%
77	Chapman University Orange, CA	Private	1452	12	33.3%
78	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	Private	1452	5	20.0%
79	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	Private	1446	8	25.0%
80	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	Private	1443	17	35.3%
81	Boston University Boston, MA	Private	1442	15	40.0%
82	Davidson College Davidson, NC	Private	1442	11	27.3%
83	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Private	1441	20	35.0%
84	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	Private	1426	20	35.0%
85	Barnard College New York, NY	Private	1418	6	0.0%
86	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Private	1409	26	30.8%
87	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	Private	1401	10	10.0%
88	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	Private	1400	13	15.4%
89	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	Private	1397	12	16.7%
90	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	Private	1388	12	8.3%
91	Colby College Waterville, ME	Private	1383	16	12.5%
92	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	Private	1349	15	0.0%
93	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	Private	1348	14	7.1%
94	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Private	1326	17	0.0%
95	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Private	1306	17	0.0%
96	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Private	1253	31	0.0%

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