2018 College Ranking: Best Colleges & Universities

Overall Rank (1=Best)*	Percentile (99=Best)	University/College	State	Total Score	'Student Selectivity' Rank	'Cost & Financing' Rank	'Faculty Resources' Rank	'Campus Safety' Rank	'Campus Experience' Rank	'Educational Outcomes' Rank	'Career Outcomes' Rank
1	99	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	81.52	6	746	5	604	325	26	2
2	99	Princeton University	NJ	79.4	5	813	7	562	291	4	13
3	99	Harvard University	MA	79.37	2	783	11	77	333	33	6
4	99	Stanford University	CA	77.55	3	860	153	215	6	62	5
5	99	California Institute of Technology	CA	77.39	1	891	2	627	376	36	8
6	99	Yale University	CT	77.37	4	883	14	569	319	6	17
7	99	Duke University	NC	76.87	15	878	10	470	20	10	16
8	99	University of Pennsylvania	PA	75.82	10	916	4	93	322	24	10
9	99	Columbia University	NY	75.27	8	956	20	83	236	17	19
10	99	Rice University	TX	75.15	18	867	6	368	307	37	31
11	99	University of California--Berkeley	CA	74.94	25	655	543	678	304	56	35
12	99	Harvey Mudd College	CA	74.58	13	920	62	898	312	26	4
13	99	Johns Hopkins University	MD	74.12	17	907	92	59	13	15	28
14	99	Brown University	RI	74.04	11	953	16	624	298	30	43
15	98	Pomona College	CA	73.99	14	848	33	929	16	2	155
16	98	University of Notre Dame	IN	73.87	27	901	26	290	366	3	23
17	98	Dartmouth College	NH	73.79	16	899	54	922	354	12	22
18	98	Vanderbilt University	TN	73.71	9	887	67	770	361	11	50
19	98	Williams College	MA	73.17	24	856	12	573	341	20	83
20	98	University of Chicago	IL	73.1	7	964	3	56	280	1	61
21	98	University of California--Los Angeles	CA	72.91	32	558	639	479	315	65	65
22	98	Northwestern University	IL	72.81	12	934	8	72	340	25	47
23	98	Amherst College	MA	72.47	20	892	35	848	9	29	89
24	98	Swarthmore College	PA	72.09	19	864	21	955	294	8	127
25	97	Cornell University	NY	71.93	22	950	100	360	346	9	20
26	97	Georgetown University	DC	71.8	28	949	332	82	337	5	9
27	97	University of Virginia	VA	71.6	42	732	456	302	393	18	44
28	97	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	NC	71.5	49	262	544	731	512	34	117
29	97	Washington University in St. Louis	MO	70.9	21	969	55	446	365	16	49
30	97	Vassar College	NY	70.58	41	768	53	903