Top Ten Choice College* Rankings

1 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

• Nearby Cities: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland
• Enrolled Students: 7,436

2419 Points

2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

• Nearby Cities: Boston, Worcester, Manchester
• Enrolled Students: 4,268

2370 Points

3 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

• Nearby Cities: Boston, Worcester, Manchester
• Enrolled Students: 9,533

2363 Points

4 Yale University

New Haven, CT

• Nearby Cities: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
• Enrolled Students: 6,821

2307 Points

5 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

• Nearby Cities: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
• Enrolled Students: 5,216

2306 Points

6 Caltech

Pasadena, CA

• Nearby Cities: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
• Enrolled Students: 967

2255 Points

7 University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

• Nearby Cities: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland
• Enrolled Students: 12,123

2227 Points

7 United States Air Force Academy

USAF Academy, CO

• Nearby Cities: Colorado Springs
• Enrolled Students: 5,576

2227 Points

9 Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

• Nearby Cities: Not applicable
• Enrolled Students: 2,811

2184 Points

10 Duke University

Durham, NC

• Nearby Cities: Raleigh, Durham, Cary
• Enrolled Students: 8,144

2138 Points

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*What's a choice college?

When students are admitted to multiple colleges, they must choose just one to attend; this reveals their preference for the chosen school compared to the other schools that admitted the student but were not chosen. After observing enough of these decisions, we can rank the colleges based on the students' revealed preferences.