Top 100 colleges

This is a listing of the best 100 colleges in the USA. If you are interested in the best colleges and universities in the world then visit this page: http://www.universityreview.org/top-50-universities/

PBA College Rank	University / College	Times US College Rankings	USnews	Jiao Tong	PBA points	Number of Students: Sort for largest college in America	Cost: Sort for Cheapest and most Expensive college in America
1	Harvard University	1	1	1	3	19257	$36,173
2	Princeton University	3	2	7	12	7334	$34,290
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	6	4	4	14	1022	$36,390
3	Yale University	2	3	9	14	11454	$35,300
5	California Institute of Technology	4	6	5	15	2133	$34,437
6	Stanford University	11	4	2	17	19782	$36,030
7	University of Chicago	4	8	8	20	12336	$37,632
8	Columbia University	7	8	6	21	22655	$39,326
9	University of Pennsylvania	9	6	13	28	18916	$37,526
10	Cornell University	12	14	10	36	19852	$36,504
11	University of California Berkeley	14	21	3	38	34953	$29,540
11	Duke University	8	8	22	38	13598	$37,525
13	Johns Hopkins University	10	15	16	41	19737	$37,700
14	Northwestern University	15	12	20	47	18028	$37,125
15	University of California Los Angeles	18	25	11	54	38896	$26,102
16	University of Michigan Ann Arbor	17	26	17	60	41042	$32,401
17	Carnegie Mellon University	12	22	36	70	10493	$38,844
18	UC San Diego	24	35	12	71	27020	$28,932
18	Brown University	16	16	39	71	8167	$37,718
20	University of Wisconsin Madison	22	35	15	72	42041	$21,818
21	New York University	20	33	21	74	41783	$37,372
22	Vanderbilt University	31	18	27	76	11847	$37,005
23	University of Washington	22	41	14	77	40218	$23,219
24	University of Illinois	26	40	18	84	42326	$25,334
24	Washington University	53	12	19	84	13382	$37,248
26	Dartmouth College	25	11	51	87	5849	$36,915
27	University of Texas, Austin	21	47	26	94	50170	$25,722
28	Rice University	34	17	45	96	5243	$28,996
29	Emory University	27	18	51	96	1257	$36,336
30	University of Southern California	41	27	33	101	33408	$37,740
31	Pennsylvania State University	33	47	28	108	43252	$24,940
31	University of Maryland College Park	30	53	25	108	35970	$23,076
33	University of California Davis	36	44	29	109	29796	$28,656
34	University of Rochester	35	35	41	111	9334	$37,250
35	University of Virginia	40	23	51	114	24257	$29,600
35	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	49	30	35	114	28136	$22,294
37	Case Western Reserve University	32	41	42	115	9844	$34,252
38	University of Pittsburgh	28	58	32	118	27020	$23,290
39	University of California Irvine	47	44	30	121	26483	$27,176
40	Georgia Institute of Technology	37	35	51	123	18742	$21,386
40	Boston University	19	60	44	123	32053	$37,050
41	University of Florida	45	49	34	128	51725	$21,400
43	Tufts University	51	28	51	130	9758	$38,840
44	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	48	61	23	132	50883	$14,634
44	Purdue University, West Lafayette	28	66	38	132	39102	$23,224
46	Georgetown University	38	23	73	134	14826	$38,122
47	Ohio State University Columbus	42	56	37	135	52568	$21,918
48	University of Colorado Boulder	39	77	24	140	31470	$24,936
49	University of Notre Dame	50	18	73	141	11733	$36,847
50	Rutgers the State University of New Jersey New Brunswick	55	64	31	150	34804	$21,488
51	Texas A&M University, College Station	43	64	47	154	46542	$16,274
52	Wake Forest University	58	28	73	159	6788	$36,975
53	UC Santa Barbara	68	44	51	163	21410	$29,181
54	Brandeis University	60	31	73	164	5333	$37,294
55	Michigan State University	52	71	43	166	46045	$26,134
56	University of Miami	57	51	62	170	15449	$34,834
56	Rensselaer	56	41	73	170	7299	$37,990
58	Indiana University, Bloomington	56	71	46	173	38990	$24,769
59	University of Iowa	59	66	50	175	29117	$20,658
60	University of Arizona	44	96	40	180	37217	$18,676
61	University of Georgia	76	58	51	185	33831	$22,342
62	George Washington University	63	53	73	189	25078	$38,530
63	Virginia Tech	64	71	62	197	29898	$19,605
64	North Carolina State University, Raleigh	64	83	51	198	31802	$17,584
65	Tulane University	61	51	90	202	10519	$38,664
66	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	54	102	51	207	25873	$18,450
67	University of Connecticut	80	66	62	208	23692	$24,050
68	Yeshiva University	87	50	73	210	6358	$32,094
69	College of William and Mary	78	32	101	211	7795	$29,326
70	University of Delaware	81	71	62	214	19677	$21,126
71	University of California, Santa Cruz	68	96	51	215	15825	$28,894
72	Syracuse University	90	53	73	216	19084	$33,439
73	University of California, Riverside	77	89	51	217	17187	$28,454
74	University of Alabama	73	83	62	218	25544	$18,000
75	Iowa State University	71	89	62	222	26160	$17,350
76	Boston College	90	34	101	225	13723	$37,950
77	Lehigh University	90	35	101	226	6845	$37,550
78	Florida State University	66	102	62	230	40555	$17,916
79	Arizona State University	62	121	49	232	51481	$17,949
80	University of Kansas	72	89	73	234	28569	$17,119
81	Clemson University	90	61	90	241	17585	$23,401
81	University of Nebraska	90	89	62	241	22973	$17,106
83	University of Tennessee	75	108	62	245	29937	$18,728
84	University of Utah	70	127	48	245	28025	$16,796
85	SUNY Stony Brook	90	96	62	248	23347	$12,018
86	University of Vermont	90	89	73	252	12239	$29,682
87	Pepperdine University	90	56	109	255	7582	$36,770
88	University of Missouri, Columbia	87	96	73	256	28477	$19,514
89	Southern Methodist University	90	66	101	257	10829	$33,170
89	Drexel University	67	89	101	257	16271	$30,440
91	Fordham University	90	61	109	260	14448	$34,831
91	St. Louis University	90	80	90	260	12309	$30,728
93	Washington State University	74	116	73	263	24396	$18,601
94	University of Oregon	83	108	73	264	20332	$19,428
95	Miami University, Oxford	90	66	109	265	15922	$25,824
95	University of South Carolina	84	108	73	265	27272	$22,908
97	Colorado State University	79	125	62	266	27569	$21,590
98	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	90	71	109	270	4157	$36,390
99	Baylor University	90	76	109	275	14174	$26,234
100	University of Kentucky	86	116	73	275	25856	$15,884

The rankings on the University Review site are derived by weighting publicly available data supplied by the USnews, Times, and Jiao Tong. It is hoped that the methodology used helps to eliminate some of the strange results that occur due to these sources using different weightings in their algorhythms, for example the Jiao Tong is more biased to research and graduate level study whereas the USnews has a bias towards undergraduate study.

Of course any top 100 colleges list is bound to be subjective, it is therefore recommended that you use these listings only as a starting point in your search for a college, and that you find out as much about any higher education establishment that you plan to attend as possible, particularly with how it ranks in the subject area that you intend to pursue. Ideally, you should visit any college and take a look around and speak to students attending the place before making your final choice.