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Overall Rankings -- Weighted and Median

The table below sets forth the rankings of the 126 schools based on extra weight for Academics and a Median function, which disregards the low and the high values for a more "well-rounded" score.

School	Rank Overall (weighted for Academics)	Rank Overall Median
Princeton University	1	1
Stanford University	4	2
Yale University	2	3
Harvard University	3	4
University of North Carolina	7	5
California Institute of Technology	12	34
Rice University	9	18
Duke University	6	8
Columbia University	5	6
University of California	11	13
Dartmouth College	16	16
Williams College	15	9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	8	41
University of Michigan	20	15
University of Pennsylvania	10	23
Johns Hopkins University	19	22
Washington University in St. Louis	14	17
University of Virginia	18	14
University of California (UCLA)	13	29
Amherst College	17	20
University of Notre Dame	27	12
Northwestern University	23	67
Brown University	22	24
Cornell University	24	19
University of Southern California	26	49
University of Chicago	35	90
University of Texas	21	7
Emory University	30	52
Middlebury College	28	11
University of Florida	25	36
Georgia Institute of Technology	37	70
Carleton College	36	53
University of Wisconsin	33	28
Vanderbilt University	29	58
Georgetown University	40	58
University of Maryland	39	27
Bowdoin College	32	64
Pomona College	31	76
Penn State University	46	53
Washington and Lee University	48	68
Macalaster College	44	51
Swarthmore College	38	40
Tufts University	45	84
University of Illinois	41	45
Brandeis University	42	58
New York University	52	101
Oberlin College	70	99
Case Western Reserve University	55	109
Ohio State University	53	55
Carnegie Mellon University	74	122
Cooper Union	69	62
Wake Forest University	61	50
University of Kansas	58	73
Texas A&M University	61	82
University of Washington	43	66
University of Minnesota	75	56
Davidson College	63	81
Wesleyan University	77	95
Kenyon College	51	38
University of Georgia	34	21
University of Iowa	59	30
Iowa State University	60	43
Wellesley College	57	57
U.S. Naval Academy	47	10
Haverford College	50	72
Grinnell College	56	47
Vassar College	65	96
Brigham Young University	76	80
U.S. Air Force Academy	71	44
Boston University	89	117
University of Oklahoma	49	31
University of Arizona	64	48
Boston College	78	78
University of Alabama	72	83
Tulane University	86	117
Rutgers	83	97
Purdue University	88	94
Bates College	87	86
Michigan State University	79	69
Arizona State University	80	46
University of Arkansas	73	33
Louisiana State University	66	24
University of Miami	96	104
College of New Jersey	68	24
Florida State University	99	93
University of Kentucky	85	77
Bucknell University	90	97
Illinois Institute of Technology	110	120
Trinity University	81	58
Smith College	102	115
Bryn Mawr College	98	110
University of Nebraska	54	37
University of Colorado	101	89
University of Missouri	92	103
Villanova University	91	88
Abilene Christian University	84	31
Reed College	103	100
Indiana University	95	87
University of Mississippi	97	102
Oklahoma State University	82	35
University of Tennessee	94	74
Wheaton College	67	62
University of South Carolina	93	105
Lincoln University	100	39
North Dakota State University	113	91
Mount Holyoke College	104	119
St. Augustine's College	105	65
University of Oregon	107	75
Florida Southern College	108	41
College of the Atlantic	106	92
Gonzaga University	114	112
Sarah Lawrence College	115	123
North Central College	111	71
Methodist College	112	79
Adams State College	109	84
University of Cincinnati	117	108
Hollins University	125	111
Temple University	121	113
Rhode Island School of Design	120	116
Juilliard School	116	114
Tuskegee University	119	106
Culinary Institute of America	122	107
St. John's College (Md)	123	125
San Diego State University	118	124
New School University	124	121
DePaul University	126	126