Niche 2026 List

[Anonymous]

Better than Forbes at least.

[Anonymous]

lol this list is garbage

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol this list is garbage

so is their "methodology" or lack thereof. incredibly sus.

it's partly based on anonymous reviews from parents/students but they don't verify you actually go there so it could just be written by anyone including people who work in admissions at the college!!

[Anonymous]

This list is a joke in terms of LAC ratings.

How is Harvey Mudd the top rated LAC lol?

Why are W-A-S-P not on the list but Harvey Mudd and CMC are?

Obviously their boosters and admission teams have been hard at work! The WASP colleges don't have to try as hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This list is a joke in terms of LAC ratings.

How is Harvey Mudd the top rated LAC lol?

Why are W-A-S-P not on the list but Harvey Mudd and CMC are?

Obviously their boosters and admission teams have been hard at work! The WASP colleges don't have to try as hard.

agree and why is this thread getting double posted today?? its just niche's silly rankings which aren't actually legit ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:T25 colleges

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
2 Yale University CT
3 Stanford University CA
4 Harvard University MA
5 Dartmouth College NH
6 Columbia University NY
7 Vanderbilt University TN
8 Princeton University NJ
9 California Institute of Technology CA
10 Rice University TX
11 Brown University RI
12 University of Pennsylvania PA
13 Washington University in St. Louis MO
14 Duke University NC
15 Carnegie Mellon University PA
16 Harvey Mudd College CA
17 Georgetown University DC
18 University of Chicago IL
19 University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI
20 University of California Los Angeles CA
21 Cornell University NY
22 Northwestern University IL
23 Claremont McKenna College CA
24 Johns Hopkins University MD
25 University of Notre Dame IN

Niche is s lousy real estate site. People will believe anything.

[Anonymous]

It’s a great list. WASP is overrated, particularly Amherst. Bitter much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Niche is terrible. Too much reliance on unscientifically collected surveys. Total bs.

agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Niche is terrible. Too much reliance on unscientifically collected surveys. Total bs.

agree

So is Forbes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At Niche, we use only the most up-to-date data available from dozens of public data sources, including the U.S. Department of Education and National Science Foundation, along with millions of reviews from students, parents, and residents

So Anonymous reviews? I say we start the DCUM Rankings.

Residents? Like they ask people who live in Hanover what they think of Dartmouth even if they have zero affiliation with the university?

Ha. Yeah, please ask the townies what they think. That's a good idea. /s

I would actually love to see the Poughkeepsie residents views of Vassar. That would be good fun.

[Anonymous]

UMCP at 71? Don't know about that.....

[Anonymous]

this list gives nouveau riche, techy vibes.

like in what world is mit better than priceton, harvey mudd better than williams, amherst and swarthmore.

please ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:this list gives nouveau riche, techy vibes.

like in what world is mit better than priceton, harvey mudd better than williams, amherst and swarthmore.

please ...

I disagree. Princeton, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore... they all blend together into one indistinguishable SLAC. And I went to a SLAC, so I'm not biased against them. They're just all the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:this list gives nouveau riche, techy vibes.

like in what world is mit better than priceton, harvey mudd better than williams, amherst and swarthmore.

please ...

I disagree. Princeton, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore... they all blend together into one indistinguishable SLAC. And I went to a SLAC, so I'm not biased against them. They're just all the same.

Huh? Tell me you didn't go to Princeton without telling me you didn't go to Princeton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:this list gives nouveau riche, techy vibes.

like in what world is mit better than priceton, harvey mudd better than williams, amherst and swarthmore.

please ...

In everyone’s world except yours.