From wallethub:

Top 5 Universities in 2026

Princeton University

Harvard University

Yale University

Dartmouth College

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Top 5 Colleges in 2026

Swarthmore College

Wellesley College

Harvey Mudd College

Pomona College

Amherst College

If campus experience was a dominating factor in the rating and subsequent ranking of each school, then Ole Miss would be near the top of the list.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like how they use

"Faculty resources"
"Campus experience"
"Education outcomes" and
"Career outcomes"

as factors.

Honestly, they should leave out subjective nonsense like this. I gather a place like NYU gets hammered by Campus Experience because it doesn't really have one. However, it's not like a new student is shocked when they arrive in September only to discover this.

NYU ranks super high in Campus experience.

It ranks relatively lower in Faculty, Education, and Career. Still good, but don't blame campus.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like how they use

"Faculty resources"
"Campus experience"
"Education outcomes" and
"Career outcomes"

as factors.

Honestly, they should leave out subjective nonsense like this. I gather a place like NYU gets hammered by Campus Experience because it doesn't really have one. However, it's not like a new student is shocked when they arrive in September only to discover this.

No. That’s the way things are done in American, just like in college admissions. Nonsense but easy to manipulate.

Nobody wants a campus full of robots.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like how they use

"Faculty resources"
"Campus experience"
"Education outcomes" and
"Career outcomes"

as factors.

Honestly, they should leave out subjective nonsense like this. I gather a place like NYU gets hammered by Campus Experience because it doesn't really have one. However, it's not like a new student is shocked when they arrive in September only to discover this.

No. That’s the way things are done in American, just like in college admissions. Nonsense but easy to manipulate.

SMU #244

TCU & Texas A&M rank much higher than SMU.

Massachusetts does well in LAC category with Wellesley 2, Amherst 5, and Holy Cross 13.

Makes sense but Dartmouth ranks unusually high.

Yet Cornell is missing from T20.

Simultaneously there are post talking about how these same schools admit a high proportion of students based on nonacademic criteria.

Anonymous wrote:I like how they use

"Faculty resources"
"Campus experience"
"Education outcomes" and
"Career outcomes"

as factors.

Honestly, they should leave out subjective nonsense like this. I gather a place like NYU gets hammered by Campus Experience because it doesn't really have one. However, it's not like a new student is shocked when they arrive in September only to discover this.

Anonymous wrote:Some of those schools (ivies) have restrictive early apply

is that remarkable in some way?

Some of those schools (ivies) have restrictive early apply

I like how they use

"Faculty resources"
"Campus experience"
"Education outcomes" and
"Career outcomes"

as factors.

T20:

1 99 Princeton University
2 99 Harvard University
3 99 Yale University
4 99 Dartmouth College
5 99 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6 99 California Institute of Technology
7 99 Carnegie Mellon University
8 99 Williams College MA
9 99 Rice University TX
10 99 Northwestern University
11 98 Columbia University
12 98 Johns Hopkins University
13 98 Georgia Institute of Technology
14 98 Stanford University
15 98 Duke University
16 98 Brown University
17 98 University of Chicago
18 97 University of Notre Dame
19 97 University of Pennsylvania
20 97 Vanderbilt University

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