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Top 500 Ranked Private Colleges and Universities
| Rank | Private Colleges and Universities | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2010 | School Name | 2011 | 2010 |
| 1 | 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 100.00 | No Change |
| 2 | 2 | Stanford University | 99.90 | No Change |
| 3 | 3 | California Institute of Technology | 99.38 | 99.04 (↑0.3%) |
| 4 ↑ | 5 | Duke University | 99.17 | 98.76 (↑0.4%) |
| 5 | N/A | Pomona College | 99.16 | Not Available |
| 6 ↓ | 4 | Princeton University | 99.07 | 98.94 (↑0.1%) |
| 7 ↓ | 6 | Rice University | 99.02 | 98.75 (↑0.3%) |
| 8 ↑ | 11 | Williams College | 98.87 | 98.45 (↑0.4%) |
| 9 ↓ | 8 | Vassar College | 98.87 | 98.70 (↑0.2%) |
| 10 ↑ | 13 | Middlebury College | 98.86 | 98.37 (↑0.5%) |
| 11 ↓ | 7 | Cornell University | 98.73 | No Change |
| 12 ↑ | 14 | Carleton College | 98.71 | 98.25 (↑0.5%) |
| 13 ↑ | 15 | Swarthmore College | 98.60 | 98.25 (↑0.4%) |
| 14 ↓ | 12 | Brown University | 98.57 | 98.38 (↑0.2%) |
| 15 ↓ | 9 | Wesleyan University | 98.53 | No Change |
| 16 ↓ | 10 | Amherst College | 98.53 | No Change |
| 17 ↑ | 25 | Davidson College | 98.44 | 97.77 (↑0.7%) |
| 18 ↑ | 22 | University of Notre Dame | 98.44 | 97.89 (↑0.6%) |
| 19 | 19 | Carnegie Mellon University | 98.33 | 97.91 (↑0.4%) |
| 20 ↑ | 21 | Wellesley College | 98.28 | 97.89 (↑0.4%) |
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