Top 500 Ranked Private Colleges and Universities

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Top 500 Ranked Private Colleges and Universities - Page 2

Rank			Private Colleges and Universities
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
21 ↑	24	Haverford College	98.58	No Change
22 ↑	30	Colgate University	98.57	98.27 (↑0.3%)
23 ↑	25	Carnegie Mellon University	98.51	No Change
24 ↓	16	Cornell University	98.38	98.81 (↓0.4%)
25 ↓	15	Bucknell University	98.26	98.86 (↓0.6%)
26 ↑	29	Davidson College	98.25	No Change
27 ↓	26	Washington and Lee University	98.24	98.39 (↓0.1%)
28 ↑	33	Colorado College	98.19	97.91 (↑0.3%)
29 ↑	32	Harvard University	98.17	No Change
30 ↑	38	Colby College	98.16	97.54 (↑0.6%)
31 ↓	27	Hamilton College	98.10	98.37 (↓0.3%)
32 ↑	39	Union College	98.07	97.52 (↑0.6%)
33 ↓	28	Grinnell College	98.00	98.31 (↓0.3%)
34	34	Lehigh University	97.98	97.84 (↑0.1%)
35 ↑	44	Dartmouth College	97.74	96.97 (↑0.8%)
36 ↓	31	Kenyon College	97.67	98.16 (↓0.5%)
37 ↑	115	Mount Holyoke College	97.67	94.03 (↑3.9%)
38 ↓	35	Macalester College	97.58	No Change
39 ↑	42	Lafayette College	97.54	97.17 (↑0.4%)
40 ↑	46	Bryn Mawr College	97.45	96.88 (↑0.6%)

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