Top 500 Ranked Private Colleges and Universities

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Rank			Private Colleges and Universities
2015	2014	School Name	2015	2014
41 ↑	43	University of Richmond	97.29	96.93 (↑0.4%)
42 ↓	30	Lafayette College	97.17	98.04 (↓0.9%)
43 ↓	40	Northwestern University	97.16	No Change
44 ↓	41	Dartmouth College	96.97	97.07 (↓0.1%)
45 ↑	52	DePauw University	96.89	96.29 (↑0.6%)
46 ↑	47	Bryn Mawr College	96.88	96.78 (↑0.1%)
47 ↓	45	Barnard College	96.68	96.82 (↓0.1%)
48 ↑	54	Rhodes College	96.64	96.26 (↑0.4%)
49 ↑	127	Northeastern University	96.59	93.81 (↑3.0%)
50 ↓	48	Dickinson College	96.56	No Change
51 ↓	50	Villanova University	96.53	No Change
52 ↓	49	University of Chicago	96.45	96.60 (↓0.2%)
53 ↑	81	Trinity College	96.41	95.17 (↑1.3%)
54 ↓	39	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	96.37	97.13 (↓0.8%)
55 ↑	64	Gustavus Adolphus College	96.36	95.88 (↑0.5%)
56 ↓	37	Denison University	96.32	97.21 (↓0.9%)
57 ↑	121	University of Tulsa	96.32	94.10 (↑2.4%)
58 ↑	80	Sewanee-The University of the South	96.30	95.21 (↑1.1%)
59 ↓	46	Occidental College	96.28	96.80 (↓0.5%)
60 ↑	74	Babson College	96.25	95.58 (↑0.7%)

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