Data Scale: FindingSchool leverages an extensive data set that exceeds that of similar rankings, ensuring accurate and relevant evaluations through well-defined weight distributions and scoring mechanisms.
Weight Distribution: We gathered feedback from thousands of families and consulted over 50 industry experts to create ranking weights tailored to the needs of Asian students.
Scoring Mechanism: Each of the 46 distinct data points is evaluated using unique mathematical models, scoring based on its position within the overall data distribution.
Basis for Ranking: Instead of absolute values, we focus on relative differences in data. There is no fixed score threshold for separating schools; instead, the “admission cutoff” is adjusted annually based on data trends, similar to college entrance exams.
The school page currently displays an evaluation card that includes an overall rating and ratings across five key categories, totaling 46 data points. The five categories are: Geographic Community, Academic Strength, Matriculation Level, Extracurricular Activities, and FindingSchool Reviews. Visitors can easily view the overall score and ratings for each dimension (ranging from A+ to C). For boarding schools, detailed total score rankings are also included
The data used for evaluations and rankings comes from three primary sources: official school data, public data, and user-submitted data on FindingSchool.
The entire scoring system is based on mathematical models derived from statistical analysis of samples from hundreds of schools across various levels. Each data point receives a corresponding rating based on its percentile position within the overall predicted distribution.
In the boarding school evaluation:: A- and above account for 45% of the total, B- and above account for 40%, C accounts for 15%.
In the day school evaluation: A- and above account for 30% of the total, B- and above account for 51%, C and others account for 19%.
1. [30% - Matriculation Dimension] : Ivy League admission rate, admission rate for Top 25 National Universities and Top 5 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 50 National Universities and Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 100 National Universities and Top 25 Liberal Arts Colleges, along with a summary of historical admissions data.
2. [24% - Academic Dimension]: Course offerings (AP, IB, Honors, and Advanced courses), percentage of teachers with a master’s degree or higher, percentage of AP exam scores of 3, 4, or 5, average scores on standardized tests (SAT and ACT), scores in AMC math competitions, and results in FRC robotics competitions.
3. [14% - Extracurricular Activities]: Alumni donation rate, number of clubs and activities, ratings for competitive sports teams, and ratings for arts programs.
4. [12% - FindingSchool Reviews] : FindingSchool website rating, review comments on FindingSchool, and historical rating trends.
5. [8% - Geographic Community]: State resource evaluation, density score of nearby top universities, distance to the nearest international airport, convenience of local amenities, transportation convenience, city crime rate, and educational level of the local population.
| Ranking | University/College | Students |
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| #1 | Princeton University | 7 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 11 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 2 |
| #3 | Yale University | 22 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 4 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 10 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 3 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 10 |
| #10 | Duke University | 2 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 6 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 2 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 9 |
| #13 | Brown University | 29 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 5 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 5 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 11 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 18 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 4 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 |
| LAC #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 |
| #22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 5 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 27 |
| #25 | New York University | 15 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 3 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 2 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 20 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 11 |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2 |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 6 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 11 |
| LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 2 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 18 |
| #32 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 11 |
| #36 | University of Rochester | 2 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| #41 | Boston University | 5 |
| #44 | Brandeis University | 2 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 10 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 8 |
| LAC #9 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 3 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 4 |
| #51 | Villanova University | 2 |
| #55 | Rhodes College | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 4 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 2 |
| LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 5 |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 4 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 4 |
| LAC #13 | Smith College | 1 |
| #67 | Texas A&M University | 2 |
| #67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #68 | St. Lawrence University | 4 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 2 |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 6 |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 4 |
| #72 | Reed College | 1 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 8 |
| LAC #15 | Davidson College | 7 |
| LAC #15 | Grinnell College | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 10 |
| #77 | Baylor University | 1 |
| #77 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| #89 | Howard University | 1 |
| #89 | Stonehill College | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Barnard College | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 10 |
| LAC #18 | Haverford College | 2 |
| LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 2 |
| #97 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #97 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 |
| #105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #105 | University of Denver | 2 |
| LAC #24 | Colby College | 14 |
| Arizona State University | 2 | |
| #121 | University of Vermont | 2 |
| #124 | Morehouse College | 2 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 7 |
| LAC #27 | Colorado College | 4 |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 2 |
| #137 | University of New Hampshire | 4 |
| LAC #29 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 |
| LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 1 |
| LAC #33 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 |
| LAC #33 | Pitzer College | 2 |
| LAC #33 | Scripps College | 1 |
| #176 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 2 |
| SUNY University at Albany | 1 | |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 3 |
| LAC #39 | Denison University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 7 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 4 |
| #219 | Sacred Heart University | 1 |
| #219 | University of Maine | 1 |
| #234 | Western New England University | 1 |
| LAC #51 | Dickinson College | 3 |
| #263 | Montana State University | 2 |
| Babson College | 8 | |
| binghamton university, state university of new york | 1 | |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho | 1 | |
| City University of New York: City College | 1 | |
| College of Charleston | 1 | |
| Concordia University | 2 | |
| Culinary Institute of America | 1 | |
| Dalhousie University | 1 | |
| McGill University | 5 | |
| Mount St. Mary's University | 1 | |
| Norwich University | 1 | |
| Queen's University | 1 | |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 1 | |
| Saint Joseph's University | 1 | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 1 | |
| United States Military Academy | 1 | |
| University of British Columbia | 1 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | |
| University of Southampton | 1 | |
| University of St. Andrews | 11 | |
| Western University | 1 | |
| Wheaton College | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2018-2021 | 2017-2020 | 2016-2019 | 2015-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 371 | 369 | 341 | 343 | 189 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 44 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 | |
| #3 | Stanford University | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | |
| #3 | Harvard College | 11 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 84 |
| #5 | Yale University | 22 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 90 |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 10 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 78 |
| #7 | Duke University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Brown University | 29 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 132 |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| #12 | Columbia University | 18 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 70 |
| #12 | Cornell University | 11 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 89 |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 41 | |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 9 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 68 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | |
| #21 | University of Michigan | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 27 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 128 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 20 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 60 | |
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 15 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 40 | |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 62 |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #40 | Tufts University | 18 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 52 | |
| #43 | Boston University | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 | |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #53 | Northeastern University | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Villanova University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| #67 | University of Miami | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #73 | Tulane University | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| #82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #86 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | |
| #89 | Fordham University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #105 | City University of New York: City College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | ||
| #124 | University of Denver | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| #124 | University of Missouri: Columbia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #159 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | Texas Tech University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #236 | Western New England University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #303 | Montana State University | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | ||
| #361 | University of Montana | 1 | 1 | ||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2018-2021 | 2017-2020 | 2016-2019 | 2015-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 141 | 116 | 122 | 114 | 0 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| #2 | Amherst College | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| #4 | Pomona College | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||
| #9 | Carleton College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 35 | |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 5 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 33 | |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | |
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| #16 | Davidson College | 7 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 32 | |
| #21 | Haverford College | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| #21 | Colgate University | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | |
| #24 | Bates College | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #25 | Colby College | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 40 | |
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| #33 | Colorado College | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |
| #35 | Scripps College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | ||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #39 | Trinity College | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 28 | |
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
| #51 | Centre College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | ||
| #86 | Stonehill College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #112 | Bennington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Roanoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| United States Military Academy | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2018-2021 | 2017-2020 | 2016-2019 | 2015-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | McGill University | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | ||
| #10 | Western University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Dalhousie University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Queen's University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Concordia University | 2 | 2 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2018-2021 | 2017-2020 | 2016-2019 | 2015-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #11 | University of Southampton | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 11 | 11 | ||||
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