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 |
|---|---|---|
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 1 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 1 |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 |
| #25 | New York University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #36 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| #41 | Boston University | 1 |
| #44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #49 | University of Georgia | 1 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #55 | Pepperdine University | 1 |
| #55 | University of Washington | 1 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| #62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #67 | Texas A&M University | 1 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
| #70 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
| #77 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
| #77 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| #83 | Marquette University | 1 |
| #85 | University of Puget Sound | 1 |
| #89 | Brigham Young University | 1 |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 1 |
| #89 | University of Delaware | 1 |
| LAC #18 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 |
| #97 | University of San Diego | 1 |
| #102 | Hendrix College | 1 |
| #105 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 |
| #105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #105 | University of Arizona | 1 |
| #105 | University of Denver | 1 |
| #105 | University of Oregon | 1 |
| #105 | University of San Francisco | 1 |
| #105 | University of Utah | 1 |
| #115 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 |
| Arizona State University | 1 | |
| #121 | Chapman University | 1 |
| #121 | University of Kansas | 1 |
| #127 | University of Oklahoma | 1 |
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 |
| #137 | DePaul University | 1 |
| #137 | George Mason University | 1 |
| #137 | Seattle University | 1 |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 2 |
| #137 | University of Kentucky | 1 |
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 |
| #151 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 |
| #151 | Oregon State University | 1 |
| #151 | University of Mississippi | 1 |
| #151 | University of the Pacific | 1 |
| #166 | Bradley University | 1 |
| #166 | Hofstra University | 1 |
| #166 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 |
| #176 | University of Arkansas | 1 |
| #176 | University of Idaho | 1 |
| #182 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Occidental College | 1 |
| #212 | Washington State University | 1 |
| #234 | Georgia State University | 1 |
| #234 | Pace University | 1 |
| #234 | West Virginia University | 1 |
| #263 | Montana State University | 1 |
| #317 | Northern Arizona University | 1 |
| Alaska Pacific University | 1 | |
| American University of Beirut | 1 | |
| Boise State University | 1 | |
| Central Washington University | 1 | |
| Chaminade University of Honolulu | 1 | |
| Concordia University | 1 | |
| Dominican University | 1 | |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Worldwide Campus | 1 | |
| Faulkner University | 1 | |
| Georgia Military College | 1 | |
| Grand Canyon University | 1 | |
| Hawaii Pacific University | 1 | |
| Indiana State University | 1 | |
| Iowa State University | 1 | |
| Johnson C. Smith University | 1 | |
| Linfield College | 1 | |
| Marietta College | 1 | |
| Missouri State University | 1 | |
| nevada state college | 1 | |
| Norwich University | 1 | |
| Oberlin College | 1 | |
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | |
| Otis College of Art and Design | 1 | |
| parsons school of design | 1 | |
| Penn State Harrisburg | 1 | |
| Penn State University Park | 1 | |
| Rutgers University | 1 | |
| South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 1 | |
| Southern Utah University | 1 | |
| St. John's University | 1 | |
| Stevenson University | 1 | |
| Texas Southern University | 1 | |
| The Citadel | 1 | |
| United States Coast Guard Academy | 1 | |
| United States Military Academy | 1 | |
| University of Brighton | 1 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | |
| University of Evansville | 1 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | |
| University of Minnesota: Crookston | 1 | |
| University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | |
| University of Nevada: Reno | 1 | |
| University of Northern Colorado | 1 | |
| University of Redlands | 1 | |
| Valencia College | 1 |
| Matriculation | ||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2015-2019 | 2006-2015 | 2012 | Total |
| All schools | 85 | 42 | 26 | 4 | ||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| #9 | Brown University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 + | 4 | |
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 + | 4 | |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | |||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | |||
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 | |||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 + | 4 | |
| #84 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 + | 4 | |
| #89 | Brigham Young University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #91 | University of California: Riverside | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | |||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | |||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | |||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 +admitted | 2 + | 3 | ||
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 | |||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | |||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | |||
| #124 | University of Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | |||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 2 + | 3 | ||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 | |||
| #142 | Oregon State University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #142 | University of the Pacific | 1 | 1 | |||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #151 | University of Kansas | 1 | 1 | |||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | |||
| #163 | Seattle University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 | 1 | |||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 | 1 | |||
| #178 | University of Arkansas | 1 | 1 | |||
| #178 | Washington State University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #185 | University of Idaho | 1 | 1 | |||
| #185 | Bradley University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #185 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 1 | 1 | |||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #195 | University of Nevada: Reno | 1 | 1 | |||
| #216 | West Virginia University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #227 | Georgia State University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #249 | Northern Arizona University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #332 | Boise State University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #342 | Missouri State University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #352 | University of Northern Colorado | 1 | 1 | |||
| #382 | Indiana State University | 1 | 1 | |||
| Texas Southern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Grand Canyon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| Iowa State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | ||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2015-2019 | 2006-2015 | 2012 | Total |
| All schools | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 1 | |||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 | |||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
| #63 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 | 1 | |||
| #89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | |||
| #107 | Linfield College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #112 | Hendrix College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #172 | Johnson C. Smith University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #174 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 | 1 | |||
| United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | ||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2015-2019 | 2006-2015 | 2012 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #21 | Concordia University | 1 | 1 | |||
| Matriculation | ||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2015-2019 | 2006-2015 | 2012 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #47 | University of Brighton | 1 | 1 | |||
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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European History
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Psychology
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Chemistry
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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European History
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Psychology
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Chemistry
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English Language and Composition
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United States History
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Environmental Science
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Physics 1
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Microeconomics
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Physics 2
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Computer Science Principles
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Human Geography
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United States Government and Politics
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Surfing
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Water Polo
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Wrestling
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Aviation Club
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Agriculture and Gardening Club
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Chalk Talk Club
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Circuit Python Club
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Dungeons and Dragons Club
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Forensics Club
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Aviation Club
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Agriculture and Gardening Club
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Chalk Talk Club
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Circuit Python Club
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Dungeons and Dragons Club
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Forensics Club
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Game Time Club
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Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)
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Green Club
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Harvard Model Congress
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JROTC Club
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Nintendo Switch Club
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Anti-Defamation League (NPFH)
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Notes for Light
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Painting Club
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Peer Counseling
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Peer Tutoring
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Pickleball Club
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Reading Club
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Rock Band Club
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Short Film Club
Sports Medicine Club
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Photography
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Video Production
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Art
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Band
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Drama
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Guitar
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