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 | 3 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 13 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 9 |
| #3 | Yale University | 5 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 1 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 14 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 7 |
| #9 | California Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #10 | Duke University | 3 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 3 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 3 |
| #13 | Brown University | 6 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 2 |
| #15 | Rice University | 2 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| LAC #3 | Pomona College | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 8 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 9 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 2 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 10 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 4 |
| #22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 2 |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 6 |
| #25 | New York University | 14 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 10 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 2 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 2 |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 2 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 1 |
| LAC #6 | Carleton College | 1 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 3 |
| #32 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 3 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 2 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 3 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 |
| #41 | Boston University | 5 |
| #44 | Brandeis University | 1 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 4 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 1 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 5 |
| LAC #9 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 2 |
| #51 | Spelman College | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 4 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 2 |
| #55 | University of Washington | 2 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 3 |
| LAC #13 | Vassar College | 2 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
| #72 | American University | 1 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 2 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 5 |
| LAC #15 | Grinnell College | 1 |
| #77 | Clemson University | 1 |
| #77 | Loyola Marymount University | 5 |
| #89 | Howard University | 1 |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 5 |
| LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 4 |
| #105 | University of Utah | 1 |
| #121 | Temple University | 1 |
| #121 | University of Vermont | 1 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 |
| LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 3 |
| LAC #33 | Pitzer College | 3 |
| LAC #33 | Scripps College | 2 |
| LAC #36 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Occidental College | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Denison University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 |
| #219 | Hampton University | 1 |
| LAC #60 | Bard College | 1 |
| American University of Paris | 2 | |
| Art Center College of Design | 1 | |
| Berklee College of Music | 1 | |
| California College of the Arts | 1 | |
| California Lutheran University | 1 | |
| California State University: Northridge | 1 | |
| Emerson College | 2 | |
| Johns Hopkins University: Peabody Conservatory of Music | 1 | |
| McGill University | 2 | |
| Oberlin College | 2 | |
| parsons school of design | 1 | |
| Pasadena City College | 2 | |
| Providence College | 1 | |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 1 | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | 1 | |
| St. John's University | 1 | |
| The New School College of Performing Arts | 3 | |
| United States Military Academy | 1 | |
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | |
| University of St. Andrews | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 215 | 219 | 236 | 214 | 229 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 13 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 50 |
| #5 | Yale University | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 39 |
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #7 | Duke University | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| #9 | Brown University | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 29 |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| #12 | Columbia University | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 14 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 74 |
| #12 | Cornell University | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 40 |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 35 |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| #17 | Rice University | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 10 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 59 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 33 |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 28 | |
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 11 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 46 | |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #35 | New York University | 14 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 21 | 89 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| #39 | Boston College | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| #40 | University of Washington | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #40 | Tufts University | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| #43 | Boston University | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #51 | Purdue University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| #54 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #67 | George Washington University | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| #67 | Syracuse University | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | University of Miami | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| #73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| #79 | Brigham Young University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| #105 | California State University: Long Beach | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of Missouri: Columbia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Chapman University | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| #133 | California State University: Fullerton | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #136 | University of Texas at Dallas | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | San Francisco State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #269 | University of Nevada: Las Vegas | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #280 | Hampton University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 40 | 36 | 69 | 46 | 65 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| #11 | Barnard College | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Vassar College | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #21 | Colgate University | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Scripps College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #51 | Principia College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | Trinity University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #89 | Southwestern University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #112 | Bennington College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Oberlin College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #3 | McGill University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #7 | University of Manchester | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Chinese Language and Culture
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French Language and Culture
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Latin
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Spanish Literature and Culture
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Calculus AB
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Chinese Language and Culture
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French Language and Culture
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Latin
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Spanish Literature and Culture
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Chemistry
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Environmental Science
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Calculus BC
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Statistics
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Comparative Government and Politics
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European History
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Human Geography
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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United States Government and Politics
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Music Theory
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Swimming
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Water Polo
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Harvard-Westlake Life
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Politics
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