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 |
|---|---|---|
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 1 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| #10 | Duke University | 2 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 |
| #13 | Brown University | 1 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 2 |
| #15 | Rice University | 1 |
| LAC #3 | Pomona College | 2 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 4 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 7 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 2 |
| #22 | Emory University | 2 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 11 |
| #25 | New York University | 5 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 4 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 2 |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 13 |
| #36 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #41 | Boston University | 3 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 1 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 3 |
| LAC #9 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 6 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #51 | Villanova University | 5 |
| #55 | Pepperdine University | 2 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 2 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 8 |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 3 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 7 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 3 |
| #62 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 |
| #62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #72 | American University | 2 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 18 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 2 |
| #77 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 |
| #83 | Marquette University | 1 |
| #89 | Elon University | 2 |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Barnard College | 3 |
| LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 5 |
| LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 1 |
| #105 | Miami University: Oxford | 2 |
| #105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 2 |
| #105 | University of Denver | 1 |
| #105 | University of San Francisco | 1 |
| #115 | Fairfield University | 10 |
| #115 | Loyola University Chicago | 5 |
| #115 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 |
| Arizona State University | 1 | |
| #121 | Chapman University | 2 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 |
| LAC #27 | Colorado College | 2 |
| #137 | Seton Hall University | 1 |
| #151 | James Madison University | 2 |
| #151 | Marymount Manhattan College | 2 |
| LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 1 |
| LAC #33 | College of the Holy Cross | 8 |
| #182 | Adelphi University | 1 |
| #182 | Ohio University | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 2 |
| LAC #39 | Lafayette College | 2 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 1 |
| #219 | Misericordia University | 1 |
| #219 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 |
| #219 | Sacred Heart University | 1 |
| #234 | Pace University | 1 |
| LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 |
| Babson College | 1 | |
| City University of New York: Brooklyn College | 1 | |
| City University of New York: City College | 1 | |
| City University of New York: Hunter College | 1 | |
| Concordia University | 1 | |
| Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 2 | |
| Dawson Community College | 1 | |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | 1 | |
| Ithaca College | 1 | |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College | 1 | |
| Loyola University Maryland | 5 | |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University | 1 | |
| Penn State University Park | 5 | |
| Providence College | 5 | |
| Santa Barbara City College | 1 | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | 1 | |
| stony brook university, state university of new york | 2 | |
| SUNY College at Cortland | 1 | |
| SUNY College at Oswego | 1 | |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy | 1 | |
| Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Spain | 1 | |
| University College Dublin Ireland | 1 | |
| University of Bristol | 1 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | |
| University of Edinburgh | 2 | |
| University of Exeter | 1 | |
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | |
| University of Scranton | 1 | |
| University of St. Andrews | 4 | |
| Warren Wilson College | 1 | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 180 | 186 | 181 | 173 | 66 | ||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 + | 7 |
| #7 | Duke University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 8 |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #12 | Cornell University | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 + | 18 |
| #12 | Columbia University | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 + | 24 |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 8 |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 11 |
| #21 | University of Michigan | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 + | 14 |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 1 + | 48 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 9 |
| #24 | Emory University | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 + | 11 |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #35 | New York University | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 + | 24 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Boston College | 13 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 + | 53 |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 + | 12 |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 + | 21 |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 7 |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 10 |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 10 |
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #67 | Villanova University | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 + | 23 |
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #67 | George Washington University | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 + | 27 |
| #67 | University of Miami | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 + | 33 |
| #67 | Syracuse University | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 + | 15 |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 + | 12 |
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 8 |
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 6 |
| #89 | Fordham University | 18 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 1 + | 69 |
| #89 | University of South Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 8 |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 8 |
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #105 | City University of New York: City College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #105 | American University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 8 |
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 8 |
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #124 | James Madison University | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 + | 10 | |
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #124 | Fairfield University | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 + | 39 |
| #133 | Chapman University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #133 | Elon University | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 + | 13 |
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 9 |
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 + | 18 |
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #163 | Adelphi University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #178 | Catholic University of America | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #178 | Ohio University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #185 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | La Salle University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 6 |
| #227 | Misericordia University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #227 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #332 | Morgan State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #382 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Penn State University Park | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 + | 19 | |
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 5 | ||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 37 | 40 | 37 | 43 | 22 | ||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #4 | Pomona College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 9 |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #11 | Barnard College | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 + | 12 |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 + | 12 |
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 + | 20 |
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 8 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 + | 39 |
| #30 | Bucknell University | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 10 |
| #30 | Lafayette College | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 + | 9 |
| #33 | Colorado College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #174 | Marymount Manhattan College | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 8 |
| University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma | 1 + | 1 | |||||
| Warren Wilson College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #21 | Concordia University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #5 | University of Edinburgh | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #10 | University of Bristol | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #20 | University of Exeter | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 4 | 4 | ||||
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United States History
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