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 | 1 |
| #2 | Columbia University | 1 |
| #2 | Harvard College | 1 + |
| #8 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| #14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| #23 | University of Michigan | 1 + |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #28 | New York University | 1 + |
| LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + |
| #34 | University of Rochester | 1 + |
| #36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 1 |
| #42 | Boston University | 1 + |
| #42 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + |
| #48 | University of Georgia | 1 |
| #49 | Pepperdine University | 1 |
| #55 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 1 + |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 + |
| #57 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| #62 | Rutgers University | 1 |
| #63 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #63 | St. Olaf College | 1 + |
| #63 | University of Connecticut | 1 + |
| LAC #13 | Davidson College | 1 |
| #68 | Fordham University | 1 + |
| #70 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 |
| #76 | Allegheny College | 1 + |
| #76 | College of Wooster | 1 + |
| #76 | Muhlenberg College | 1 |
| #79 | American University | 1 |
| #81 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 1 |
| #83 | Elon University | 1 + |
| #83 | Howard University | 1 |
| #83 | Marquette University | 1 |
| #83 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| #89 | Juniata College | 1 |
| SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 | |
| #93 | University of Delaware | 1 |
| #94 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 |
| #99 | University of Utah | 1 |
| #103 | Clark University | 1 + |
| #103 | Drexel University | 1 |
| #103 | Temple University | 1 |
| #103 | University of Arizona | 1 |
| #107 | Luther College | 1 + |
| #111 | Drew University | 1 |
| #111 | Lycoming College | 1 + |
| Arizona State University | 1 + | |
| #117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + |
| #120 | St. Vincent College | 1 + |
| #124 | Morehouse College | 1 |
| #127 | Thomas Jefferson University: East Falls | 1 |
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 |
| #136 | University of New Hampshire | 1 |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 |
| #148 | Duquesne University | 1 + |
| #148 | University of Cincinnati | 1 |
| LAC #30 | Kenyon College | 1 + |
| #151 | Florida International University | 1 + |
| SUNY University at Albany | 1 | |
| #176 | Valparaiso University | 1 |
| #182 | Belmont University | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Bucknell University | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Lafayette College | 1 + |
| #194 | Chatham University | 1 + |
| #202 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 |
| LAC #42 | Denison University | 1 |
| #219 | University of Maine | 1 |
| LAC #46 | Furman University | 1 |
| #234 | Bellarmine University | 1 |
| #234 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 1 |
| #234 | West Virginia University | 1 + |
| #250 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| LAC #50 | Dickinson College | 1 + |
| LAC #50 | The University of the South | 1 |
| #263 | Bowling Green State University | 1 |
| #263 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 |
| #263 | Harding University | 1 |
| #263 | Point Park University | 1 |
| #263 | University of Indianapolis | 1 + |
| #263 | University of Memphis | 1 |
| LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 + |
| Alfred University | 1 | |
| American International College | 1 | |
| Art Center College of Design | 1 | |
| Babson College | 1 + | |
| Baldwin Wallace University | 1 | |
| Barry University | 1 | |
| Calvin College | 1 | |
| Catawba College | 1 | |
| Cedarville University | 1 | |
| Chestnut Hill College | 1 | |
| Chowan University | 1 | |
| Community College of Allegheny County | 1 | |
| Concordia University | 1 | |
| Dalhousie University | 1 | |
| Eastern University | 1 | |
| Edinboro University of Pennsylvania | 1 | |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Daytona Beach Campus | 1 + | |
| Erskine College | 1 + | |
| Florida Southern College | 1 | |
| Goshen College | 1 | |
| High Point University | 1 + | |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | |
| John Carroll University | 1 | |
| Johnson & Wales University: Providence | 1 | |
| Lake Erie College | 1 | |
| Liberty University | 1 | |
| Lincoln University | 1 + | |
| Loras College | 1 | |
| Marietta College | 1 + | |
| McMaster University | 1 | |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 1 | |
| Missouri Valley College | 1 | |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | 1 | |
| North Central College | 1 | |
| Oakland University | 1 | |
| Penn State Greater Allegheny | 1 | |
| Penn State Harrisburg | 1 + | |
| Queen's University | 1 | |
| Queens University of Charlotte | 1 | |
| Robert Morris University: Chicago | 1 + | |
| Roger Williams University | 1 | |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 1 | |
| Saint Bonaventure University | 1 | |
| School of Visual Arts | 1 | |
| Seton Hill University | 1 | |
| Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 1 | |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 1 | |
| Southwest Baptist University | 1 | |
| Southwestern Christian University | 1 | |
| St. John's University | 1 | |
| Stevenson University | 1 | |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Morrisville | 1 | |
| Texas State University | 1 | |
| Towson University | 1 | |
| Tuskegee University | 1 | |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy | 1 | |
| University of Evansville | 1 | |
| University of Exeter | 1 | |
| University of Montevallo | 1 | |
| University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg | 1 | |
| University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown | 1 + | |
| University of Puerto Rico: Mayaguez | 1 | |
| University of Tampa | 1 | |
| University of Toronto | 1 + | |
| Valencia College | 1 | |
| Washington & Jefferson College | 1 + | |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | 1 | |
| Westmoreland County Community College | 1 | |
| Wheeling Jesuit University | 1 | |
| William Penn University | 1 | |
| Young Harris College | 1 + |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 67 | 65 | 33 | 15 | 45 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #76 | SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #86 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 + | 3 | 5 | ||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #124 | Florida International University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #142 | Thomas Jefferson University: East Falls | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #151 | Duquesne University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | Montclair State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | University of St. Thomas | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #178 | Catholic University of America | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #201 | Valparaiso University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #209 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #209 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #209 | Chatham University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #216 | West Virginia University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #249 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #269 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #269 | University of Memphis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Bowling Green State University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #280 | Texas State University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #280 | Bellarmine University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #280 | Old Dominion University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #304 | University of Indianapolis | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #304 | Harding University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #320 | University of Puerto Rico: Rio Piedras | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #320 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #332 | Oakland University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #352 | Point Park University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Liberty University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||||
| Alabama State University | 1 | 1 | |||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||||
| University of California: Riverside | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Barry University | 1 | 1 | |||||
| American International College | 1 | 1 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 27 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 33 | ||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #46 | Furman University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #51 | St. Olaf College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 + | 3 | 4 | |||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #63 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #67 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #73 | Lake Forest College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #75 | Allegheny College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| #82 | Juniata College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #89 | Southwestern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #107 | Lycoming College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #116 | Luther College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #116 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #124 | St. Vincent College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| Young Harris College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #4 | McMaster University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #12 | Dalhousie University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #16 | Queen's University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #21 | Concordia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #20 | University of Exeter | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
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