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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| #17 | Rice University | 1 |
| #19 | University of Notre Dame | 1 |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
| #40 | College of William and Mary | 1 |
| #49 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 2 |
| #49 | Villanova University | 5 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 14 |
| #57 | University of Pittsburgh | 3 |
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 |
| #75 | Clemson University | 2 |
| #75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #83 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| #83 | University of Iowa | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Colgate University | 1 |
| #93 | University of Delaware | 5 |
| Auburn University | 3 | |
| #103 | Drexel University | 1 |
| #103 | Temple University | 1 |
| #104 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 2 |
| LAC #22 | University of Richmond | 1 |
| #111 | Susquehanna University | 1 |
| #115 | Fairfield University | 2 |
| #136 | Catholic University of America | 4 |
| #137 | George Mason University | 1 |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 2 |
| #148 | San Diego State University | 1 |
| #151 | James Madison University | 2 |
| #151 | University of Mississippi | 1 |
| #166 | Quinnipiac University | 1 |
| LAC #35 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 |
| #182 | Montclair State University | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Bucknell University | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Lafayette College | 2 |
| #194 | Rowan University | 1 |
| #250 | Immaculata University | 2 |
| #250 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 2 |
| LAC #50 | Dickinson College | 1 |
| #263 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 |
| LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 |
| College of Charleston | 1 | |
| High Point University | 1 | |
| Loyola University Maryland | 1 | |
| Neumann University | 1 | |
| Penn State Berks | 1 | |
| Providence College | 1 | |
| Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) | 1 | |
| Saint Joseph's University | 4 | |
| School of Visual Arts | 1 | |
| The King's College | 1 | |
| University of Scranton | 2 | |
| University of Tennessee: Chattanooga | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2016-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 72 | 75 | 77 | 83 | 295 | ||
| #7 | Duke University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 86 |
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 43 |
| #67 | George Washington University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #67 | Villanova University | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 33 |
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| #89 | Fordham University | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | ||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 18 |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Auburn University | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| #93 | University of Iowa | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| #105 | San Diego State University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| #124 | James Madison University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| #124 | University of Central Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| #142 | Oregon State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #151 | Duquesne University | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | Rowan University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | Montclair State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Mercer University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #170 | University of La Verne | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #178 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Catholic University of America | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 35 |
| #195 | East Carolina University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #201 | La Salle University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #201 | Xavier University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #209 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #209 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 26 | |
| #216 | West Virginia University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #236 | Lipscomb University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Old Dominion University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | DeSales University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #280 | Immaculata University | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| #296 | Alvernia University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #304 | Middle Tennessee State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | University of Hartford | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Radford University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #320 | Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #369 | long island university-liu post | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #376 | Wingate University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Southeastern University | 1 | 1 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2016-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 12 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 29 | ||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| #30 | Lafayette College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Spelman College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Furman University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #67 | Thomas Aquinas College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Saint Mary's College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Ursinus College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Washington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Hope College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #107 | Susquehanna University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Roanoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #146 | Albright College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #167 | The King's College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #180 | Sweet Briar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2016-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #41 | Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Calculus BC
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English Literature and Composition
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French Language and Culture
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Psychology
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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English Literature and Composition
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French Language and Culture
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Psychology
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Spanish Language and Culture
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United States Government and Politics
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United States History
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Physics 1
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Physics C: Mechanics
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English Language and Composition
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Latin
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Computer Science A
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Computer Science Principles
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Art History
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Music Theory
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Environmental Science
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Statistics
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Microeconomics
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Rowing
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Golf
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Climbing Club
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Environmental Club
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Tech Club
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Art History
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Digital Photography
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Graphic Design
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Studio Art
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Watercolor
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Art History
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