Top Colleges by Quality 2026 — Page 2
Ranks 51–100 of 2,129 colleges
#
University
Quality
Value
Grad Rate
51
Carleton College
Northfield, MN · private
83.6
67
90%
52
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA · private
82.9
63
89%
53
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY · private
82
41
90%
54
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC · public
81.8
100
92%
55
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC · private
81.2
61
90%
56
Bates College
Lewiston, ME · private
81.2
53
90%
57
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI · private
80.2
30
89%
58
Smith College
Northampton, MA · private
80.1
52
89%
59
Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA · private
80
78
88%
60
University of Richmond
University of Richmond, VA · private
79.8
53
86%
61
Riverside College of Health Sciences
Newport News, VA · private
79.6
80
100%
62
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH · private
79.5
46
87%
63
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA · private
79.4
52
88%
64
Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA · private
78.6
35
88%
65
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ · private
78.5
58
88%
66
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL · public
78.4
100
91%
67
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA · private
78.3
50
86%
68
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
New York, NY · private
78.2
47
88%
69
William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA · public
78
87
90%
70
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA · private
77.8
48
88%
71
Lafayette College
Easton, PA · private
77.7
58
88%
72
Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing
New York, NY · private
77.7
0
100%
73
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL · private
77
42
84%
74
Bentley University
Waltham, MA · private
76.9
70
88%
75
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX · public
76.8
84
88%
76
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD · public
76.7
100
89%
77
Scripps College
Claremont, CA · private
76.3
45
85%
78
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY · private
76.2
100
81%
79
Trinity College
Hartford, CT · private
76.1
54
83%
80
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN · private
75.4
44
89%
81
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY · private
75.2
57
85%
82
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO · private
74.8
42
87%
83
Trinity University
San Antonio, TX · private
74.3
63
83%
84
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL · public
74.1
100
85%
85
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH · private
73.9
39
84%
86
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI · public
73.8
95
89%
87
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA · private
73.8
44
85%
88
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY · private
73.7
44
82%
89
George Washington University
Washington, DC · private
73.6
53
85%
90
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA · private
73.6
47
86%
91
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA · private
73.4
49
84%
92
Denison University
Granville, OH · private
73.2
34
79%
93
Webb Institute
Glen Cove, NY · private
73.1
0
84%
94
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA · private
73
100
94%
95
University of Georgia
Athens, GA · public
72.9
100
89%
96
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT · private
72.4
39
84%
97
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL · public
72.2
100
84%
98
Connecticut College
New London, CT · private
72.2
43
83%
99
Binghamton University
Vestal, NY · public
71.9
77
83%
100
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY · private
71.7
59
83%