The 100 smartest private colleges in America
Oct 6, 2015, 22:34 IST
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We recently ranked the smartest colleges in America, and private institutions dominated the top of the list. The California Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago rank as Nos. 1 and 2, followed by the Ivies Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
Here are the smartest private colleges in America:
| Smarts Rank | School | Average SAT |
| 1 | California Institute of Technology | 1550 |
| 2 | University of Chicago | 1510 |
| 3 | Harvard University | 1505 |
| 3 | Yale University | 1505 |
| 5 | Princeton University | 1500 |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1495 |
| 7 | Harvey Mudd College | 1494 |
| 8 | Columbia University | 1480 |
| 9 | Stanford University | 1475 |
| 9 | Northwestern University | 1475 |
| 11 | Rice University | 1470 |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 1465 |
| 12 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1465 |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | 1465 |
| 15 | Duke University | 1460 |
| 15 | Pomona College | 1460 |
| 17 | University of Pennsylvania | 1455 |
| 17 | Dartmouth College | 1455 |
| 17 | Williams College | 1455 |
| 20 | Amherst College | 1450 |
| 20 | Swarthmore College | 1450 |
| 22 | Johns Hopkins University | 1445 |
| 22 | Bowdoin College (2) | 1445 |
| 24 | Brown University | 1440 |
| 24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1440 |
| 24 | Tufts University | 1440 |
| 27 | Claremont McKenna College | 1435 |
| 28 | Cornell University | 1420 |
| 28 | Georgetown University | 1420 |
| 28 | Northeastern University | 1420 |
| 31 | Carleton College | 1415 |
| 32 | Haverford College | 1410 |
| 33 | Vassar College | 1405 |
| 34 | Grinnell College | 1400 |
| 35 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1395 |
| 36 | Hamilton College | 1390 |
| 36 | Washington and Lee University | 1390 |
| 38 | Wellesley College | 1385 |
| 38 | Wesleyan University (2) | 1385 |
| 40 | University of Southern California | 1380 |
| 41 | Colgate University (3) | 1375 |
| 41 | Reed College (4) | 1375 |
| 41 | Cooper Union | 1375 |
| 44 | Emory University | 1370 |
| 44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1370 |
| 46 | Macalester College | 1368 |
| 47 | Boston College | 1365 |
| 47 | Brandeis University | 1365 |
| 47 | Middlebury College | 1365 |
| 50 | Tulane University | 1360 |
| 50 | Scripps College (3) | 1360 |
| 52 | Smith College (2) | 1355 |
| 52 | Oberlin College | 1355 |
| 52 | Bates College (2) | 1355 |
| 55 | New York University | 1345 |
| 55 | University of Rochester (2) | 1345 |
| 55 | Barnard College | 1345 |
| 58 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1340 |
| 58 | Colorado College (2) | 1340 |
| 58 | Bard College at Simon's Rock (9) | 1340 |
| 61 | Davidson College | 1335 |
| 61 | Mount Holyoke College (2) | 1335 |
| 63 | Colby College (2) | 1330 |
| 63 | Pitzer College (2) | 1330 |
| 63 | Connecticut College (2) | 1330 |
| 63 | St. John's College (NM) (2) | 1330 |
| 67 | Kenyon College | 1325 |
| 67 | University of Richmond | 1325 |
| 69 | Lehigh University | 1320 |
| 69 | University of Miami | 1320 |
| 69 | Southern Methodist University | 1320 |
| 69 | Bryn Mawr College (2) | 1320 |
| 69 | St. John's College (MD) (2) | 1320 |
| 69 | Wheaton College (IL) | 1320 |
| 75 | Wake Forest University (2) | 1315 |
| 75 | Whitman College | 1315 |
| 77 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2) | 1310 |
| 77 | Villanova University | 1310 |
| 79 | University of Tulsa | 1305 |
| 79 | Bucknell University | 1305 |
| 79 | College of the Holy Cross (2) | 1305 |
| 79 | Union College (NY) (2) | 1305 |
| 79 | Franklin and Marshall College (2) | 1305 |
| 79 | St. Olaf College | 1305 |
| 85 | Boston University | 1300 |
| 85 | Brigham Young University-?Provo | 1300 |
| 85 | Lafayette College | 1300 |
| 85 | Occidental College | 1300 |
| 85 | Rhodes College | 1300 |
| 85 | Hillsdale College | 1300 |
| 85 | Santa Clara University | 1300 |
| 92 | George Washington University | 1295 |
| 93 | Centre College | 1285 |
| 93 | Gettysburg College | 1285 |
| 93 | Denison University (9) | 1285 |
| 93 | Lewis & Clark College (2) | 1285 |
| 93 | Bennington College (9) | 1285 |
| 98 | Dickinson College (2) | 1280 |
| 98 | Bard College (2) | 1280 |
| 100 | Sarah Lawrence College (2) | 1270 |