Admissions Factors

Colleges That Consider Class Rank

120 of 151 colleges say they weigh class rank. 47 rate it very important and 31 do not consider it.

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Which colleges do not consider class rank?

31 of the 151 colleges here rate it "not considered": Auburn University, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, Florida, George Mason, George Washington, Georgia Tech, Harvard University, James Madison, Kansas, Michigan, Michigan State, NYU, Penn State, San Diego State, San Jose State University, Temple, Texas Christian University, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, UGA, UIUC, University of California-Riverside, USC, Utah, UW, Washington State University, West Virginia.

Which colleges rate class rank as very important?

47 colleges: Bates, Bowdoin, Brandeis, Brown, California State University-Long Beach, Carleton, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western, Clemson, Colgate, College of William & Mary, Columbia, Dartmouth, Drexel, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Georgetown University, Grinnell College, Hamilton, Hofstra, Indiana University-Bloomington, Johns Hopkins, Miami, Miami University-Oxford, Middlebury, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Oberlin, Ohio State, Pomona, Princeton, Rice, RPI, Stanford University, Swarthmore, Texas A&M University-College Station, Texas Tech, The University of Texas at Dallas, Tufts, Tulane, UIC, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, WashU, Williams, Yale University.

Each college's own Common Data Set, Section C (first-time, first-year admission). Last checked 2026-10-08. Each rating is the college’s own answer on its Common Data Set. Colleges that left the row blank are left out.

Colleges That Consider Class Rank

Very important (47)

Important (28)

Considered (45)

Not considered (31)