Top 500 Ranked Private Colleges and Universities

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Rank			Private Colleges and Universities
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
41 ↑	54	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	97.37	96.37 (↑1.0%)
42 ↓	36	Skidmore College	97.32	97.58 (↓0.3%)
43 ↓	23	Oberlin College	97.27	98.59 (↓1.3%)
44 ↑	51	Villanova University	97.27	96.53 (↑0.8%)
45 ↑	50	Dickinson College	97.24	96.56 (↑0.7%)
46 ↓	41	University of Richmond	97.23	No Change
47	47	Barnard College	97.13	96.68 (↑0.5%)
48 ↑	194	St. John's College	97.05	90.64 (↑7.1%)
49 ↑	52	University of Chicago	96.95	96.45 (↑0.5%)
50 ↓	37	Whitman College	96.85	97.55 (↓0.7%)
51 ↓	18	Reed College	96.79	98.79 (↓2.0%)
52 ↓	43	Northwestern University	96.72	97.16 (↓0.4%)
53	53	Trinity College	96.72	96.41 (↑0.3%)
54 ↑	56	Denison University	96.72	96.32 (↑0.4%)
55 ↑	114	Connecticut College	96.50	94.03 (↑2.6%)
56 ↓	45	DePauw University	96.48	96.89 (↓0.4%)
57 ↓	49	Northeastern University	96.43	96.59 (↓0.2%)
58 ↓	40	Trinity University	96.31	97.47 (↓1.2%)
59 ↑	75	Gettysburg College	96.27	95.41 (↑0.9%)
60 ↓	59	Occidental College	96.26	No Change

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