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School |
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Score |
SAT |
%SAT |
ACT |
%ACT |
musicrank |
#ugrads |
weight |
Location |
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| 1 | Yale University |  |  | 1485 | 1485 | 96% | - | - | 8 | 5333 | 1600 | New Haven, CT |
| 1. U2 2. Jack Johnson 3. The Beatles 4. Radiohead 5. Coldplay 6. Bob Dylan 7. Beethoven 8. The Shins ... 10. Ben Folds |
| 2 | Rice University | | | 1434 | 1435 | 96% | 32 (~1430) | 33% | 6 | 3049 | 1525 | Houston, TX |
| 1. Queen 2. Radiohead 3. Jack Johnson 4. Coldplay 5. U2 6. The Shins 7. Muse 8. The Killers 9. The Beatles 10. Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 3 | Washington University in St. Louis | | | 1433 | 1450 | 85% | 32 (~1405) | 54% | 5 | 7386 | 4432 | St. Louis, MO |
| 1. Coldplay 2. Radiohead 3. The Killers 4. Jack Johnson 5. The Shins 6. The Beatles 7. John Mayer 8. U2 9. The Postal Service 10. Ben Folds |
| 4 | Stanford University | | | 1425 | 1440 | 96% | 31 (~1365) | 25% | 9 | 6422 | 1284 | Stanford, CA |
| 1. Radiohead 2. U2 3. Coldplay 4. The Beatles 5. The Killers 6. Jack Johnson 7. Death Cab For Cutie 8. Pink Floyd 9. The Shins 10. The Fray |
| 5 | Amherst College | | | 1419 | 1430 | 83% | 31 (~1365) | 17% | 1 | 1648 | 1648 | Amherst, MA |
| 1. The Shins ... 5. Radiohead ... 7. Beethoven ... 9. David Bowie ... |
| 6 | University of Chicago | | | 1407 | 1430 | 82% | 31 (~1365) | 45% | 6 | 4807 | 2404 | Chicago, IL |
| 1. The Beatles 2. Coldplay 3. Pink Floyd 4. U2 5. Radiohead 6. The Shins ... 8. Jack Johnson 9. Ben Folds 10. Beethoven |
| 7 | Middlebury College | | | 1393 | 1395 | 88% | 31 (~1385) | 24% | 2 | 2406 | 2165 | Middlebury, VT |
| ... 2. The Shins 3. U2 4. The Beatles 5. Jimi Hendrix 6. Jack Johnson ... 8. Jazz ... 10. Death Cab For Cutie |
| 8 | Carleton College | | | 1382 | 1410 | 81% | 30 (~1340) | 54% | 1 | 1980 | 1980 | Northfield, MN |
| 1. The Shins 2. The Beatles 3. U2 4. Queen ... 6. Jack Johnson ... |
| 9 | Wellesley College | | | 1379 | 1390 | 95% | 30 (~1340) | 26% | 9 | 2318 | 464 | Wellesley, MA |
| 1. Coldplay 2. The Beatles 3. Jack Johnson 4. U2 5. The Killers 6. John Mayer 7. Radiohead 8. Death Cab For Cutie 9. The Shins 10. Guster |
| 10 | Grinnell College | | | 1372 | 1360 | 52% | 31 (~1385) | 48% | 6 | 1589 | 795 | Grinnell, IA |
| 1. The Beatles 2. Bob Dylan 3. Radiohead 4. Coldplay 5. Ben Folds 6. The Shins 7. Modest Mouse 8. Jack Johnson 9. Red Hot Chili Peppers 10. Queen |
| 11 | Claremont McKenna College | | | 1370 | 1370 | 87% | - | - | 4 | 1153 | 807 | Claremont, CA |
| 1. Coldplay 2. Jack Johnson 3. The Beatles 4. The Shins 5. Red Hot Chili Peppers 6. Sublime 7. Radiohead 8. R&B 9. Pink Floyd 10. Dispatch |
| 12 | Tulane University | | | 1320 | 1325 | 79% | 29 (~1300) | 21% | 7 | 6533 | 2613 | New Orleans, LA |
| 1. The Killers 2. Jack Johnson 3. The Beatles 4. Radiohead 5. Coldplay 6. U2 7. The Shins 8. Snow Patrol 9. Death Cab For Cutie 10. Weezer |
| 13 | Bryn Mawr College | | | 1307 | 1310 | 92% | 29 (~1300) | 34% | 3 | 1378 | 1102 | Bryn Mawr, PA |
| 1. Bob Dylan 2. Radiohead 3. The Shins 4. Beck ... 6. The Beatles ... 9. Beethoven ... |
| 14 | Colorado College | | | 1305 | 1320 | 61% | 29 (~1280) | 38% | 2 | 1970 | 1773 | Colorado Springs, CO |
| 1. Jack Johnson 2. The Shins 3. Jimi Hendrix ... 5. Red Hot Chili Peppers 6. Bob Marley 7. Bob Dylan 8. Imogen Heap ... |
| 15 | Lawrence University | | | 1288 | 1300 | 38% | 29 (~1280) | 52% | 8 | 1480 | 444 | Appleton, WI |
| 1. The Beatles 2. Coldplay 3. Jack Johnson 4. Radiohead 5. Ben Folds 6. Bob Dylan 7. Queen 8. The Shins 9. Red Hot Chili Peppers 10. Weezer |
| 16 | Lewis & Clark College | | | 1285 | 1295 | 75% | 28 (~1260) | 31% | 2 | 1985 | 1787 | Portland, OR |
| 1. Radiohead 2. The Shins 3. The Beatles 4. Jack Johnson 5. Coldplay 6. U2 7. The Fray 8. Modest Mouse 9. Maroon 5 ... |
| 17 | Rhodes College | | | 1270 | 1280 | 75% | 28 (~1260) | 73% | 5 | 1687 | 1012 | Memphis, TN |
| 1. Coldplay 2. The Postal Service 3. Modest Mouse 4. Ben Folds 5. The Shins ... 7. Sufjan Stevens 8. Led Zeppelin 9. Ben Harper ... |
| 18 | Furman University | | | 1265 | 1280 | 93% | 28 (~1240) | 58% | 5 | 2759 | 1655 | Greenville, SC |
| 1. Coldplay 2. The Fray 3. U2 4. Counting Crows 5. The Shins 6. The Killers 7. John Mayer 8. Jack Johnson 9. Goo Goo Dolls 10. Death Cab For Cutie |
| 19 | Willamette University | | | 1249 | 1260 | 88% | 27 (~1225) | 42% | 4 | 2055 | 1439 | Salem, OR |
| 1. Jack Johnson 2. Coldplay 3. The Beatles 4. The Shins 5. Modest Mouse 6. John Mayer 7. The Killers 8. Death Cab For Cutie 9. Pink Floyd 10. Radiohead |
| 20 | Pepperdine University | | | 1229 | 1240 | 90% | 27 (~1205) | 43% | 4 | 3297 | 2308 | Malibu, CA |
| 1. John Mayer 2. Jack Johnson 3. Coldplay 4. The Shins 5. Pink Floyd 6. Linkin Park 7. Jazz 8. Imogen Heap ... 10. Death Cab For Cutie |
| 21 | University of Washington | | | 1184 | 1190 | 95% | 26 (~1165) | 27% | 9 | 27836 | 5567 | Seattle, WA |
| 1. Jack Johnson 2. Coldplay 3. The Beatles 4. Radiohead 5. Sublime 6. The Killers 7. Death Cab For Cutie 8. Modest Mouse 9. The Shins 10. Snow Patrol |
| 22 | University of Portland | | | 1175 | 1175 | 99% | - | - | 4 | 2907 | 2035 | Portland, OR |
| 1. Jack Johnson 2. Coldplay 3. The Beatles 4. The Shins 5. Snow Patrol 6. Country 7. The Fray 8. Death Cab For Cutie 9. Green Day 10. The Killers |
| 23 | Maryland Institute College of Art | | | 1170 | 1170 | 86% | - | - | 7 | 1640 | 656 | Baltimore, MD |
| 1. Radiohead 2. The Beatles 3. Bob Dylan 4. David Bowie 5. Beck 6. Modest Mouse 7. The Shins 8. Sufjan Stevens 9. Coldplay 10. Queen |
| 24 | Birmingham-Southern College | | | 1167 | 1170 | 51% | 26 (~1165) | 85% | 7 | 1207 | 483 | Birmingham, AL |
| 1. Jack Johnson 2. Coldplay 3. The Beatles 4. Led Zeppelin 5. Ben Folds 6. Counting Crows 7. The Shins 8. The Fray 9. Radiohead 10. Bob Dylan |
| 25 | Seattle Pacific University | | | 1159 | 1165 | 92% | 25 (~1145) | 35% | 9 | 2979 | 596 | Seattle, WA |
| 1. Coldplay 2. Jack Johnson 3. Switchfoot 4. John Mayer 5. Snow Patrol 6. The Fray 7. Death Cab For Cutie 8. U2 9. The Shins 10. Rascal Flatts |
| 26 | Seattle University | | | 1156 | 1160 | 89% | 25 (~1145) | 35% | 6 | 4160 | 2080 | Seattle, WA |
| 1. Jack Johnson 2. Coldplay 3. The Beatles 4. Modest Mouse 5. Bob Marley 6. The Shins 7. Sublime 8. John Mayer 9. The Killers 10. Death Cab For Cutie |
| 27 | Goshen College | | | 1148 | 1150 | 75% | 25 (~1145) | 35% | 4 | 951 | 666 | Goshen, IN |
| 1. The Beatles 2. Coldplay 3. U2 4. The Shins 5. Jack Johnson ... 8. Led Zeppelin 9. Bob Marley ... |
| 28 | Prescott College | | | 1130 | 1140 | 48% | 24 (~1105) | 19% | 4 | 758 | 531 | Prescott, AZ |
| 1. Modest Mouse ... 4. The Shins ... 6. Radiohead 7. Johnny Cash ... 9. Beck ... |
| 29 | Guilford College | | | 1119 | 1130 | 91% | 23 (~1065) | 18% | 3 | 2687 | 2150 | Greensboro, NC |
| 1. The Beatles 2. Tom Petty 3. The Shins 4. The Doors 5. Pink Floyd 6. Nirvana 7. Jack Johnson 8. Coldplay 9. Bob Dylan 10. Modest Mouse |
| 30 | Flagler College | | | 1111 | 1115 | 79% | 24 (~1105) | 47% | 4 | 2253 | 1577 | St. Augustine, FL |
| 1. Sublime 2. Death Cab For Cutie 3. The Used 4. The Shins ... 6. Kenny Chesney 7. John Mayer 8. Dispatch 9. Dave Matthews Band 10. Modest Mouse |
| 31 | University of Oregon | | | 1105 | 1105 | 94% | - | - | 2 | 16529 | 14876 | Eugene, OR |
| 1. Coldplay 2. The Shins 3. Jack Johnson 4. Red Hot Chili Peppers 5. Bob Dylan 6. Radiohead 7. The Beatles 8. Snow Patrol 9. Modest Mouse 10. Led Zeppelin |
| 32 | Western Washington University | | | 1101 | 1105 | 94% | 24 (~1085) | 25% | 8 | 12838 | 3851 | Bellingham, WA |
| 1. Jack Johnson 2. Coldplay 3. Sublime 4. Modest Mouse 5. The Beatles 6. Death Cab For Cutie 7. Radiohead 8. The Shins 9. Bob Marley 10. Incubus |
| 33 | University of Rhode Island | | | 1100 | 1100 | 0% | - | - | 8 | 11875 | 3563 | Kingston, RI |
| 1. Jack Johnson 2. Sublime 3. Incubus 4. John Mayer 5. Coldplay 6. Green Day 7. The Beatles 8. The Shins 9. Nas 10. My Chemical Romance |
| 34 | Pacific University | | | 1088 | 1095 | 86% | 23 (~1065) | 27% | 8 | 1347 | 404 | Forest Grove, OR |
| 1. Jack Johnson 2. Coldplay 3. John Mayer 4. Country 5. Green Day 6. Queen 7. The Beatles 8. The Shins 9. Sublime 10. The Killers |
| 35 | University of Illinois at Chicago | | | 1085 | - | - | 24 (~1085) | 97% | 9 | 15006 | 3001 | Chicago, IL |
| 1. The Beatles 2. John Mayer 3. Coldplay 4. U2 5. The Killers 6. The Fray 7. Pink Floyd 8. Red Hot Chili Peppers 9. The Shins 10. R&B |
| 36 | Whittier College | | | 1070 | 1070 | 91% | 23 (~1070) | 34% | 3 | 1317 | 1054 | Whittier, CA |
| 1. Weezer 2. U2 3. The Shins 4. The Killers 5. The Postal Service 6. Jack Johnson 7. Green Day 8. Death Cab For Cutie 9. Fall Out Boy ... |
| 37 | Virginia Commonwealth University | | | 1060 | 1065 | 95% | 22 (~1010) | 10% | 7 | 21260 | 8504 | Richmond, VA |
| 1. R&B 2. Rap 3. Coldplay 4. The Beatles 5. Sublime 6. Hip Hop 7. The Shins 8. Taking Back Sunday 9. Gospel 10. Queen |
| 38 | University of Alaska Southeast | | | 1039 | 1045 | 44% | 22 (~1025) | 18% | 5 | 2753 | 1652 | Juneau, AK |
| 1. Jack Johnson 2. Modest Mouse 3. Green Day 4. Coldplay 5. The Shins 6. The Killers 7. Bob Dylan 8. Rock 9. Pink Floyd 10. Nirvana |
| 39 | Cleveland Institute of Art | | | 1011 | 1075 | 21% | 21 (~990) | 63% | 2 | 490 | 441 | Cleveland, OH |
| 1. Beck 2. The Shins 3. Radiohead 4. Modest Mouse 5. The Beatles ... 7. Red Hot Chili Peppers 8. The Killers 9. Pink Floyd 10. Muse |
| 40 | San Francisco State University | | | 994 | 1000 | 78% | 21 (~970) | 18% | 6 | 23843 | 11922 | San Francisco, CA |
| 1. The Beatles 2. Coldplay 3. Sublime 4. Queen 5. Bob Dylan 6. The Shins 7. Modest Mouse 8. Jack Johnson 9. Death Cab For Cutie 10. Bob Marley |
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