Rankings and recognition
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Carnegie classification
A Doctoral University (which undergraduates attend) with very high research activity
Institutional classification used for academic peer grouping.
Athletics
NCAA Division III
NCAA division where available from verified imports.
Editorial spotlight
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT — editorial overview (Cambridge, MA)
Just across the Charles River from Boston, in the town of Cambridge, is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT. As the name implies, this university is all about science, and the adjacent fields of mathematics, computer science, and economics. There are departments for...
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Explainable similarity scores based on admissions, cost, outcomes, and campus profile.
Amherst College
89Amherst, MA
Campus culture / environment alignment (100/100)
Babson College
87Wellesley, MA
Campus culture / environment alignment (100/100)
Boston College
86Chestnut Hill, MA
Geography / setting alignment (100/100)
Brandeis University
85Waltham, MA
Geography / setting alignment (100/100)
College of the Holy Cross
84Worcester, MA
Campus culture / environment alignment (100/100)
Boston University
83Boston, MA
Geography / setting alignment (100/100)
Brown University
82Providence, RI
Outcomes alignment (100/100)
California Institute of Technology CalTech
81Pasadena, CA
Selectivity alignment (100/100)
Columbia University in the City of New York
81New York, NY
Selectivity alignment (100/100)