Choose the college
that actually
fits your budget.
Enter the schools you're weighing. Tell us what matters most, and we score them on 30+ signals across six categories — ranked to your priorities, not a magazine's.
Sample match
Yale
New Haven, CT
950+ campuses · scored for fit
Coast to coast
Every school, measured the same way.
Public or private, safety or reach — no school gets graded on a curve.
The payoff
Your schools, ranked to what you want.
One clear list — #1 to last — with the reasons behind every score.
Cornell
Academics · Career
Virginia
Academics · Value
Georgetown
Location · Career
Hover a school to see why · click one for the full breakdown
Sample ranking · yours is built from your survey
How it works
Add your schools
Enter up to 3 colleges you're comparing. Specify a different intended major per school if you'd like.
Tell us what matters
A ~5-minute survey covering academics, social life, campus experience, location, finances, and more.
Get your ranked results
Our proprietary multi-factor scoring engine weighs each school against your answers across 6 categories — and shows you exactly where each school earned (or lost) points.
What gets scored
Every category is weighted by how much you said it matters.
Academic
Selectivity, workload, class sizes, and research opportunities
Social
Party scene, Greek life, athletics, diversity, and campus culture
Campus
Dining, dorms, safety, facilities, and campus beauty
Location
Setting, surrounding area, weather, and distance from home
Career
Post-graduation earnings and outcomes for your intended major
Financial
Net annual cost and overall financial aid generosity
The algorithm
How your score is built
Step 01
30+ signals
Federal datasets and human-reviewed AI estimates, per school.
Step 02
Weighted by you
Your survey says how much each category should swing the result.
Step 03
A ranking you can defend
One number per school — and you can see exactly where it came from.
Transparency
Every number, with its source.
No black box. Every number is labeled by its source — federal data or reviewed AI — and traces back to a real signal.
6-year graduation rate
College Scorecard
Student : faculty ratio
IPEDS
Research expenditure
IPEDS HERD
Intellectual climate
AI · human-reviewed
Average workload
AI · human-reviewed
Ready to make
the call?
It's a $150,000+, four-year decision. Make it with real data — not a gut feeling.
Take the SurveyTakes about 5 minutes · Free · No account required