<p>For liberal arts colleges, peer assessment scores calculated from quantitative data are generally quite close to the actual US News Peer Assessment ratings:</p>
<p>predicted rank, school, predicted peer assessment score, actual peer assessment rating</p>
<p>1 Amherst College 4.57 4.7
2 Carleton College 4.47 4.4
3 Williams College 4.46 4.7
4 Harvey Mudd 4.41 4.1
5 Pomona College 4.37 4.2
6 Bowdoin College 4.28 4.3
7 Swarthmo College 4.27 4.6
8 Middlebu College 4.26 4.2
9 Wesleyan Universi 4.25 4.2
10 Washingt Lee 4.20 3.9
11 Vassar College 4.15 4.1
12 Wellesle College 4.15 4.5
13 Haverfor College 4.13 4.1
14 US Naval 4.09 4.0
15 Davidson College 4.03 4.2
16 Colgate Universi 4.00 4.0
17 Claremon McKenna 4.00 4.0
18 Bates College 4.00 4.0
19 Grinnell College 3.96 4.3
20 Colby College 3.96 4.0
21 Oberlin College 3.90 4.2
22 Bryn Mawr 3.84 4.1
23 Hamilton College 3.83 3.7
24 Colorado College 3.80 3.8
25 Holy Cross 3.80 3.6
26 Kenyon College 3.79 3.8
27 Bucknell Universi 3.78 3.8
28 Trinity College 3.75 3.6
29 Barnard College 3.74 3.9
30 Mount Holyoke 3.73 4.0
31 Franklin Marshall 3.72 3.5
32 Macalest College 3.71 4.1
33 Lafayett College 3.71 3.4
34 Scripps College 3.70 3.7
35 Connecti College 3.70 3.5
36 Bard College 3.68 3.4
37 Denison Universi 3.68 3.4
38 Universi Richmond 3.66 3.6
39 Centre College 3.62 3.4
40 Occident College 3.61 3.7
41 US Military 3.61 4.0
42 Smith College 3.60 4.3
43 Furman Universi 3.56 3.5
44 Skidmore College 3.55 3.4
45 Lawrence Universi 3.51 3.3
46 Gettysbu College 3.48 3.3
47 Whitman College 3.46 3.3
48 Dickinso College 3.46 3.4
49 Pitzer College 3.44 3.5
50 New College 3.44 2.8
51 Reed College 3.43 3.9
52 Union College 3.42 3.3
53 Wheaton College 3.40 3.2
54 Wabash College 3.39 3.3
55 Wheaton College 3.36 3.3
56 Agnes Scott 3.34 3.3
57 Rhodes College 3.30 3.5
58 DePauw Universi 3.30 3.4
59 Sewanee Univ 3.29 3.6
60 St. Lawrence 3.28 3.2
61 Kalamazo College 3.28 3.2
62 Illinois Wesleyan 3.25 3.1
63 Wofford College 3.24 2.9
64 Hobart College 3.17 3.2
65 Berea College 3.16 3.3
66 Puget Sound 3.15 3.1
67 Lyon College 3.12 2.6
68 Lewis Clark 3.10 3.2
69 Earlham College 3.09 3.5
70 Muhlenbe College 3.08 2.8
71 Spelman College 3.08 3.4
72 St. Olaf 3.08 3.6
73 Hampden- College 3.07 2.8
74 Southwes Universi 3.04 3.1
75 Hampshir College 3.02 2.8
76 Cornell College 3.02 2.9
77 Hendrix College 3.02 3.2
78 Westmont College 3.01 2.4
79 Drew Universi 3.00 3.2
80 Ohio Wesleyan 2.99 3.0
81 Willamet Universi 2.99 3.1
82 St.Mary’ College 2.98 2.6
83 St. John’s 2.98 3.1
84 Birmingh Southern 2.98 3.0
85 Beloit College 2.96 3.2
86 Ursinus College 2.96 2.9
87 Alleghen College 2.95 3.0
88 Hillsdal College 2.94 2.3
89 Benningt College 2.93 2.9
90 Austin College 2.93 3.0
91 College Wooster 2.92 3.3
92 Juniata College 2.91 2.7
93 Knox College 2.91 3.0
94 St.Mary’ Coll 2.91 2.8
95 Wash Jeff 2.90 2.8
96 Millsaps College 2.90 2.9
97 Stonehil College 2.87 2.7
98 Transylv Universi 2.87 2.8
99 Virginia Military 2.86 3.0
100 Berry College 2.85 2.8
101 Randolph College 2.83 2.7
102 Hanover College 2.83 2.7
103 Lake Forest 2.83 2.9
104 Calvin College 2.82 2.9
105 Wells College 2.81 2.6
106 Albion College 2.76 2.8
107 Wittenbe Univ 2.76 2.8
108 College St.Bened 2.76 2.7
109 Augustan College 2.76 2.8
110 StMichae Coll 2.74 2.6</p>