<p>Any ranking methodology is going to be flawed. Especially when you are comparing apples to oranges. For me and many others West Point is the #1 college in the nation. For others, they would rather not go to college than go here. Ranking colleges has a place-- but I don’t think it goes much further than here are the Ivies, here is Harvey Mudd and its sister schools, the top engineering schools (ie GaTech, MIT, Stanford), etc etc. It’s downright silly to say #1 college in the nation (at everything for everyone).</p>