UC Berkeley vs. Vassar

[CrewDad]

Both Berkeley and Vassar are top feeder schools.
https://hubpages.com/education/Wall-Street-Journal-College-Rankings-The-Full-List-and-Rating-Criteria

Vassar # 33…Berkeley # 40… no meaningful difference.
https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/#tab:rank

Here’s an interesting output ranking using four metrics,

1. Percentage entering elite professional schools (for MBA/JD/MD).
2. Production of “American Leaders”, who are mostly leaders in business, government, and the arts.
3. Percentage winning prestigious national student awards.
4. Percentage getting PhDs.

Ivies & equivalents (16 RU’s and 14 LAC’s):
8: HYPSM + WAS LACs and Brown
7: Chicago, Cornell, Rice, Pomona, Haverford
6: Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, Bowdoin, Wesleyan
5: Caltech, Georgetown, UPenn, Bryn Mawr, Carleton, CMC, Oberlin, Reed, Smith, Wellesley

Near-Ivies (8 RU’s, 2 service academies and 7 LACs):
4: Cal, UMich, UVa, ND, West Point, Naval Academy, Barnard, Grinnell, Middlebury, Vassar
3: NYU, Tufts, UCLA, Wisconsin-Madison, Harvey Mudd, Macalester, New College of Florida

Other good schools:
2: Johns Hopkins, UNC, USC, UT-Austin, Rochester, UIUC, Indiana, Colorado, Bates, Bennington, Davidson, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Occidental, Pitzer, Scripps, Trinity, W&M, W&L

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1893105-ivy-equivalents-ranking-based-on-alumni-outcomes-take-2-1-p1.html