What are top 5 colleges in CA for out of staters?

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For certain, any university that produced a lot of Rhodes Scholars is going to be good, but schools like Cal, Cornell, Michigan, Northwestern and Penn have never done well with the Rhodes process, winning between 20 and 27 Rhodes each in the awards 115 year history. Given their size and stature as top 10-15 universities in the nation, that’s a very poor showing indeed.</p>

<p>The fact of the matter is, no university other than Harvard, Yale, Princeton, the USMA and Stanford has won more than 60 Rhodes in 115 years. Once you leave the top 10 winners, the number of Rhodes per institution drops below 40. That’s once every three years.

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<p>And don’t forget that the Rhodes competition is regional (US = 16 districts). A Californian attending Harvard (or Yale or Princeton) will most likely compete against the California residents attending Cal and UCLA (and Stanford). Ditto Michigan residents attending HYP. Obviously, the well-endowed college will have the resources to strengthen its applications. Bill Clinton used to joke that his Arkansas residency gave him a big boost.</p>