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| Earlham and peer institutions - weighted ranks among 1,469 institutions | |||||||
| Institution Name | Weighted Rank: 1971-1980 | Weighted Rank: 1976-1985 | Weighted Rank: 1981-1990 | Weighted Rank: 1986-1995 | Weighted Rank: 1991-2000 | Weighted Rank: 1995 - 2004 | Weighted Rank: 1975 - 2004 |
| Reed College | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Carleton College | 11 | 5 | |||||
| Kalamazoo College | 42 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Earlham College | 10 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Haverford College | 12 | 10 | |||||
| Grinnell College | 28 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
| Oberlin College | 37 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 17 |
| Lawrence University | 25 | 27 | |||||
| Bates College | 46 | 37 | |||||
| Hampshire College | 33 | 38 | |||||
| Beloit College | 27 | 40 | |||||
| Macalester College | 116 | 57 | 35 | 56 | 70 | 47 | 42 |
| Knox College | 40 | 49 | |||||
| St Olaf College | 44 | 50 | |||||
| Occidental College | 36 | 52 | |||||
| College of Wooster, The | 40 | 78 | 74 | 69 | 75 | 59 | 60 |
| Centre College | 55 | 61 | |||||
| Whitman College | 79 | 64 | |||||
| Franklin and Marshall College | 67 | 76 | |||||
| Colorado College | 74 | 85 | |||||
| Rhodes College | 95 | 97 | |||||
| Kenyon College | 81 | 92 | 112 | 118 | 201 | 157 | 110 |
| Trinity College (Hartford, CT) | 85 | 119 | |||||
| Hamilton College | 181 | 122 | |||||
| Connecticut College | 105 | 125 | |||||
| University of the South | 250 | 127 | |||||
| Lafayette College | 218 | 154 | |||||
| Denison University | 183 | 135 | 213 | 418 | 464 | 165 | 177 |
| Pitzer College | 231 | 214 | |||||
| Scripps College | 148 | 265 | |||||
| Washington and Lee University | 197 | 285 | |||||
| Lake Forest College | 313 | 299 | |||||
| Guilford College | 486 | 611 | 338 | 259 | 348 | 362 | 325 |