Dec 15, 2014 03:55 PM EST By Russell Westerholm, UniversityHerald Reporter

The University of Pennsylvania tops College Factual's list for top 10 "Best Colleges Nationwide" for 2015.

UPenn is one of six Ivies to make the list, as Cornell University and Columbia University find themselves outside the top 10. Of the four non-Ivies, only one school with an acceptance rate greater than 11 percent made the list.

"These rankings are based on a pure and distinct focus on data," Bill Phelan, co-founder and CEO of College Factual, told USA Today. "We don't count previous reputations... providing a more unbiased view."

CLICK HERE for the full methodology behind the rankings. The website is designed to help prospective college students pick their ideal school.

1.     University of Pennsylvania

Location: Philadelphia, Penn.

School type: private research, Ivy League

Acceptance rate: 10 percent

Full time teachers: 96 percent

2.     Yale University

Location: New Haven, Conn.

School type: private research, Ivy League

Acceptance rate: 6.3 percent

Full time teachers: 71 percent

3.     Duke University

Location: Durham, N.C.

School type: private research

Acceptance rate: 10.8 percent

Full time teachers: 94 percent

4.     Harvard University

Location: Cambridge, Mass.

School type: private research, Ivy League

Acceptance rate: 5.9 percent

Full time teachers: 83 percent

5.     Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Location: Cambridge, Mass.

School type: private research

Acceptance rate: 7.7 percent

Full time teachers: 82 percent

6.     Brown University

Location: Providence, R.I.

School type: private research, Ivy League

Acceptance rate: 8.6 percent

Full time teachers: 87 percent

7.     Stanford University

Location: Stanford, Calif.

School type: private research

Acceptance rate: 5.1 percent

Full time teachers: 90 percent

8.     Princeton University

Location: Princeton, N.J.

School type: private research, Ivy League

Acceptance rate: 7.4 percent

Full time teachers: 83 percent

9.     Dartmouth College

Location: Hanover, N.H.

School type: private research, Ivy League

Acceptance rate: 11.5 percent

Full time teachers: 81 percent

10.  University of Notre Dame

Location: Notre Dame, Ind.

School type: Private research

Acceptance rate: 21 percent

Full time teachers: 89 percent

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