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本頁說明學校排名及大學分級方式，並清楚交代當中的判斷準則，而非將其隱藏在程式之中。
1. 分析內容
每所學校均會公布畢業生入讀的大學名單，名單上的每所大學按升學結果分為第一至第五級。評分著重升學去向的廣度：每所不同大學只計算一次，不論有多少學生入讀，避免學校單憑大批學生入讀同一所頂尖大學而提高比例。排名依據是各校不同升學去向中屬第一級大學（八所常春藤盟校、MIT、加州理工、史丹福、牛津及劍橋）的比例。
重要限制：公布較長、較完整名單的學校，頂級大學比例可能被稀釋，因為名單涵蓋各級別更多去向；較短或經篩選的名單因而可能顯得較強。判讀結果時，應一併考慮各校的報告期及資料完整程度。
2. 報告期調整
公布 N 年升學去向的學校有 N 次機會錄得至少一個罕見的第一或第二級大學去向，因此原始數目會受報告期長短影響，不能只反映大學的選擇性。
我們的調整：計算比例前，先將各校第一及第二級大學的原始數目除以報告涵蓋年數（線性調整，÷N）。第三至第五級數目維持不變，因為這些去向較常見，不會同樣受「任何一次命中都計算」的情況影響。
- 這是刻意採取的較強調整方式，因此第一級大學原始數目較少的一年期學校，排名可能高於原始數目較多的多年期學校。
這是網站採用的唯一排名方式；排名頁面上的每所學校均以相同方法評分。
3. 五級評級
分級綜合考慮全球聲譽及入學選擇性，第一級最難入讀。第一及第二級依據公開的外部排名而非個人意見，包括《U.S. News》美國最佳全國大學排名及《The Times／Sunday Times》英國優秀大學指南。
| 級別 | 定義 | 代表大學 |
|---|---|---|
| 第一級 | 8 所常春藤盟校 + MIT + 加州理工 + 史丹福 + 牛津 + 劍橋 | Harvard、Yale、Princeton、MIT、Stanford、Oxford、Cambridge… |
| 第二級 | US News 首 27 位（第一級除外）+ Sunday Times 英國首 10 位（牛津劍橋除外）+ 頂尖國際大學 | Duke、Johns Hopkins、UCLA、Berkeley、LSE、Imperial、UCL、Bath、Tsinghua、NUS… |
| 第三級 | 未列入第二級排名的非常優秀大學 | NYU、Georgia Tech、UCSD、King's College London、Edinburgh、HKU、Amherst、Williams… |
| 第四級 | 優秀／穩健 | Boston College、Boston University、Northeastern、英國紅磚大學、UBC、HKUST、CUHK… |
| 第五級 | 其他／相對較易入讀／專門院校 | 社區學院、加州州立大學、地區大學、藝術及設計院校… |
第一級 完整名單 — 15 所大學
| Brown University |
| California Institute of Technology |
| Columbia University |
| Columbia University in the City of New York |
| Cornell University |
| Dartmouth College |
| Harvard University |
| List JTS (Columbia University) |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Princeton University |
| Stanford University |
| University of Cambridge |
| University of Oxford |
| University of Pennsylvania |
| Yale University |
第二級 完整名單 — 39 所大學
| Carnegie Mellon University |
| Duke University |
| Durham University |
| ETH Zurich |
| Emory University |
| Emory University-Oxford |
| Georgetown University |
| Imperial College London |
| Johns Hopkins University |
| London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Loughborough University |
| National University of Singapore |
| Northwestern University |
| Rice University |
| Tsinghua University |
| UNC Chapel Hill |
| University College London |
| University Michigan |
| University of Bath |
| University of California Los Angeles |
| University of California, Berkeley |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
| University of California-Berkeley |
| University of California-Los Angeles |
| University of Chicago |
| University of Michigan |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| University of Notre Dame |
| University of Southern California |
| University of St Andrews |
| University of St. Andrews |
| University of Virginia |
| University of Warwick |
| Vanderbilt University |
| Washington University St. Louis |
| Washington University in St Louis |
| École polytechnique (Palaiseau) |
第三級 完整名單 — 63 所大學
| Amherst College |
| Australian National University |
| Barnard College |
| Bocconi University |
| Bowdoin College |
| Bryn Mawr College |
| Carleton College |
| Claremont McKenna College |
| Colgate University |
| Cooper Union |
| Delft University of Technology |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Grinnell College |
| Hamilton College |
| Harvey Mudd College |
| King's College London |
| Leiden University |
| McGill University |
| Middlebury College |
| Nanyang Technological University |
| New York University |
| Pitzer College |
| Pomona College |
| Purdue University |
| Purdue University, West Lafayette |
| Purdue University-Main Campus |
| Reed College |
| Sciences Po |
| Seoul National University |
| Smith College |
| Swarthmore College |
| Technical University of Munich |
| The Australian National University |
| The University of Edinburgh |
| The University of Hong Kong |
| The University of Texas at Austin |
| Trinity College Dublin |
| Tufts University |
| US Military Academy (West Point) |
| United States Military Academy |
| United States Military Academy at West Point |
| Universita Bocconi |
| University of Bristol |
| University of California San Diego |
| University of California, San Diego |
| University of California-San Diego |
| University of Edinburgh |
| University of Hong Kong |
| University of Illinois (UC) |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| University of Manchester |
| University of Melbourne |
| University of Sydney |
| University of Texas at Austin |
| University of Toronto |
| University of Waterloo |
| Utrecht University |
| Vassar College |
| Wake Forest University |
| Wellesley College |
| Williams College |
| World Bachelor in Business (USC/Bocconi/HKUST) |
第四級 完整名單 — 192 所大學
| Architectural Association School of Architecture |
| Babson College |
| Bard College |
| Bates College |
| Bentley University |
| Berklee College of Music |
| Boston College |
| Boston University |
| Brandeis University |
| Bucknell University |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo |
| California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo |
| Cardiff University |
| Carleton University |
| Case Western Reserve University |
| Case Western University |
| Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| City University of Hong Kong |
| City, University of London |
| Clark University |
| Clemson University |
| Colby College |
| College of the Holy Cross |
| Colorado College |
| Connecticut College |
| Dalhousie University |
| Davidson College |
| Denison University |
| Dickinson College |
| Drexel University |
| EDHEC Business School |
| Education University of Hong Kong |
| Emerson College |
| Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Esade Ramon Lull University |
| Fashion Institute of Technology |
| Fordham University |
| Franklin & Marshall College |
| Free University of Berlin |
| George Washington University |
| Gettysburg College |
| Haverford College |
| Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Howard University |
| IE University |
| IE University - Madrid |
| IE University Madrid |
| IE University-Madrid |
| Indiana University |
| Indiana University-Bloomington |
| Keio University |
| Kenyon College |
| Lafayette College |
| Lehigh University |
| Loyola Marymount University |
| Lund University |
| Maastricht University |
| Macalester College |
| Manchester School of Architecture |
| McMaster University |
| Michigan State University |
| Minerva University |
| Monash University |
| Morehouse College |
| Mount Holyoke College |
| Muhlenberg College |
| Newcastle University |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh |
| Northeastern University |
| Oberlin College |
| Occidental College |
| Ohio State University |
| Otis College of Art and Design |
| Parsons School of Design |
| Penn State University |
| Pennsylvania State University |
| Pennsylvania State University, University Park |
| Pepperdine University |
| Pratt Institute |
| Queen Mary University of London |
| Queen's University |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Rhode Island School of Design |
| Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Rose Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| Royal Veterinary College |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick |
| SOAS University of London |
| Santa Clara University |
| Sarah Lawrence College |
| Savannah College of Art and Design |
| Savannah College of Arts & Design |
| School of Visual Arts |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Sciences Po-Hong Kong University |
| Scripps College |
| Simon Fraser University |
| Singapore Institute of Technology |
| Singapore Management University |
| Skidmore College |
| Southern Methodist University |
| Spellman College |
| Spelman College |
| St George's University of London |
| St Olaf College |
| St. Lawrence University |
| Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Stony Brook University |
| Sungkyunkwan University |
| Syracuse University |
| Texas A & M University |
| Texas Christian University |
| The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| The College of New Jersey |
| The George Washington University |
| The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| The New School, Parsons |
| The New School, Parsons School for Design |
| The Ohio State University |
| The Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Main Campus |
| The University of British Columbia |
| Tilburg University |
| Trinity College |
| Trinity University |
| Tulane University |
| United States Naval Academy |
| University College Dublin |
| University of Aberdeen |
| University of Adelaide |
| University of Alberta |
| University of Amsterdam |
| University of British Columbia |
| University of California, Davis |
| University of California, Irvine |
| University of California, Santa Barbara |
| University of California, Santa Cruz |
| University of Colorado Boulder |
| University of Colorado at Boulder |
| University of Connecticut |
| University of Delaware |
| University of Exeter |
| University of Florida |
| University of Georgia |
| University of Glasgow |
| University of Guelph |
| University of Iowa |
| University of Leeds |
| University of Leicester |
| University of Liverpool |
| University of Maryland |
| University of Maryland-College Park |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| University of Miami |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
| University of New South Wales |
| University of Newcastle |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts |
| University of Nottingham |
| University of Oregon |
| University of Pittsburgh |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus |
| University of Queensland |
| University of Reading |
| University of Rochester |
| University of San Diego |
| University of Sheffield |
| University of Southampton |
| University of Surrey |
| University of Vermont |
| University of Washington |
| University of Washington-Seattle |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus |
| University of Western Australia |
| University of Wisconsin |
| University of Wisconsin – Madison |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| University of York |
| Villanova University |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Virginia Tech |
| Waseda University |
| Wesleyan University |
| Western University |
| Wheaton College |
| Whitman College |
| William & Mary |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| York University |
第五級 完整名單 — 231 所大學
| Academy of the Arts San Francisco |
| American University |
| American University in Dubai |
| Arizona State University |
| Art Center College of Design |
| ArtCenter College of Design |
| Aston University |
| Auburn University |
| BIMM University |
| Bar-Ilan University |
| Binghamton University |
| Biola University |
| Blair Academy (PG Year) |
| Boise State University |
| Brigham Young University |
| Brunel University London |
| Bryant University |
| CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College |
| Cal Maritime |
| Caldwell University |
| California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt |
| California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
| California State University, Bakersfield |
| California State University, Chico |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills |
| California State University, Fresno |
| California State University, Fullerton |
| California State University, Long Beach |
| California State University, Northridge |
| California State University, San Marcos |
| California State University-Northridge |
| Calvin University |
| Capilano University |
| Carson Newman University |
| Central Connecticut State University |
| Chapman University |
| Christopher Newport University |
| College of Charleston |
| Colorado Mesa University |
| Colorado State University, Fort Collins |
| County College of Morris |
| Cuesta Community College |
| DePaul University |
| Dean College |
| Dominican University New York |
| Drew University |
| Durham University International Study Centre |
| East Stroudsburg University |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania |
| Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne |
| Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne |
| Ecole de l'image Gobelins |
| El Camino Community College |
| Elon University |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach) |
| Emily Carr University of Art and Design |
| Essex County College |
| Fairfield University |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus |
| Florida State University |
| Fordham University |
| Fullerton College |
| Glendale Community College |
| Goethe Universitat Frankfurt |
| Golden West College |
| Grand Canyon University |
| Hampton University |
| Hawai'i Community College |
| High Point University |
| Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts |
| Hong Kong Baptist University |
| Hong Kong Metropolitan University |
| Honolulu Community College |
| Hult International Business School |
| Huntington University |
| Huron at Western University |
| Ithaca College |
| James Madison University |
| Kean University |
| Kingston University |
| Leeds Arts University |
| Leeds Beckett University |
| Leiden University College The Hague |
| Les Roches - Spain Campus |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Mahwah |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Union |
| London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art |
| London Film Academy |
| Long Beach City College |
| Long Island University - Brooklyn |
| Louisiana State University |
| Loyola University Chicago |
| Lynn University |
| Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Marist University |
| Meredith College |
| Merrimack College |
| Miami University |
| Miami University-Oxford |
| Middle Georgia State University |
| Middlesex College |
| Minnesota State University Moorhead |
| Montana State University |
| Montclair State University |
| Moravian University |
| NJIT |
| NSCAD University |
| Nazareth University |
| New England Conservatory |
| New Jersey City University |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| New York Film Academy- New York City |
| Northern Michigan University |
| Norwich University |
| Norwich University of the Arts |
| Nova Southeastern University |
| OCAD University |
| Orange Coast College |
| Oregon State University |
| Oxford Brookes University |
| P C Age-Jersey City |
| Pace University |
| Pasadena City College |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology |
| Point Loma Nazarene University |
| Point Park University |
| Pratt Institute- Brooklyn |
| Queen Mary University of London (Malta) |
| Queenstown Resort College |
| Quinnipiac University |
| Ramapo College |
| Ramapo College of New Jersey |
| Regis University |
| Rider University |
| Ritsumeikan University |
| Rowan University |
| Rutgers University-Camden |
| Rutgers University-Newark |
| SUNY Buffalo |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill |
| Sacred Heart University |
| Saint Elizabeth University |
| Saint Joseph's University |
| Saint Louis University |
| Saint Louis University - Madrid Campus |
| Salve Regina University |
| San Diego Miramar Community College |
| San Diego State University |
| San Francisco State University |
| Santa Barbara City College |
| Santa Monica City College |
| Santa Monica College |
| Sault University |
| Seattle Pacific University |
| Seton Hall University |
| Sheridan College |
| Siena College |
| Sling Pilot Academy |
| Southern California Regional Occupational Center |
| St. George's University |
| Stockton University |
| Sweet Briar College |
| Temple College |
| Temple University |
| Texas A&M Corpus Christi |
| Texas Tech University |
| The American University of Paris |
| The New School |
| The Oberlin Conservatory of Music |
| The Pennsylvania State University- Penn State Altoona |
| The Pennsylvania State University- Penn State Harrisburg |
| The Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington |
| The University of Alabama |
| The University of Tampa |
| The University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Tiffin University |
| Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Trent University |
| Union College of Union County NJ |
| University at Albany, SUNY |
| University at Buffalo |
| University of Aizu |
| University of Alabama |
| University of Arizona |
| University of Bremen |
| University of Brighton |
| University of California, Merced |
| University of California, Riverside |
| University of Central Florida |
| University of Central Lancashire |
| University of Cincinnati |
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs |
| University of Connecticut-Stamford |
| University of Dayton |
| University of Denver |
| University of Essex |
| University of Hawai'i at Manoa |
| University of Kentucky |
| University of La Verne |
| University of Mississippi |
| University of Missouri Columbia |
| University of Nevada, Reno |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| University of North Carolina, Asheville |
| University of Oklahoma |
| University of Pisa |
| University of Redlands |
| University of Richmond |
| University of San Francisco |
| University of Scranton |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia |
| University of South Florida-Main Campus |
| University of The Pacific |
| University of Utah |
| University of Victoria |
| University of Washington, Bothell |
| University of Windsor |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| University of the Arts London |
| University of the West of England |
| Warren County Community College |
| Washington State University |
| West Essex County College |
| Western Michigan University |
| Western Washington University |
| Willamette University |
| William Paterson University of New Jersey |
| École de l'image Gobelins |
值得留意的結果
- Bath 和 Loughborough純粹因 Sunday Times 將其列入首十位（著重教學質素及學生滿意度）而屬第二級，位置遠高於全球研究型排名。
- 相反，King's College London、Edinburgh、Manchester 和 Bristol 屬第三級；雖然全球聲譽良好，但並未進入 Sunday Times 首十位。這是採用該指南後預期出現的結果。
- 排名每年均會變動。第二級名單以特定版本為準（U.S. News 2025／Sunday Times 2025）。
4. 資料處理規則
報告期調整
計算比例前，第一及第二級大學數目會除以公開名單涵蓋的年數（五年名單 ÷5，一年名單 ÷1）。詳見上文的報告期調整。
取錄與已確認入讀
如來源有加以區分，只採用已確認入讀／註冊人數，不採用取錄數字。
只公布取錄的學校不納入排名
如學校只公布取錄名單，且無法分辨實際入讀者，便不符合排名資格。取錄數字可能被誇大，因為一名學生可同時持有多個取錄而最終只入讀一所大學；因此這些學校不會以灰色顯示，而是直接不納入排名。
只公布院校名稱仍可排名
升學廣度毋須逐名學生人數，因此只公布大學名稱而沒有入讀人數的學校（GSIS、SIS）仍可完整參與排名。
牛津及劍橋學院
如來源分別列出牛津或劍橋的個別學院，數字會合併至大學層級。
資料依據
每項數字均可追溯至學校正式發布的報告；各校頁面列出確切來源文件。