Instagram/@caltechedu
Jonathan Wai, a Duke University Talent Identification Program research scientist, created a ranking exclusively for Business Insider of the smartest US colleges and universities based on the schools' average standardized test scores. Research shows that both the SAT and ACT are good measures of general cognitive ability, since they measure one's ability to reason.
We updated last year's ranking by including the 1,338 schools in the national university, liberal arts college, regional university, and regional college
Once again, the Pasadena-based California Institute of Technology takes the top spot on the list, and the University of Chicago, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton round out the top five schools.
Keep scrolling to see the 50 smartest colleges in America.