The 50 colleges where students work the hardest

50. University of Virginia
49. Emory University
48. Colgate University
47. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
46. University of California at Los Angeles
45. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
44. Rhode Island School of Design
43. Colorado College
42. Thomas Jefferson University
41. Pomona College
40. Amherst College
39. US Naval Academy
38. Claremont McKenna College
37. Georgetown University
36. Vassar College
35. Colorado School of Mines
34. Case Western Reserve University
33. Wellesley College
32. Duke University
31. Dartmouth College
30. Wake Forest University
29. University of Pennsylvania
28. Oberlin College
27. Northwestern University
26. Grinnell College
25. Harvard University
24. Williams College
23. Swarthmore College
22. US Military Academy at West Point
21. Brown University
20. Georgia Institute of Technology
19. University of California at Berkeley
18. Cornell University
17. Harvey Mudd College
16. Carleton College
15. University of Notre Dame
13. TIE: Stanford University
13. TIE: Middlebury College
12. Washington University in St. Louis
11. Johns Hopkins University
10. College of William & Mary
9. Vanderbilt University
8. Columbia University
7. Bowdoin College
6. Princeton University
5. Yale University
4. Carnegie Mellon University
3. Rice University
3. Rice University
2. University of Chicago
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Top 25 Colleges With The Hardest Grading
25. UPenn
24. UC Berkeley
23. University of Michigan
22. Washington University
21. Florida State University
20. University of Wisconsin-Madison
19. University of South Carolina
18. Rutgers University 
17. San Diego State University 
16. Simon Fraser University (Canada)
15. Reed College
14. Harvey Mudd College
13. Cal State University-Fullerton
12. Virginia Commonwealth University
11. University of Houston
10. Southern Polytechnic State
9. Roanoke College
8. Purdue University
7. Hampden-Sydney College
6. Florida International University
5. Auburn University
4. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
3. Princeton University
2. MIT
1. Boston University