College Raptor Releases 2026 College Rankings

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on September 10, 2025

College Raptor’s eleventh annual college rankings release puts a focus on affordability and accessibility. September 10, 2025–Iowa City, Iowa College rankings headlines are often dominated by the same names: Ivy Leagues, elite research universities and schools that admit only a fraction of applicants. But that leaves out most students, say experts. “The average GPA across …

College Raptor Reveals Tenth Annual Hidden Gem Colleges for 2025

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on September 19, 2024

Rankings Highlight Exceptional, Under-the-Radar Schools Across the Nation PROVIDENCE, R.I. – (September 19, 2024) – College Raptor, Citizens’ college planning platform and the most comprehensive college search site, today released its tenth annual “Hidden Gem” rankings, an unmatched list spotlighting excellent, yet lesser-known schools by state and region. The 2025 rankings also include top colleges …

College Raptor Releases Tenth Annual List of the Nation’s 50 Best Colleges for 2025

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on August 8, 2024

This Year’s New Ranking Categories Include: ‘Best Colleges for AI,’ ‘Best Colleges for Nursing’ and ‘Best D2 and D3 Colleges’ August 06, 2024 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–College Raptor, Citizens’ college planning platform and the most comprehensive college search site, today released its tenth annual “Best Colleges” rankings based on an analysis …

College Raptor Announces 2024 “Hidden Gem” Colleges

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on August 24, 2023

Rankings highlight  one exceptional, under-the-radar school from every state (and DC) PROVIDENCE, R.I. & IOWA CITY, Iowa — August 24, 2023 — College Raptor, the most comprehensive college search site and a wholly owned subsidiary of Citizens, today released its “2024 Hidden Gem College” rankings. In its ninth year, the “Hidden Gems” list spotlights exceptional …

Redefining the Best: College Raptor Releases the Nation’s Top 50 Best Colleges and Introduces New Ranking Categories for 2024

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on July 13, 2023

New Rankings Include ‘Best D3 Colleges,’ and ‘Best Easier-to-Get-Into Colleges’ with updated lists for ‘Best HBCUs’ and ‘Best Colleges for Middle-Income Affordability’ July 13, 2023 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time PROVIDENCE, R.I. & IOWA CITY, Iowa–(BUSINESS WIRE)–College Raptor, the most comprehensive college search site and a wholly owned subsidiary of Citizens, today released its ninth …

College Raptor Announced Winners in the USITCC Business Analytics Competition

By Hilary CairnsLast updated on April 25, 2023

From March 30th – April 1st, 2023, College Raptor was a sponsor of the 5th annual U.S. Information Technology Collegiate Conference (USITCC) and played host to the Business Analytics competition portion of the conference. What is USITCC? USITCC is an annual conference that helps students showcase their IT skills, take part in IT-related competitions, and …

NEWS RELEASE: College Raptor Releases 2023 ‘Hidden Gem’ Colleges

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on December 22, 2022

Iowa City, IA (Sept. 28, 2022) – College Raptor, the most accurate and comprehensive college search site, released its “2023 Hidden Gem College” rankings. In its 8th year, the rankings put a spotlight on amazing colleges and universities, one in each state and Washington D.C., that students may not know about but certainly deserve consideration. …

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. to Acquire College Raptor

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on April 10, 2023

Expands Advice and Insight Capabilities to Help Families Plan for College IOWA CITY, Iowa & PROVIDENCE, R.I– Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire online college planning platform College Raptor, Inc. Terms were not disclosed. College Raptor, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Iowa City, is an innovative college planning …

College Raptor and Ocelot Partner to Provide Greater College Cost Transparency

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on December 22, 2022

Colleges and universities that use both platforms can now bring greater price transparency and educational tools to students and parents planning and paying for college. IOWA CITY, IA – College Raptor, the leading provider of Net Price Calculators (NPCs), and Ocelot, higher education’s most-deployed and fastest-growing AI-powered Student Communication Platform, announced today that they have …

College Raptor Releases 2023 Best College Rankings

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on December 22, 2022

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ranked No. 1; Barnard College, Vassar College, Carleton College, University of Southern California, and Colgate University Are New To ‘Top 50 Best Colleges’ List Since Last Year  New This Year: Rankings for ‘Best Religiously Affiliated Colleges,’ ‘Best Colleges for Middle-Class Affordability,’ and ‘Most Geographically Diverse Colleges’ Iowa City, IA (Aug. 1, …