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500+ real data points across 27 categories — Greek life, weather, political climate, dining, cost, housing, and more.

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About & Data Sources

How UniIQ works · Where the data comes from

What is UniIQ?

UniIQ is a free college comparison tool built to give students an honest picture of campus life — not just rankings and acceptance rates. It currently covers 145 schools across 500+ data points in 27 categories, including things traditional tools skip entirely: dining quality, political climate, weather, Greek life, wellness resources, and community vibe.

The site has no ads and no sponsors. Data comes from official university sources, federal databases, and verified third-party aggregators — with direct links to primary sources wherever possible.

Data Sources by Category

Admissions
Common Data Set, school admissions offices, College Scorecard
Academics & Rankings
US News & World Report, IPEDS, school institutional research
Cost & Financial Aid
College Scorecard, IPEDS, school financial aid offices, Net Price Calculator data
Faculty
RateMyProfessors, IPEDS faculty data, school websites
Greek Life
School Greek life offices, Niche, Princeton Review
Dining
School dining pages, Princeton Review "Best Campus Food" rankings, Niche
Housing
School housing offices, Niche, school housing cost pages
Athletics
NCAA, school athletics departments, official game attendance records
Weather
NOAA, US Climate Data, National Weather Service historical averages
Crime & Safety
Clery Act annual security reports (federal mandate), school public safety pages
Outcomes & Salaries
College Scorecard earnings data, Payscale, school career center reports
Study Abroad
School international programs offices, IIE Open Doors report
Political Climate
Niche student surveys, Princeton Review surveys, student voter registration data
Wellness & Mental Health
School counseling center pages, Active Minds campus reports
Happiness & Vibe
Niche student reviews, Princeton Review "Happy Students" rankings
Demographics
IPEDS, College Scorecard, school institutional research offices

How Subjective Scores Work

Some categories — like "happiness," "political climate," "dining quality," and "social scene" — are inherently harder to quantify than tuition costs or acceptance rates. Here's how we handle them:

Happiness Drawn from Niche's student review scores and Princeton Review's "Happy Students" list, weighted by review volume. These are student-reported, not administrator-reported.

Political Climate Based on Niche campus political leaning data, Princeton Review surveys, and publicly available student voter registration patterns. Described qualitatively (e.g. "Strongly Liberal") rather than as a precise number.

Dining Quality Princeton Review annual "Best Campus Food" rankings combined with Niche dining scores. Higher scores reflect sustained top rankings over multiple years.

Social Scene Composite of party scene ratings (Princeton Review), Greek life participation rate, and number of registered student organizations per capita.

Update Frequency

UniIQ is updated manually as official sources publish new data. Most academic and admissions data reflects the 2025–26 academic year. Cost figures are updated when schools publish new net price calculators (typically each fall). Acceptance rate trends run through the Class of 2029.

Weather data uses multi-year NOAA historical averages and does not change year-to-year. Crime statistics reflect the most recent Clery Act report available for each school.

Limitations & Verification

UniIQ is a starting point, not the final word. Student experience varies enormously within a single campus — major, housing, friend group, and personal background all shape what college feels like. Data that looks identical on paper can produce very different lived experiences.

Always verify important figures directly with the school — especially financial aid estimates, housing availability, and admissions deadlines. For every data point that links to a source, we encourage you to follow that link.

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✨ Similar Schools

Pick one of your schools and we'll surface three alternatives — a reach, a match, and a safety — with reasons they're similar.

Similarity considers size, setting, type, athletics, Greek life, and political climate. Tiers are based on acceptance rate relative to your reference school.

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