020 Most Rigorous Colleges (Photos)College Rankings 2013Based on academic workload, the quality of the student body and the intensity of professors, these are the colleges where every A is earned.The Daily BeastUpdated Jul. 11, 2017 7:15PM EDT / Published Oct. 16, 2013 5:45AM EDT The 20 Most Rigorous Colleges Columbia UniversityDaniel Barry/Bloomberg, via Getty University of ChicagoDan Dry/University of Chicago Harvard UniversityElise Amendola/AP Princeton UniversityMel Evans/AP Yale UniversityJessica Hill/AP Stanford UniversityPaul Sakuma/AP University of PennsylvaniaRusty Kennedy/AP Swarthmore College Matt Rourke/AP Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont McKenna College/AP Northwestern UniversityCourtesy Northwestern University Duke UniversityGerry Broome/AP Haverford CollegeCourtesy Haverford College Washington and Lee UniversityDoug Plummer/Washington & Lee University Williams CollegeIan Bradshaw/Williams College Amherst CollegeShana Sureck Brenau University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor, via Getty Pomona CollegeCourtesy Pomona College Wellesley CollegeDavid L. Ryan/The Boston Globe, via Getty Washington University in St. LouisJoe Angeles/Washington University in St. Louis The Daily Beast@thedailybeastGot a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
The 20 Most Rigorous Colleges Columbia UniversityDaniel Barry/Bloomberg, via Getty University of ChicagoDan Dry/University of Chicago Harvard UniversityElise Amendola/AP Princeton UniversityMel Evans/AP Yale UniversityJessica Hill/AP Stanford UniversityPaul Sakuma/AP University of PennsylvaniaRusty Kennedy/AP Swarthmore College Matt Rourke/AP Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont McKenna College/AP Northwestern UniversityCourtesy Northwestern University Duke UniversityGerry Broome/AP Haverford CollegeCourtesy Haverford College Washington and Lee UniversityDoug Plummer/Washington & Lee University Williams CollegeIan Bradshaw/Williams College Amherst CollegeShana Sureck Brenau University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor, via Getty Pomona CollegeCourtesy Pomona College Wellesley CollegeDavid L. Ryan/The Boston Globe, via Getty Washington University in St. LouisJoe Angeles/Washington University in St. Louis