With early college admissions under way for many universities around the country, we got to thinking: Which colleges have the best coders in the world? While there are academic rankings, like the Top Computer Science Programs by U.S. News & World Report , there is no list that ranks colleges purely by their students’ ability to code. The criteria for the U.S. News & World Report , for instance, includes number of research papers produced, global research reputation, and number of conferences.