The College Board tool (linked above) also allows students to sort based on costs, location, setting, and program emphasis. I wanted to mention that there are ways of looking at the qualitative factors that you're interested in.
The one sorting tool that we've looked (unsuccessfully) for is one that would allow sorting on the basis of pedagogy/academic culture. That is, are most classes taught with an interactive, intimate kind of philosophy involving faculty and classmates, or are they taught as cogs in a larger well-oiled 'machine' that has more-or-less interchangeable parts and uses the same script year after year while only the players (students, instructors) change? (That's not to say that the latter, if high-quality, isn't good for some students-- it's a learning style issue, mostly.)
This academic culture depends on the department as well as the school.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/2/14/concentration-satisfaction-results/Smaller Concentrations Receive Highest Satisfaction Ratings
By FRANCESCA ANNICCHIARICO, JESSICA A. BARZILAY, JOHN P. FINNEGAN, and BRIANNA D. MACGREGOR, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
Harvard Crimson
February 14, 2013
The humanities reigned in the latest round of concentration satisfaction ratings, followed closely by the social sciences and life sciences. As was the case in previous years, smaller concentrations generally outperformed larger ones in the survey, which is taken every spring by graduating seniors.
Women, Gender, and Sexuality achieved the highest satisfaction rate among members of the Class of 2012 with a 4.78 out of 5. Only nine graduating seniors last year concentrated in WGS.
“Our students receive a lot of one-on-one attention,” said director of undergraduate studies in WGS Caroline Light.
Government and Economics, which boast two of the largest pools of concentrators in the College, placed in the bottom five in the most recent ratings.
The results did not surprise the government department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies Cheryl B. Welch, who said that satisfaction is usually inversely correlated with the size of the department.
