The **Tompkins Table** is an annual ranking that lists the Colleges in order of their undergraduate students' performances in that year's final examinations (generally speaking, the higher the number of ‘firsts’ the higher the rank).

Ranking high in the Tompkins table gives a college bragging rights and potentially (or even probably) first choice at the best undergraduate applicants. Some colleges compete vigorously for top honours, others are content with being in the middle of the pack.

The table is not without its critics who point out that it is a highly reductive metric that rewards colleges whose students take subjects that award more first-class degrees. For example, it ignores differences in quality of accommodation and food, and varying rents. Nevertheless, it is a convenient shorthand to rank colleges and often informally used for that purpose.