U.S. News rank School Tuition Total enrollment Fall 2011 acceptance rate #1 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA $40,866 19,872 6.3% #1 Princeton University
Princeton, NJ $38,650 7,859 8.5% #3 Yale University
New Haven, CT $42,300 11,875 7.7% #4 Columbia University
New York, NY $47,246 22,885 7.0% #4 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL $44,574 12,316 16.3% #6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA $42,050 10,894 9.7% #6 Stanford University
Stanford, CA $41,787 19,945 7.1% #8 Duke University
Durham, NC $43,623 15,427 14.0% #8 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA $43,738 19,919 12.4% #10 California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA $39,588 2,231 12.8% #10 Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH $45,042 6,144 10.1% #12 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL $43,779 19,968 18.0% #13 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD $43,930 21,139 18.4% #14 Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO $43,705 13,908 16.5% #15 Brown University
Providence, RI $43,758 8,768 8.9% #15 Cornell University
Ithaca, NY $43,413 21,131 18.0% #17 Rice University
Houston, TX $37,292 6,224 18.8% #17 University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN $42,971 12,004 24.3% #17 Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN $42,118 12,836 16.4% #20 Emory University
Atlanta, GA $42,980 13,893 26.7% #21 Georgetown University
Washington, DC $42,870 17,130 18.1% #21 University of California--Berkeley
Berkeley, CA N/A 36,142 21.6% #23 Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA $45,124 12,058 30.4% #24 University of California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA out-of-state: $35,570 40,675 25.5% #24 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA $44,463 38,010 23.0% #24 University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA out-of-state: $38,018 24,297 33.3% #27 Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC $43,200 7,351 39.9% #28 Tufts University
Medford, MA $44,666 10,775 21.9% #29 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI out-of-state: $39,109 42,716 40.6% #30 University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC out-of-state: $28,446 29,137 31.4% #31 Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA $43,878 13,906 28.0% #32 New York University
New York, NY N/A 43,911 32.7% #33 Brandeis University
Waltham, MA $43,708 5,828 40.0% #33 College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA out-of-state: $36,753 8,200 34.6% #33 University of Rochester
Rochester, NY $43,666 10,319 34.1% #36 Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA out-of-state: $29,402 20,941 51.2% #37 Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH $40,490 9,636 51.3% #38 Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA $42,220 7,055 33.4% #38 University of California--Davis
Davis, CA out-of-state: $36,755 31,732 46.0% #38 University of California--San Diego
La Jolla, CA N/A 28,593 35.5% #41 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY $44,475 6,914 39.6% #41 University of California--Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA out-of-state: $36,549 21,685 45.7% #41 University of Wisconsin--Madison
Madison, WI out-of-state: $26,634 42,441 50.5% #44 University of California--Irvine
Irvine, CA N/A 27,189 47.5% #44 University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL N/A 16,068 38.3% #46 Pennsylvania State University--University Park
University Park, PA out-of-state: $28,746 45,628 52.4% #46 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL in-state: $14,428, out-of-state: $28,570 44,407 67.6% #46 University of Texas--Austin
Austin, TX out-of-state: $33,060 51,112 46.6% #46 University of Washington
Seattle, WA N/A 42,428 58.4% #46 Yeshiva University
New York, NY $36,500 6,563 69.4% #51 Boston University
Boston, MA $42,994 32,439 49.4% #51 George Washington University
Washington, DC $43,747 25,260 33.0% #51 Tulane University
New Orleans, LA $45,240 13,359 25.0% #54 Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA $42,772 7,539 31.6% #54 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL N/A 49,589 43.2% #56 Northeastern University
Boston, MA $39,736 19,719 34.5% #56 Ohio State University--Columbus
Columbus, OH out-of-state: $25,445 56,867 63.4% #58 Fordham University
New York, NY $41,732 15,189 42.4% #58 Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX $41,750 10,982 54.6% #58 Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY $39,004 20,829 49.4% #58 University of Maryland--College Park
College Park, MD out-of-state: $27,287 37,580 44.7% #58 University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA out-of-state: $26,280 28,766 57.9% #63 University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT out-of-state: $29,074 25,868 47.3% #63 University of Georgia
Athens, GA out-of-state: $28,052 34,816 63.0% #65 Purdue University--West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN out-of-state: $28,702 39,637 68.3% #65 Texas A&M University--College Station
College Station, TX out-of-state: $25,035 49,861 63.5% #65 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA $41,380 5,778 56.7% #68 Brigham Young University--Provo
Provo, UT $4,710 34,101 62.8% #68 Clemson University
Clemson, SC out-of-state: $29,600 19,914 63.3% #68 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick
Piscataway, NJ out-of-state: $26,393 39,950 61.1% #68 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN N/A 52,557 46.6% #72 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI N/A 47,954 72.9% #72 University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA out-of-state: $26,279 29,810 79.8% #72 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA out-of-state: $25,320 30,936 66.6% #75 Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ $43,561 5,541 41.7% #75 University of Delaware
Newark, DE N/A 20,737 58.2% #77 American University
Washington, DC $39,499 12,724 41.6% #77 Baylor University
Waco, TX $33,916 15,029 39.7% #77 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO out-of-state: $30,684 5,346 44.6% #77 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY out-of-state: $15,820 2,346 46.8% #77 University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL out-of-state: $22,950 31,647 43.5% #77 University of California--Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA out-of-state: $36,294 17,454 67.4% #83 Clark University
Worcester, MA $38,450 3,462 67.9% #83 Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA $36,090 18,489 57.5% #83 Indiana University--Bloomington
Bloomington, IN out-of-state: $31,483 42,731 72.3% #83 Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI $33,244 12,002 56.8% #83 University of Denver
Denver, CO $39,177 11,797 68.2% #83 University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK $31,198 4,092 41.0% #89 Auburn University
Auburn University, AL out-of-state: $25,190 25,469 70.0% #89 Binghamton University--SUNY
Binghamton, NY out-of-state: $16,761 14,746 40.7% #89 Miami University--Oxford
Oxford, OH out-of-state: $29,158 17,395 74.1% #92 St. Louis University
St. Louis, MO $35,246 14,073 61.3% #92 Stony Brook University--SUNY
Stony Brook, NY out-of-state: $18,134 24,059 39.2% #92 Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX $34,590 9,518 37.7% #92 University of San Diego
San Diego, CA $39,970 8,317 47.5% #92 University of Vermont
Burlington, VT out-of-state: $35,582 13,478 75.4% #97 Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL N/A 41,087 58.5% #97 University of Colorado--Boulder
Boulder, CO out-of-state: $31,378 32,252 86.9% #97 University of Massachusetts--Amherst
Amherst, MA out-of-state: $26,645 28,084 65.6% #97 University of Missouri
Columbia, MO out-of-state: $23,366 33,805 82.3%
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