Save | Rank | School | Tuition and Fees | Total enrollment | Fall 2014 acceptance rate | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate | Classes with fewer than 20 students | SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile |
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#1 | Babson College Babson Park, MA | $46,784 | 3,049 | 26.3% | 94% | 91% 6 | 23.5% | 1180-1370 | |
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | $46,704 | 11,319 | 7.9% | 98% | 91% | 67.3% | 1420-1570 | |
#3 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | $50,210 | 42,469 | 18% | 97% | 91% | 57.1% | 1280-1480 | |
#4Tie | University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA | in-state: $13,432, out-of-state: $38,140 | 37,581 | 16% | 97% | 91% | 59% | 1290-1490 | |
#4Tie | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $49,536 | 21,296 | 10.4% | 98% | 96% | 67.4% | 1360-1550 | |
#6 | Indiana University—Bloomington Bloomington, IN | in-state: $10,388, out-of-state: $33,741 | 46,416 | 76.1% | 89% | 78% | 36% | 1060-1290 | |
#7Tie | Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA | $42,569 | 9,515 | 52.7% | 91% | 78% | 51% | 1100-1300 | |
#7Tie | Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO | $39,226 | 13,287 | 60.3% | 88% | 72% | 49.9% | 25-30 | |
#7Tie | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | in-state: $10,872, out-of-state: $30,025 | 42,236 | 74.6% | 80% | 60% | 39.3% | 970-1220 2 | |
#10Tie | University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | in-state: $8,562, out-of-state: $33,644 | 29,135 | 28.5% | 97% | 90% | 39.2% | 1210-1400 | |
#10Tie | Xavier University Cincinnati, OH | $35,080 | 6,538 | 73.2% | 83% | 71% | 36.6% | 22-27 3 | |
#12 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | $43,318 | 21,492 | 53.2% | 92% | 80% | 62.6% | 1070-1280 | |
#13 | University of Texas—Austin Austin, TX | in-state: $9,830, out-of-state: $34,836 | 51,313 | 39.7% | 94% | 81% | 36.5% | 1170-1390 | |
#14 | Baylor University Waco, TX | $40,198 | 16,263 | 55.4% | 87% | 72% | 48.8% | 24-30 | |
#15 | Fordham University New York, NY | $45,623 | 15,231 | 48.1% | 89% | 80% | 48% | 1150-1350 | |
#16 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | in-state: $14,336, out-of-state: $43,377 | 43,625 | 32.2% | 97% | 91% | 48.1% | 29-33 | |
#17Tie | New York University New York, NY | $46,170 | 49,274 | 35.5% | 92% | 82% | 61.1% | 1240-1450 | |
#17Tie | University of Maryland—College Park College Park, MD | in-state: $9,996, out-of-state: $31,144 | 37,610 | 47.8% | 95% | 85% | 45.4% | 1210-1420 | |
#19 | Gonzaga University Spokane, WA | $37,990 | 7,352 | 67.5% | 93% | 83% | 48.1% | 1100-1290 | |
#20 | Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX | $40,720 | 10,033 | 48.9% | 89% | 76% | 39.7% | 24-30 | |
#21Tie | San Diego State University San Diego, CA | in-state: $6,976, out-of-state: $18,136 | 33,483 | 34.5% | 89% | 67% | 29.1% | 1000-1220 | |
#21Tie | University of Scranton Scranton, PA | $41,044 | 5,589 | 77.3% | 89% | 80% | 48.6% | 1040-1210 | |
#23Tie | Ball State University Muncie, IN | in-state: $9,624, out-of-state: $25,348 | 20,655 | 59.9% | 79% | 60% | 40.6% | 1000-1190 2 | |
#23Tie | Bentley University Waltham, MA | $44,085 | 5,568 | 46.1% | 94% | 88% | 24.7% | 1150-1330 | |
#23Tie | Brigham Young University—Provo Provo, UT | $5,150 | 30,484 | 47% | 88% | 79% | 57.1% | 27-31 | |
#23Tie | University of Washington Seattle, WA | in-state: $12,394, out-of-state: $33,513 | 44,784 | 55.2% | 93% | 84% | 35.1% | 1110-1350 |