#Rank

School

Location

Tuition and Fees

Fall 2014 acceptance rate

#1

Princeton University

Princeton,

NJ

$43,450

7.40%

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge,

MA

$45,278

6.00%

#3

Yale University

New Haven,

CT

$47,600

6.30%

#4

Columbia University

New York,

NY

$51,008

7.00%

#4

Stanford University

Stanford,

CA

$46,320

5.10%

#4

University of Chicago

Chicago,

IL

$50,193

8.80%

#7

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge,

MA

$46,704

7.90%

#8

Duke University

Durham,

NC

$49,341

11.40%

#9

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia,

PA

$49,536

10.40%

#10

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena,

CA

$45,390

8.80%

#10

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore,

MD

$48,710

15.00%

#12

Dartmouth College

Hanover,

NH

$49,506

11.50%

#12

Northwestern University

Evanston,

IL

$49,047

13.10%

#14

Brown University

Providence,

RI

$49,346

8.70%

#15

Cornell University

Ithaca,

NY

$49,116

14.20%

#15

Vanderbilt University

Nashville,

TN

$43,838

13.10%

#15

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis,

MO

$48,093

17.10%

#18

Rice University

Houston,

TX

$42,253

15.10%

#18

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame,

IN

$47,929

21.10%

#20

University of California—Berkeley

Berkeley,

CA

in-state: $13,432, out-of-state: $38,140

16.00%

#21

Emory University

Atlanta,

GA

$46,314

26.80%

#21

Georgetown University

Washington,

DC

$48,611

17.40%

#23

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh,

PA

$50,410

24.60%

#23

University of California—Los Angeles

Los Angeles,

CA

in-state: $12,753, out-of-state: $35,631

18.60%

#23

University of Southern California

Los Angeles,

CA

50210

18.00%

#26

University of Virginia

Charlottesville,

VA

in-state: $14,526, out-of-state: $43,822

29.00%

#27

Tufts University

Medford,

MA

$50,604

17.30%

#27

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

$47,682

34.40%

#29

University of Michigan—Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor,

MI

in-state: $14,336, out-of-state: $43,377

32.20%

#30

Boston College

Chestnut Hill,

MA

$49,324

33.90%

#30

University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill,

NC

in-state: $8,562, out-of-state: $33,644

28.50%

#32

New York University

New York,

NY

$46,170

35.50%

#33

University of Rochester

Rochester,

NY

$48,290

36.40%

#34

Brandeis University

Waltham,

MA

$49,598

35.20%

#34

College of William and Mary

Williamsburg,

VA

in-state: $16,919, out-of-state: $40,516

33.00%

#36

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta,

GA

in-state: $12,204, out-of-state: $32,396

33.40%

#37

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland,

OH

$44,560

38.30%

#37

University of California—Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara,

CA

in-state: $13,865, out-of-state: $38,573

36.30%

#39

University of California—Irvine

Irvine,

CA

in-state: $14,577, out-of-state: $37,455

37.40%

#39

University of California—San Diego

La Jolla,

CA

in-state: $14,042, out-of-state: $38,066

33.50%

#41

Boston University

Boston,

MA

$48,436

34.50%

#41

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy,

NY

$49,341

37.50%

#41

Tulane University

New Orleans,

LA

$49,638

28.00%

#41

University of California—Davis

Davis,

CA

in-state: $13,951, out-of-state: $38,659

40.60%

#41

University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign

Champaign,

IL

in-state: $15,626, out-of-state: $30,786

59.00%

#41

University of Wisconsin—Madison

Madison,

WI

in-state: $10,410, out-of-state: $26,660

49.80%

#47

Lehigh University

Bethlehem,

PA

$46,230

34.30%

#47

Northeastern University

Boston,

MA

$45,530

32.20%

#47

Pennsylvania State University—University Park

University Park,

PA

in-state: $17,514, out-of-state: $31,346

50.30%

#47

University of Florida

Gainesville,

FL

in-state: $6,313, out-of-state: $28,591

47.10%

#51

University of Miami

Coral Gables,

FL

$45,724

38.20%

#52

Ohio State University—Columbus

Columbus,

OH

in-state: $10,037, out-of-state: $26,537

53.00%

#52

Pepperdine University

Malibu,

CA

$48,342

35.50%

#52

University of Texas—Austin

Austin,

TX

in-state: $9,830, out-of-state: $34,836

39.70%

#52

University of Washington

Seattle,

WA

in-state: $12,394, out-of-state: $33,513

55.20%

#52

Yeshiva University

New York,

NY

$39,530

81.80%

#57

George Washington University

Washington,

DC

$50,435

43.80%

#57

University of Connecticut

Storrs,

CT

in-state: $13,364, out-of-state: $34,908

50.00%

#57

University of Maryland—College Park

College Park,

MD

in-state: $9,996, out-of-state: $31,144

47.80%

#57

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester,

MA

$45,590

43.80%

#61

Clemson University

Clemson,

SC

in-state: $14,240, out-of-state: $32,796

52.80%

#61

Purdue University—West Lafayette

West Lafayette,

IN

in-state: $10,002, out-of-state: $28,804

59.20%

#61

Southern Methodist University

Dallas,

TX

$48,190

52.40%

#61

Syracuse University

Syracuse,

NY

$43,318

53.20%

#61

University of Georgia

Athens,

GA

in-state: $11,622, out-of-state: $29,832

55.80%

#66

Brigham Young University—Provo

Provo,

UT

$5,150

47.00%

#66

Fordham University

New York,

NY

$45,623

48.10%

#66

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh,

PA

in-state: $18,192, out-of-state: $28,958

53.10%

#69

University of Minnesota—Twin Cities

Minneapolis,

MN

in-state: $13,560, out-of-state: $20,810

45.40%

#70

Texas A&M University—College Station

College Station,

TX

in-state: $9,180, out-of-state: $26,356

71.00%

#70

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg,

VA

in-state: $12,017, out-of-state: $27,444

72.60%

#72

American University

Washington,

DC

$43,103

45.80%

#72

Baylor University

Waco,

TX

$40,198

55.40%

#72

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick

Piscataway,

NJ

in-state: $14,131, out-of-state: $29,521

60.50%

#75

Clark University

Worcester,

MA

$41,940

54.00%

#75

Colorado School of Mines

Golden,

CO

in-state: $17,383, out-of-state: $34,828

36.50%

#75

Indiana University—Bloomington

Bloomington,

IN

in-state: $10,388, out-of-state: $33,741

76.10%

#75

Michigan State University

East Lansing,

MI

in-state: $13,560, out-of-state: $36,360

66.10%

#75

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken,

NJ

$47,190

43.80%

#75

University of Delaware

Newark,

DE

in-state: $12,342, out-of-state: $30,692

65.90%

#75

University of Massachusetts—Amherst

Amherst,

MA

in-state: $14,356, out-of-state: $30,689

61.30%

#82

Miami University—Oxford

Oxford,

OH

in-state: $14,287, out-of-state: $30,987

65.80%

#82

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth,

TX

$40,720

48.90%

#82

University of California—Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz,

CA

in-state: $13,481, out-of-state: $38,189

57.00%

#82

University of Iowa

Iowa City,

IA

in-state: $8,104, out-of-state: $27,890

81.00%

#86

Marquette University

Milwaukee,

WI

$37,170

66.70%

#86

University of Denver

Denver,

CO

$44,178

76.50%

#86

University of Tulsa

Tulsa,

OK

$36,962

40.30%

#89

Binghamton University—SUNY

Binghamton,

NY

in-state: $9,044, out-of-state: $22,164

44.10%

#89

North Carolina State University—Raleigh

Raleigh,

NC

in-state: $8,581, out-of-state: $24,932

51.40%

#89

Stony Brook University—SUNY

Stony Brook,

NY

in-state: $8,855, out-of-state: $23,935

41.30%

#89

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse,

NY

in-state: $7,770, out-of-state: $17,620

51.10%

#89

University of Colorado—Boulder

Boulder,

CO

in-state: $11,091, out-of-state: $34,125

84.20%

#89

University of San Diego

San Diego,

CA

$44,586

46.30%

#89

University of Vermont

Burlington,

VT

in-state: $16,226, out-of-state: $37,874

73.40%

#96

Florida State University

Tallahassee,

FL

in-state: $6,507, out-of-state: $21,673

55.40%

#96

Saint Louis University

St. Louis,

MO

$39,226

60.30%

#96

University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa,

AL

in-state: $10,170, out-of-state: $25,950

51.10%

#99

Drexel University

Philadelphia,

PA

$48,791

76.00%

#99

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago,

IL

$39,179

63.30%

#99

University at Buffalo—SUNY

Buffalo,

NY

in-state: $8,870, out-of-state: $22,290

57.80%