Top 100 Colleges by CollegeEvaluator Colleges Comparison

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Institutional Characteristics

The following table compares the basic academic information between Top 100 Colleges By CollegeEvaluator. By school type, there are 23 public and 77 private schools in Top 100 Colleges By CollegeEvaluator. By school level, all 100 schools are 4-years institutions.

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Academic Comparison - Top 100 Colleges By CollegeEvaluator
Rank	Name	Location	Type/Level	Highest Degree	Offered Degree
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
2	Stanford University	Stanford, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
3	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
4	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
5	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
6	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
7	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
8	Yale University	New Haven, CT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
9	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
10	Duke University	Durham, NC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
11	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
12	Brown University	Providence, RI	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
13	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
14	Rice University	Houston, TX	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
15	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
16	Pomona College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
17	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
18	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
19	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
20	Swarthmore College	Swarthmore, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
21	Washington University in St Louis	Saint Louis, MO	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
22	Amherst College	Amherst, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
23	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
24	Barnard College	New York, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
25	New York University	New York, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
26	Georgetown University	Washington, DC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
27	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
28	Claremont McKenna College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
29	Harvey Mudd College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
30	Williams College	Williamstown, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
31	Wellesley College	Wellesley, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
32	Tufts University	Medford, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
33	Emory University	Atlanta, GA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
34	Middlebury College	Middlebury, VT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
35	Carleton College	Northfield, MN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
36	Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans, LA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
37	Colby College	Waterville, ME	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
38	Bowdoin College	Brunswick, ME	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
39	Grinnell College	Grinnell, IA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
40	The University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
41	Washington and Lee University	Lexington, VA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Doctorate
42	Boston University	Boston, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
43	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Charlottesville, VA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
44	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Atlanta, GA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
45	Soka University of America	Aliso Viejo, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
46	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
47	Brigham Young University	Provo, UT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
48	Principia College	Elsah, IL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
49	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
50	Haverford College	Haverford, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
51	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey	Monterey, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
52	Northeastern University	Boston, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
53	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
54	University of Miami	Coral Gables, FL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
55	University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
56	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
57	Lehigh University	Bethlehem, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
58	University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
59	Hamilton College	Clinton, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
60	Vassar College	Poughkeepsie, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
61	Wesleyan University	Middletown, CT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
62	Hillsdale College	Hillsdale, MI	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
63	University of Rochester	Rochester, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
64	Harding University	Searcy, AR	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
65	Villanova University	Villanova, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
66	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
67	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Brunswick, NJ	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
68	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
69	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
70	Scripps College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Post-Graduate
71	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison, WI	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
72	Texas A & M University-College Station	College Station, TX	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
73	Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
74	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
75	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
76	Purdue University-Main Campus	West Lafayette, IN	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
77	William & Mary	Williamsburg, VA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
78	Brandeis University	Waltham, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
79	Saint Louis University	Saint Louis, MO	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
80	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, CO	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
81	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, NC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
82	University of Georgia	Athens, GA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
83	Pitzer College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
84	Syracuse University	Syracuse, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
85	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, VA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
86	George Washington University	Washington, DC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
87	Davidson College	Davidson, NC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
88	Oberlin College	Oberlin, OH	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
89	American University	Washington, DC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
90	Pepperdine University	Malibu, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
91	College of the Holy Cross	Worcester, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
92	Union College	Schenectady, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
93	University of Connecticut	Storrs, CT	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
94	Muhlenberg College	Allentown, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
95	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Amherst, MA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
96	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
97	Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
98	Connecticut College	New London, CT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
99	University of Delaware	Newark, DE	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
100	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	La Crosse, WI	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate

Key Facts Comparison

The average tuition & fees of Top 100 Colleges By CollegeEvaluator is - for all undergraduate students. The following table compares key facts for each schools including acceptance rate, graduation rate, tuition, student to faculty ratio, and student population.

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Key Facts Comparison Between Top 100 Colleges By CollegeEvaluator
	Rank	Name	Tuition & Fees	Acceptance Rate	Graduation Rate	Student Faculty Ratio	Student Population
	1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$60,156	3.96%	94%	3:1	11,858
	2	Stanford University	$62,484	3.68%	95%	5:1	18,283
	3	Princeton University	$59,710	5.70%	97%	5:1	8,842
	4	Harvard University	$59,076	3.24%	97%	7:1	30,631
	5	University of Chicago	$66,939	5.43%	95%	5:1	18,339
	6	Columbia University in the City of New York	$69,045	3.95%	95%	6:1	34,782
	7	University of Pennsylvania	$66,104	6.50%	96%	8:1	28,201
	8	Yale University	$64,700	4.57%	97%	6:1	14,776
	9	California Institute of Technology	$63,255	2.69%	94%	3:1	2,401
	10	Duke University	$65,805	6.35%	96%	6:1	18,023
	11	Northwestern University	$65,997	7.21%	96%	6:1	23,161
	12	Brown University	$68,230	5.06%	94%	6:1	11,189
	13	Dartmouth College	$65,739	6.38%	94%	7:1	6,744
	14	Rice University	$58,128	8.68%	93%	6:1	8,672
	15	Vanderbilt University	$63,946	6.67%	92%	7:1	13,710
	16	Pomona College	$62,326	7.02%	94%	7:1	1,716
	17	Cornell University	$66,014	7.47%	95%	9:1	25,898
	18	Carnegie Mellon University	$63,829	11.30%	91%	5:1	16,002
	19	University of Notre Dame	$62,693	12.91%	96%	9:1	13,105
	20	Swarthmore College	$62,412	6.93%	93%	8:1	1,625
	21	Washington University in St Louis	$62,982	11.76%	93%	7:1	17,012
	22	Amherst College	$67,280	7.26%	91%	7:1	1,898
	23	Johns Hopkins University	$63,340	7.25%	94%	6:1	31,275
	24	Barnard College	$66,246	8.79%	91%	10:1	3,442
	25	New York University	$60,438	12.46%	87%	8:1	59,144
	26	Georgetown University	$65,081	12.23%	95%	11:1	20,984
	27	University of Southern California	$68,237	12.02%	92%	9:1	48,945
	28	Claremont McKenna College	$64,150	10.35%	91%	8:1	1,389
	29	Harvey Mudd College	$66,255	13.36%	92%	8:1	922
	30	Williams College	$64,860	8.50%	95%	6:1	2,222
	31	Wellesley College	$64,320	13.57%	90%	7:1	2,447
	32	Tufts University	$67,844	9.69%	93%	10:1	13,431
	33	Emory University	$60,774	11.35%	89%	9:1	14,841
	34	Middlebury College	$65,280	12.69%	93%	9:1	2,843
	35	Carleton College	$65,457	16.63%	90%	8:1	2,059
	36	Tulane University of Louisiana	$65,538	11.45%	87%	8:1	14,027
	37	Colby College	$66,600	7.61%	88%	10:1	2,299
	38	Bowdoin College	$64,910	9.19%	94%	9:1	1,915
	39	Grinnell College	$64,862	10.76%	88%	9:1	1,759
	40	The University of Texas at Austin	$11,678 / $42,778	31.35%	87%	18:1	52,384
	41	Washington and Lee University	$64,525	16.96%	94%	7:1	2,243
	42	Boston University	$65,168	14.37%	88%	11:1	36,714
	43	University of Virginia-Main Campus	$20,986 / $58,014	18.66%	95%	15:1	26,082
	44	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	$11,764 / $32,876	17.13%	92%	19:1	45,296
	45	Soka University of America	$37,450	56.63%	87%	7:1	455
	46	University of Florida	$6,381 / $28,659	23.35%	90%	16:1	55,211
	47	Brigham Young University	$6,496	66.67%	78%	21:1	34,464
	48	Principia College	$33,280	47.85%	76%	6:1	323
	49	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$8,989 / $39,330	17.11%	91%	17:1	31,705
	50	Haverford College	$68,300	14.21%	91%	8:1	1,421
	51	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey	$47,026	-	-	1:1	657
	52	Northeastern University	$63,141	6.80%	91%	16:1	30,013
	53	Boston College	$67,680	16.66%	90%	12:1	15,287
	54	University of Miami	$59,926	18.94%	84%	13:1	19,402
	55	University of California-Los Angeles	$13,747 / $44,524	8.57%	92%	18:1	46,430
	56	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	$17,228 / $58,072	17.69%	93%	12:1	51,225
	57	Lehigh University	$62,180	36.98%	91%	10:1	7,394
	58	University of California-Berkeley	$14,850 / $45,627	11.33%	94%	19:1	45,307
	59	Hamilton College	$65,740	11.78%	92%	9:1	2,072
	60	Vassar College	$67,805	18.66%	91%	7:1	2,459
	61	Wesleyan University	$67,316	14.43%	93%	7:1	3,253
	62	Hillsdale College	$32,092	20.58%	86%	8:1	1,678
	63	University of Rochester	$64,348	38.91%	89%	9:1	12,197
	64	Harding University	$24,888	45.12%	69%	15:1	4,805
	65	Villanova University	$64,701	23.39%	90%	10:1	10,383
	66	Colgate University	$67,024	12.43%	91%	9:1	3,141
	67	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	$17,239 / $36,001	66.29%	84%	15:1	50,637
	68	Santa Clara University	$59,241	52.11%	88%	12:1	9,178
	69	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	$8,895 / $31,767	47.17%	84%	16:1	36,700
	70	Scripps College	$63,434	27.91%	84%	10:1	1,099
	71	University of Wisconsin-Madison	$11,205 / $40,603	49.06%	89%	18:1	48,956
	72	Texas A & M University-College Station	$13,099 / $40,328	62.65%	83%	18:1	74,014
	73	Loyola Marymount University	$58,974	41.31%	81%	11:1	10,165
	74	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	$16,004 / $34,501	44.82%	84%	21:1	56,916
	75	Case Western Reserve University	$64,671	27.41%	85%	9:1	12,201
	76	Purdue University-Main Campus	$9,992 / $28,794	52.70%	83%	14:1	51,528
	77	William & Mary	$25,040 / $49,412	33.50%	90%	12:1	9,654
	78	Brandeis University	$64,946	39.41%	87%	10:1	5,581
	79	Saint Louis University	$53,244	84.71%	81%	9:1	15,755
	80	Colorado College	$67,932	16.30%	86%	10:1	2,203
	81	Wake Forest University	$64,758	21.37%	89%	10:1	8,963
	82	University of Georgia	$11,180 / $30,220	42.55%	88%	17:1	40,607
	83	Pitzer College	$62,692	18.40%	85%	10:1	1,212
	84	Syracuse University	$63,061	51.75%	83%	15:1	22,698
	85	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	$15,478 / $36,694	56.98%	86%	17:1	38,170
	86	George Washington University	$64,990	48.98%	84%	12:1	25,939
	87	Davidson College	$60,300	16.95%	91%	9:1	1,927
	88	Oberlin College	$64,646	34.87%	83%	9:1	2,992
	89	American University	$56,543	40.63%	79%	11:1	13,885
	90	Pepperdine University	$66,742	48.71%	83%	13:1	10,030
	91	College of the Holy Cross	$60,850	36.36%	91%	10:1	3,083
	92	Union College	$66,456	46.51%	84%	9:1	2,107
	93	University of Connecticut	$20,366 / $43,034	54.51%	83%	16:1	27,003
	94	Muhlenberg College	$60,240	65.51%	82%	8:1	1,959
	95	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	$17,357 / $39,293	63.52%	83%	18:1	32,229
	96	University of Utah	$9,315 / $29,837	89.13%	64%	18:1	34,734
	97	Michigan State University	$15,988 / $43,372	87.95%	81%	17:1	50,023
	98	Connecticut College	$64,812	40.40%	84%	10:1	1,948
	99	University of Delaware	$16,080 / $39,720	73.81%	79%	15:1	24,039
	100	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	$9,651 / $18,691	74.25%	69%	19:1	10,274
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