Top 100 Colleges by Niche Colleges Comparison

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The following table compares the basic academic information between Top 100 Colleges by Niche. By school type, there are 34 public and 66 private schools in Top 100 Colleges by Niche. By school level, all 100 schools are 4-years institutions.

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Academic Comparison - Top 100 Colleges By Niche
Rank	Name	Location	Type/Level	Highest Degree	Offered Degree
1	Yale University	New Haven, CT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
2	Stanford University	Stanford, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	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	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
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	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
9	Rice University	Houston, TX	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
10	Brown University	Providence, RI	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
11	Harvey Mudd College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
12	Georgetown University	Washington, DC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
13	Duke University	Durham, NC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
14	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
15	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
16	Washington University in St Louis	Saint Louis, MO	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
17	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
18	Pomona College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
19	University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
20	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
22	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
23	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
24	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
25	Claremont McKenna College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
26	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
27	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
28	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Atlanta, GA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
29	Bowdoin College	Brunswick, ME	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
30	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Charlottesville, VA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
31	Davidson College	Davidson, NC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
32	Williams College	Williamstown, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
33	Swarthmore College	Swarthmore, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
34	Tufts University	Medford, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
35	Barnard College	New York, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
36	Emory University	Atlanta, GA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
37	Wellesley College	Wellesley, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
38	Boston University	Boston, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
39	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
40	Middlebury College	Middlebury, VT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
41	Washington and Lee University	Lexington, VA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Doctorate
42	The University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
43	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
44	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
45	New York University	New York, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
46	Northeastern University	Boston, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
47	University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
48	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, NC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
49	University of Georgia	Athens, GA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
50	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
51	Amherst College	Amherst, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
52	University of Miami	Coral Gables, FL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
53	Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
54	Hamilton College	Clinton, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
55	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, VA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
56	Villanova University	Villanova, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
57	University of California-Irvine	Irvine, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
58	Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans, LA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
59	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison, WI	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
60	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Seattle, WA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
61	Texas A & M University-College Station	College Station, TX	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
62	Macalester College	Saint Paul, MN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
63	Babson College	Wellesley, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
64	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	New York, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
65	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
66	William & Mary	Williamsburg, VA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
67	University of South Florida	Tampa, FL	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
68	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Columbus, OH	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
69	University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
70	Haverford College	Haverford, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
71	Lehigh University	Bethlehem, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
72	Wesleyan University	Middletown, CT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
73	Vassar College	Poughkeepsie, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
74	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
75	University of California-Davis	Davis, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
76	University of Central Florida	Orlando, FL	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
77	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
78	Trinity University	San Antonio, TX	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
79	Purdue University-Main Campus	West Lafayette, IN	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
80	Colby College	Waterville, ME	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
81	Carleton College	Northfield, MN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
82	Bates College	Lewiston, ME	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
83	Grinnell College	Grinnell, IA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
84	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Pittsburgh, PA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
85	Brigham Young University	Provo, UT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
86	Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
87	Florida International University	Miami, FL	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
88	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
89	Smith College	Northampton, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
90	National University	San Diego, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
91	Clemson University	Clemson, SC	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
92	University of Richmond	University of Richmond, VA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
93	University of Maryland-College Park	College Park, MD	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
94	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minneapolis, MN	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
95	Southern Methodist University	Dallas, TX	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
96	George Washington University	Washington, DC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
97	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	Stillwater, OK	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
98	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Brunswick, NJ	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
99	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, CO	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
100	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate

Key Facts Comparison

The average tuition & fees of Top 100 Colleges by Niche 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 Niche
	Rank	Name	Tuition & Fees	Acceptance Rate	Graduation Rate	Student Faculty Ratio	Student Population
	1	Yale University	$64,700	4.57%	97%	6:1	14,776
	2	Stanford University	$62,484	3.68%	95%	5:1	18,283
	3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$60,156	3.96%	94%	3:1	11,858
	4	Harvard University	$59,076	3.24%	97%	7:1	30,631
	5	Princeton University	$59,710	5.70%	97%	5:1	8,842
	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	Dartmouth College	$65,739	6.38%	94%	7:1	6,744
	9	Rice University	$58,128	8.68%	93%	6:1	8,672
	10	Brown University	$68,230	5.06%	94%	6:1	11,189
	11	Harvey Mudd College	$66,255	13.36%	92%	8:1	922
	12	Georgetown University	$65,081	12.23%	95%	11:1	20,984
	13	Duke University	$65,805	6.35%	96%	6:1	18,023
	14	Vanderbilt University	$63,946	6.67%	92%	7:1	13,710
	15	Northwestern University	$65,997	7.21%	96%	6:1	23,161
	16	Washington University in St Louis	$62,982	11.76%	93%	7:1	17,012
	17	California Institute of Technology	$63,255	2.69%	94%	3:1	2,401
	18	Pomona College	$62,326	7.02%	94%	7:1	1,716
	19	University of California-Los Angeles	$13,747 / $44,524	8.57%	92%	18:1	46,430
	20	Carnegie Mellon University	$63,829	11.30%	91%	5:1	16,002
	21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	$17,228 / $58,072	17.69%	93%	12:1	51,225
	22	Cornell University	$66,014	7.47%	95%	9:1	25,898
	23	University of Chicago	$66,939	5.43%	95%	5:1	18,339
	24	Johns Hopkins University	$63,340	7.25%	94%	6:1	31,275
	25	Claremont McKenna College	$64,150	10.35%	91%	8:1	1,389
	26	University of Southern California	$68,237	12.02%	92%	9:1	48,945
	27	University of Notre Dame	$62,693	12.91%	96%	9:1	13,105
	28	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	$11,764 / $32,876	17.13%	92%	19:1	45,296
	29	Bowdoin College	$64,910	9.19%	94%	9:1	1,915
	30	University of Virginia-Main Campus	$20,986 / $58,014	18.66%	95%	15:1	26,082
	31	Davidson College	$60,300	16.95%	91%	9:1	1,927
	32	Williams College	$64,860	8.50%	95%	6:1	2,222
	33	Swarthmore College	$62,412	6.93%	93%	8:1	1,625
	34	Tufts University	$67,844	9.69%	93%	10:1	13,431
	35	Barnard College	$66,246	8.79%	91%	10:1	3,442
	36	Emory University	$60,774	11.35%	89%	9:1	14,841
	37	Wellesley College	$64,320	13.57%	90%	7:1	2,447
	38	Boston University	$65,168	14.37%	88%	11:1	36,714
	39	University of Florida	$6,381 / $28,659	23.35%	90%	16:1	55,211
	40	Middlebury College	$65,280	12.69%	93%	9:1	2,843
	41	Washington and Lee University	$64,525	16.96%	94%	7:1	2,243
	42	The University of Texas at Austin	$11,678 / $42,778	31.35%	87%	18:1	52,384
	43	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$8,989 / $39,330	17.11%	91%	17:1	31,705
	44	Boston College	$67,680	16.66%	90%	12:1	15,287
	45	New York University	$60,438	12.46%	87%	8:1	59,144
	46	Northeastern University	$63,141	6.80%	91%	16:1	30,013
	47	University of California-Berkeley	$14,850 / $45,627	11.33%	94%	19:1	45,307
	48	Wake Forest University	$64,758	21.37%	89%	10:1	8,963
	49	University of Georgia	$11,180 / $30,220	42.55%	88%	17:1	40,607
	50	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	$16,004 / $34,501	44.82%	84%	21:1	56,916
	51	Amherst College	$67,280	7.26%	91%	7:1	1,898
	52	University of Miami	$59,926	18.94%	84%	13:1	19,402
	53	Florida State University	$5,656 / $18,786	25.04%	84%	17:1	44,161
	54	Hamilton College	$65,740	11.78%	92%	9:1	2,072
	55	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	$15,478 / $36,694	56.98%	86%	17:1	38,170
	56	Villanova University	$64,701	23.39%	90%	10:1	10,383
	57	University of California-Irvine	$14,237 / $45,014	21.15%	86%	18:1	35,937
	58	Tulane University of Louisiana	$65,538	11.45%	87%	8:1	14,027
	59	University of Wisconsin-Madison	$11,205 / $40,603	49.06%	89%	18:1	48,956
	60	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	$12,643 / $41,997	47.52%	84%	21:1	52,319
	61	Texas A & M University-College Station	$13,099 / $40,328	62.65%	83%	18:1	74,014
	62	Macalester College	$64,908	28.42%	87%	10:1	2,175
	63	Babson College	$56,032	22.35%	92%	16:1	3,989
	64	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	$46,820	22.47%	83%	9:1	958
	65	University of California-San Diego	$15,265 / $46,042	23.71%	87%	19:1	42,006
	66	William & Mary	$25,040 / $49,412	33.50%	90%	12:1	9,654
	67	University of South Florida	$6,410 / $17,324	43.93%	74%	22:1	49,600
	68	Ohio State University-Main Campus	$12,859 / $38,365	52.72%	88%	17:1	60,540
	69	University of California-Santa Barbara	$14,965 / $45,742	25.85%	85%	17:1	26,420
	70	Haverford College	$68,300	14.21%	91%	8:1	1,421
	71	Lehigh University	$62,180	36.98%	91%	10:1	7,394
	72	Wesleyan University	$67,316	14.43%	93%	7:1	3,253
	73	Vassar College	$67,805	18.66%	91%	7:1	2,459
	74	Case Western Reserve University	$64,671	27.41%	85%	9:1	12,201
	75	University of California-Davis	$15,247 / $46,024	37.34%	86%	21:1	39,679
	76	University of Central Florida	$6,368 / $22,467	41.04%	75%	29:1	68,346
	77	Colgate University	$67,024	12.43%	91%	9:1	3,141
	78	Trinity University	$51,352	30.51%	75%	9:1	2,692
	79	Purdue University-Main Campus	$9,992 / $28,794	52.70%	83%	14:1	51,528
	80	Colby College	$66,600	7.61%	88%	10:1	2,299
	81	Carleton College	$65,457	16.63%	90%	8:1	2,059
	82	Bates College	$63,478	13.74%	92%	10:1	1,790
	83	Grinnell College	$64,862	10.76%	88%	9:1	1,759
	84	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	$21,524 / $39,890	49.14%	83%	13:1	33,767
	85	Brigham Young University	$6,496	66.67%	78%	21:1	34,464
	86	Michigan State University	$15,988 / $43,372	87.95%	81%	17:1	50,023
	87	Florida International University	$6,565 / $18,963	63.86%	69%	24:1	55,609
	88	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	$8,895 / $31,767	47.17%	84%	16:1	36,700
	89	Smith College	$61,568	22.86%	88%	8:1	2,873
	90	National University	$13,320	-	22%	16:1	18,631
	91	Clemson University	$15,554 / $39,498	42.98%	85%	16:1	28,466
	92	University of Richmond	$62,600	24.37%	87%	8:1	3,876
	93	University of Maryland-College Park	$11,505 / $40,306	44.61%	89%	18:1	40,792
	94	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	$16,488 / $36,402	74.91%	84%	16:1	54,955
	95	Southern Methodist University	$64,460	52.25%	82%	11:1	12,053
	96	George Washington University	$64,990	48.98%	84%	12:1	25,939
	97	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	$10,234 / $25,754	70.63%	64%	18:1	25,372
	98	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	$17,239 / $36,001	66.29%	84%	15:1	50,637
	99	Colorado College	$67,932	16.30%	86%	10:1	2,203
	100	Colorado School of Mines	$21,186 / $44,376	58.00%	81%	17:1	7,403
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