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Top 100 Colleges by Forbes

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The following table compares the basic academic information between Top 100 Colleges by Forbes. By school type, there are 44 public and 53 private schools in Top 100 Colleges by Forbes. By school level, all 97 schools are 4 years or high institutes.
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Academic Comparison - Top 100 Colleges By Forbes
RankNameLocationType/LevelHighest DegreeOffered Degree
1 Princeton University Princeton, NJPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
2 Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
3 Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
5 University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
6 Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
7 University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
8 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
9 Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
10 Williams College Williamstown, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
11 Amherst College Amherst, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
12 Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
13 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
14 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
15 Brown University Providence, RIPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
16 Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
17 Duke University Durham, NCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
18 Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
19 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
20 Georgetown University Washington, DCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
21 University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
22 Rice University Houston, TXPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
23 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MIPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
24 University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
25 Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
26 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
27 University of Florida Gainesville, FLPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
28 University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
29 University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
30 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
31 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TXPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
32 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
33 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
34 University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MDPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
35 Brigham Young University Provo, UTPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
36 Pomona College Claremont, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
37 University of California-Davis Davis, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
38 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, INPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
39 University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WIPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
40 Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MOPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
41 Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
42 Wesleyan University Middletown, CTPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
43 San Diego State University San Diego, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
44 Bowdoin College Brunswick, MEPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
45 Colgate University Hamilton, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
46 New York University New York, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
47 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
48 Boston University Boston, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
49 Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
50 Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TXPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
51 Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, INPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
52 Binghamton University Vestal, NYPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
53 Middlebury College Middlebury, VTPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
54 University of Georgia Athens, GAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
55 Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
56 Washington and Lee University Lexington, VAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Doctorate
57 Wellesley College Wellesley, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
58 Davidson College Davidson, NCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
59 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
60 Florida State University Tallahassee, FLPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
61 University of California-Irvine Irvine, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
62 Haverford College Haverford, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
63 Michigan State University East Lansing, MIPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
64 Hamilton College Clinton, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
65 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NCPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
66 Emory University Atlanta, GAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
67 Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, INPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
68 Lafayette College Easton, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
69 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MNPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
70 New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
71 Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
72 Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OHPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
73 Barnard College New York, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
74 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MDPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
75 University of California-Riverside Riverside, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
76 Clemson University Clemson, SCPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
77 George Washington University Washington, DCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
78 University of Connecticut Storrs, CTPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
79 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
80 Trinity College Hartford, CTPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
81 University of Richmond University of Richmond, VAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
82 Colorado School of Mines Golden, COPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
83 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CAPublic, four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
84 William & Mary Williamsburg, VAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
85 Northeastern University Boston, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
86 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
87 San Jose State University San Jose, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
88 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
89 Colby College Waterville, MEPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
90 California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
91 Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MIPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
92 University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
93 George Mason University Fairfax, VAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
94 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
95 Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
96 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NYPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
97 The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TXPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
98 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UTPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
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Key Facts Comparison

The average tuition & fees of Top 100 Colleges by Forbes is $33,639 for State residents and $51,465 for out-of-state students. The average acceptance rate is 29.35% and graduation rate is 87.75%. 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 Forbes
RankNameTuition & FeesAcceptance RateGraduation RateStudent Faculty RatioStudent Population
1 Princeton University $59,710 5.70% 97% 5:18,842
2 Yale University $64,700 4.57% 97% 6:114,776
3 Stanford University $62,484 3.68% 95% 5:118,283
5 University of California-Berkeley $14,850 / $45,627 11.33% 94% 19:145,307
6 Columbia University in the City of New York $69,045 3.95% 95% 6:134,782
7 University of California-Los Angeles $13,747 / $44,524 8.57% 92% 18:146,430
8 University of Pennsylvania $66,104 6.50% 96% 8:128,201
9 Harvard University $59,076 3.24% 97% 7:130,631
10 Williams College $64,860 8.50% 95% 6:12,222
11 Amherst College $67,280 7.26% 91% 7:11,898
12 Cornell University $66,014 7.47% 95% 9:125,898
13 Johns Hopkins University $63,340 7.25% 94% 6:131,275
14 University of Southern California $68,237 12.02% 92% 9:148,945
15 Brown University $68,230 5.06% 94% 6:111,189
16 Dartmouth College $65,739 6.38% 94% 7:16,744
17 Duke University $65,805 6.35% 96% 6:118,023
18 Northwestern University $65,997 7.21% 96% 6:123,161
19 Vanderbilt University $63,946 6.67% 92% 7:113,710
20 Georgetown University $65,081 12.23% 95% 11:120,984
21 University of California-San Diego $15,265 / $46,042 23.71% 87% 19:142,006
22 Rice University $58,128 8.68% 93% 6:18,672
23 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor $17,228 / $58,072 17.69% 93% 12:151,225
24 University of California-Santa Barbara $14,965 / $45,742 25.85% 85% 17:126,420
25 Swarthmore College $62,412 6.93% 93% 8:11,625
26 University of Washington-Seattle Campus $12,643 / $41,997 47.52% 84% 21:152,319
27 University of Florida $6,381 / $28,659 23.35% 90% 16:155,211
28 University of Chicago $66,939 5.43% 95% 5:118,339
29 University of Virginia-Main Campus $20,986 / $58,014 18.66% 95% 15:126,082
30 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $16,004 / $34,501 44.82% 84% 21:156,916
31 The University of Texas at Austin $11,678 / $42,778 31.35% 87% 18:152,384
32 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $8,989 / $39,330 17.11% 91% 17:131,705
33 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus $11,764 / $32,876 17.13% 92% 19:145,296
34 University of Maryland-College Park $11,505 / $40,306 44.61% 89% 18:140,792
35 Brigham Young University $6,496 66.67% 78% 21:134,464
36 Pomona College $62,326 7.02% 94% 7:11,716
37 University of California-Davis $15,247 / $46,024 37.34% 86% 21:139,679
38 University of Notre Dame $62,693 12.91% 96% 9:113,105
39 University of Wisconsin-Madison $11,205 / $40,603 49.06% 89% 18:148,956
40 Washington University in St Louis $62,982 11.76% 93% 7:117,012
41 Claremont McKenna College $64,150 10.35% 91% 8:11,389
42 Wesleyan University $67,316 14.43% 93% 7:13,253
43 San Diego State University $8,290 / $20,170 39.26% 78% 25:137,402
44 Bowdoin College $64,910 9.19% 94% 9:11,915
45 Colgate University $67,024 12.43% 91% 9:13,141
46 New York University $60,438 12.46% 87% 8:159,144
47 California Institute of Technology $63,255 2.69% 94% 3:12,401
48 Boston University $65,168 14.37% 88% 11:136,714
49 Rutgers University-New Brunswick $17,239 / $36,001 66.29% 84% 15:150,637
50 Texas A & M University-College Station $13,099 / $40,328 62.65% 83% 18:174,014
51 Purdue University-Main Campus $9,992 / $28,794 52.70% 83% 14:151,528
52 Binghamton University $10,363 / $29,453 41.75% 82% 19:118,312
53 Middlebury College $65,280 12.69% 93% 9:12,843
54 University of Georgia $11,180 / $30,220 42.55% 88% 17:140,607
55 Tufts University $67,844 9.69% 93% 10:113,431
56 Washington and Lee University $64,525 16.96% 94% 7:12,243
57 Wellesley College $64,320 13.57% 90% 7:12,447
58 Davidson College $60,300 16.95% 91% 9:11,927
59 Carnegie Mellon University $63,829 11.30% 91% 5:116,002
60 Florida State University $5,656 / $18,786 25.04% 84% 17:144,161
61 University of California-Irvine $14,237 / $45,014 21.15% 86% 18:135,937
62 Haverford College $68,300 14.21% 91% 8:11,421
63 Michigan State University $15,988 / $43,372 87.95% 81% 17:150,023
64 Hamilton College $65,740 11.78% 92% 9:12,072
65 North Carolina State University at Raleigh $8,895 / $31,767 47.17% 84% 16:136,700
66 Emory University $60,774 11.35% 89% 9:114,841
67 Indiana University-Bloomington $11,790 / $40,482 82.41% 81% 17:147,005
68 Lafayette College $62,574 33.63% 89% 10:12,729
69 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities $16,488 / $36,402 74.91% 84% 16:154,955
70 New Jersey Institute of Technology $19,022 / $35,934 65.99% 73% 15:112,332
71 Harvey Mudd College $66,255 13.36% 92% 8:1922
72 Ohio State University-Main Campus $12,859 / $38,365 52.72% 88% 17:160,540
73 Barnard College $66,246 8.79% 91% 10:13,442
74 University of Maryland-Baltimore County $12,952 / $30,308 80.55% 70% 18:113,991
75 University of California-Riverside $14,170 / $44,947 68.69% 76% 24:126,809
76 Clemson University $15,554 / $39,498 42.98% 85% 16:128,466
77 George Washington University $64,990 48.98% 84% 12:125,939
78 University of Connecticut $20,366 / $43,034 54.51% 83% 16:127,003
79 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering $64,458 19.14% 93% 8:1386
80 Trinity College $67,420 36.14% 83% 8:12,205
81 University of Richmond $62,600 24.37% 87% 8:13,876
82 Colorado School of Mines $21,186 / $44,376 58.00% 81% 17:17,403
83 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo $11,075 / $30,995 30.43% 85% 20:122,000
84 William & Mary $25,040 / $49,412 33.50% 90% 12:19,654
85 Northeastern University $63,141 6.80% 91% 16:130,013
86 Wake Forest University $64,758 21.37% 89% 10:18,963
87 San Jose State University $7,992 / $19,872 76.71% 68% 22:135,751
88 Boston College $67,680 16.66% 90% 12:115,287
89 Colby College $66,600 7.61% 88% 10:12,299
90 California State University-Fullerton $7,073 / $18,953 66.72% 69% 24:140,386
91 Hillsdale College $32,092 20.58% 86% 8:11,678
92 University of California-Santa Cruz $14,560 / $45,337 46.92% 76% 23:119,478
93 George Mason University $13,815 / $39,397 90.00% 70% 16:139,049
94 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University $15,478 / $36,694 56.98% 86% 17:138,170
95 Santa Clara University $59,241 52.11% 88% 12:19,178
96 Stony Brook University $10,560 / $30,350 49.14% 77% 19:125,710
97 The University of Texas at Dallas $14,564 / $40,064 84.74% 69% 27:131,570
98 University of Utah $9,315 / $29,837 89.13% 64% 18:134,734
Average$33,639 / $51,46529.35%87.75%12.77:124,553
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