Top 100 Colleges by Forbes 100 Colleges Comparison

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The following table compares the basic academic information between Top 100 Colleges by Forbes. By school type, there are 40 public and 60 private schools in Top 100 Colleges by Forbes. By school level, all 100 schools are 4-years institutions.

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Academic Comparison - Top 100 Colleges By Forbes
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	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
3	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
4	Stanford University	Stanford, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
5	University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
6	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
7	Williams College	Williamstown, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
8	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
9	Yale University	New Haven, CT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
10	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
11	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
12	Rice University	Houston, TX	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
13	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
14	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
15	University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
16	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
17	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
18	Brown University	Providence, RI	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
19	Amherst College	Amherst, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
20	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
22	Duke University	Durham, NC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
23	Swarthmore College	Swarthmore, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
24	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
25	Washington University in St Louis	Saint Louis, MO	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
26	Claremont McKenna College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
27	Emory University	Atlanta, GA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
28	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
29	Wellesley College	Wellesley, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
30	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
31	University of California-Irvine	Irvine, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
32	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Atlanta, GA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
33	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
34	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Charlottesville, VA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
35	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
36	Pomona College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
37	University of Maryland-College Park	College Park, MD	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
38	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
39	Bowdoin College	Brunswick, ME	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
40	Brigham Young University	Provo, UT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
41	Georgetown University	Washington, DC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
42	University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
43	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
44	University of California-Davis	Davis, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
45	Boston University	Boston, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
46	The University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
47	Washington and Lee University	Lexington, VA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Doctorate
48	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
49	New York University	New York, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
50	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Seattle, WA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
51	Wesleyan University	Middletown, CT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
52	Middlebury College	Middlebury, VT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
53	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison, WI	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
54	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
55	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo, CA	Public, four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
56	Haverford College	Haverford, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
57	University of Georgia	Athens, GA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
58	Tufts University	Medford, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
59	Davidson College	Davidson, NC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
60	William & Mary	Williamsburg, VA	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	Purdue University-Main Campus	West Lafayette, IN	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
63	University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
64	Lehigh University	Bethlehem, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
65	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
66	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
67	George Washington University	Washington, DC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
68	Binghamton University	Vestal, NY	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
69	University of Rochester	Rochester, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
70	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Brunswick, NJ	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
71	Colby College	Waterville, ME	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
72	Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
73	Hamilton College	Clinton, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
74	College of the Holy Cross	Worcester, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
75	Villanova University	Villanova, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
76	University of Miami	Coral Gables, FL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
77	University of California-Riverside	Riverside, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
78	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minneapolis, MN	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
79	Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
80	Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, NY	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
81	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, VA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
82	Trinity University	San Antonio, TX	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
83	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Columbus, OH	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
84	Harvey Mudd College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
85	Bucknell University	Lewisburg, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
86	Clemson University	Clemson, SC	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
87	San Diego State University	San Diego, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
88	Trinity College	Hartford, CT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
89	Smith College	Northampton, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
90	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	New York, NY	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
91	Lafayette College	Easton, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
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 Colorado Boulder	Boulder, CO	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
94	Indiana University-Bloomington	Bloomington, IN	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
95	Babson College	Wellesley, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
96	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	Norman, OK	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
97	California State University-Long Beach	Long Beach, CA	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
98	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, NC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
99	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	Public, four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
100	Bates College	Lewiston, ME	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor

Key Facts Comparison

The average tuition & fees of Top 100 Colleges by Forbes 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 Forbes
	Rank	Name	Tuition & Fees	Acceptance Rate	Graduation Rate	Student Faculty Ratio	Student Population
	1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$62,396	4.55%	96%	3:1	11,886
	2	Columbia University in the City of New York	$70,517	3.99%	96%	6:1	35,173
	3	Princeton University	$62,688	4.62%	98%	5:1	9,137
	4	Stanford University	$65,910	3.61%	92%	6:1	18,625
	5	University of California-Berkeley	$15,377 / $47,265	10.98%	93%	18:1	45,882
	6	Harvard University	$61,676	3.65%	98%	7:1	30,259
	7	Williams College	$68,560	8.25%	94%	6:1	2,164
	8	Johns Hopkins University	$64,730	6.44%	94%	6:1	30,210
	9	Yale University	$67,250	3.87%	96%	5:1	15,564
	10	University of Pennsylvania	$68,686	5.40%	97%	8:1	29,109
	11	Vanderbilt University	$67,498	5.86%	94%	8:1	13,575
	12	Rice University	$61,247	8.00%	95%	6:1	8,961
	13	University of Chicago	$69,324	4.48%	96%	5:1	18,566
	14	Cornell University	$69,314	8.76%	95%	9:1	26,793
	15	University of California-Los Angeles	$14,233 / $46,121	8.97%	93%	20:1	47,335
	16	Northwestern University	$68,322	7.69%	95%	6:1	23,856
	17	Dartmouth College	$68,019	5.40%	96%	7:1	6,938
	18	Brown University	$71,312	5.39%	96%	6:1	11,956
	19	Amherst College	$70,480	9.01%	94%	6:1	1,914
	20	University of California-San Diego	$15,788 / $47,676	26.71%	86%	19:1	44,256
	21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	$18,848 / $63,081	15.64%	93%	11:1	52,855
	22	Duke University	$68,758	5.71%	97%	5:1	17,499
	23	Swarthmore College	$65,494	7.46%	92%	7:1	1,623
	24	California Institute of Technology	$65,898	2.57%	94%	3:1	2,430
	25	Washington University in St Louis	$65,790	12.06%	94%	7:1	16,357
	26	Claremont McKenna College	$67,980	9.59%	91%	8:1	1,393
	27	Emory University	$64,280	10.65%	91%	10:1	15,175
	28	University of Southern California	$71,647	9.81%	92%	9:1	46,566
	29	Wellesley College	$67,176	14.05%	92%	7:1	2,407
	30	University of Florida	$6,381 / $28,659	24.20%	91%	16:1	56,311
	31	University of California-Irvine	$14,752 / $46,640	28.57%	87%	19:1	37,297
	32	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	$12,058 / $34,484	14.07%	94%	17:1	53,363
	33	University of Notre Dame	$65,025	11.27%	95%	8:1	13,042
	34	University of Virginia-Main Campus	$23,118 / $61,591	16.81%	96%	15:1	26,409
	35	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$8,994 / $41,203	15.34%	91%	15:1	32,438
	36	Pomona College	$65,420	7.09%	93%	7:1	1,700
	37	University of Maryland-College Park	$11,809 / $41,186	44.79%	89%	17:1	41,725
	38	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	$18,267 / $40,096	42.37%	85%	20:1	59,238
	39	Bowdoin College	$67,832	7.13%	95%	9:1	1,881
	40	Brigham Young University	$6,688	67.78%	81%	21:1	35,873
	41	Georgetown University	$68,089	12.91%	95%	11:1	20,031
	42	University of California-Santa Barbara	$15,444 / $47,332	32.97%	83%	17:1	26,133
	43	Carnegie Mellon University	$65,636	11.66%	94%	5:1	15,888
	44	University of California-Davis	$15,804 / $47,692	41.83%	86%	22:1	40,065
	45	Boston University	$68,102	11.11%	89%	10:1	37,737
	46	The University of Texas at Austin	$11,688 / $44,908	26.64%	89%	18:1	53,864
	47	Washington and Lee University	$68,045	13.97%	94%	7:1	2,241
	48	Colgate University	$70,306	13.88%	91%	9:1	3,211
	49	New York University	$62,796	9.23%	88%	8:1	56,832
	50	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	$12,973 / $43,209	39.15%	85%	20:1	56,997
	51	Wesleyan University	$70,042	16.49%	93%	8:1	4,011
	52	Middlebury College	$67,600	10.75%	91%	8:1	2,803
	53	University of Wisconsin-Madison	$11,603 / $42,103	45.20%	90%	18:1	51,044
	54	Boston College	$70,702	16.43%	91%	10:1	15,432
	55	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	$12,161 / $33,230	31.32%	86%	19:1	23,069
	56	Haverford College	$70,398	12.37%	90%	8:1	1,431
	57	University of Georgia	$11,450 / $31,688	37.70%	90%	17:1	43,146
	58	Tufts University	$70,704	11.49%	94%	10:1	13,599
	59	Davidson College	$64,430	13.37%	91%	8:1	1,869
	60	William & Mary	$25,734 / $51,038	34.07%	89%	12:1	9,818
	61	Texas A & M University-College Station	$12,995 / $40,124	57.43%	84%	20:1	78,321
	62	Purdue University-Main Campus	$9,992 / $28,794	49.87%	83%	14:1	58,658
	63	University of California-Santa Cruz	$15,035 / $46,923	65.79%	75%	22:1	19,938
	64	Lehigh University	$64,980	25.93%	88%	10:1	7,692
	65	Santa Clara University	$61,293	48.00%	88%	11:1	9,728
	66	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	$8,799 / $32,847	41.74%	85%	15:1	38,464
	67	George Washington University	$67,710	47.09%	84%	13:1	25,374
	68	Binghamton University	$10,567 / $30,447	38.61%	82%	18:1	18,816
	69	University of Rochester	$67,080	40.08%	85%	9:1	11,946
	70	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	$17,929 / $37,441	58.15%	84%	16:1	52,269
	71	Colby College	$69,600	7.09%	89%	9:1	2,412
	72	Florida State University	$6,517 / $21,683	24.22%	86%	17:1	43,889
	73	Hamilton College	$68,960	13.62%	91%	9:1	2,031
	74	College of the Holy Cross	$64,500	17.61%	87%	9:1	3,126
	75	Villanova University	$67,776	26.98%	92%	10:1	10,041
	76	University of Miami	$62,616	18.90%	84%	11:1	19,852
	77	University of California-Riverside	$14,636 / $46,524	76.39%	76%	22:1	26,384
	78	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	$17,214 / $38,362	79.75%	85%	17:1	56,666
	79	Michigan State University	$18,079 / $44,850	84.80%	81%	17:1	52,089
	80	Stony Brook University	$10,931 / $32,741	49.04%	76%	19:1	26,689
	81	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	$15,948 / $37,764	54.78%	86%	17:1	38,857
	82	Trinity University	$53,676	25.92%	84%	8:1	2,687
	83	Ohio State University-Main Campus	$13,244 / $40,022	60.57%	88%	16:1	61,443
	84	Harvey Mudd College	$68,613	12.66%	92%	8:1	951
	85	Bucknell University	$67,812	28.93%	86%	9:1	3,969
	86	Clemson University	$15,554 / $40,866	38.34%	87%	16:1	29,077
	87	San Diego State University	$8,728 / $21,328	36.19%	76%	27:1	41,137
	88	Trinity College	$70,770	29.25%	84%	9:1	2,238
	89	Smith College	$65,178	21.00%	89%	8:1	2,857
	90	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	$7,464 / $15,414	47.52%	72%	19:1	20,081
	91	Lafayette College	$64,648	31.45%	88%	10:1	2,775
	92	University of Richmond	$65,230	22.20%	85%	7:1	3,722
	93	University of Colorado Boulder	$15,214 / $42,970	78.08%	74%	19:1	38,799
	94	Indiana University-Bloomington	$12,144 / $41,891	78.21%	80%	18:1	48,424
	95	Babson College	$57,152	17.09%	93%	15:1	3,932
	96	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	$9,797 / $27,377	76.60%	75%	18:1	30,851
	97	California State University-Long Beach	$7,374 / $19,974	46.27%	69%	23:1	42,003
	98	Wake Forest University	$67,642	21.67%	89%	10:1	9,322
	99	University of Utah	$9,620 / $30,860	85.98%	65%	19:1	36,894
	100	Bates College	$66,590	13.32%	90%	9:1	1,760
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