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The following table compares the basic academic information between Top 100 National Universities. By school type, there are 42 public and 58 private schools in Top 100 National Universities. By school level, all 100 schools are 4-years institutions.
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Academic Comparison - Top 100 National Universities
RankNameLocationType/LevelHighest DegreeOffered Degree
1 Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
2 Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
3 Princeton University Princeton, NJPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
5 Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
6 Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
7 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
8 University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
9 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
10 Brown University Providence, RIPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
11 Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
12 Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
13 Duke University Durham, NCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
14 Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
15 Rice University Houston, TXPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
16 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
17 University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
18 University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
19 Georgetown University Washington, DCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
20 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
21 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
22 Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MOPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
23 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, INPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
24 Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
25 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
26 Emory University Atlanta, GAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
27 New York University New York, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
28 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
29 University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
31 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MIPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
32 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
33 Boston University Boston, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
34 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
35 Northeastern University Boston, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
36 Brigham Young University Provo, UTPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
37 Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
38 University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
39 University of Rochester Rochester, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
40 George Washington University Washington, DCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
41 University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
42 Yeshiva University New York, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
43 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
44 University of California-Irvine Irvine, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
45 Brandeis University Waltham, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
46 University of Florida Gainesville, FLPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
47 Villanova University Villanova, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
48 University of California-Davis Davis, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
49 University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MDPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
50 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OHPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
51 American University Washington, DCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
52 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
53 University of Miami Coral Gables, FLPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
54 University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WIPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
55 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
56 Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
57 University of Georgia Athens, GAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
58 William & Mary Williamsburg, VAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
59 Pepperdine University Malibu, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
60 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
61 Chapman University Orange, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
62 Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, INPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
63 Florida State University Tallahassee, FLPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
64 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TXPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
65 Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OHPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
66 University of Tulsa Tulsa, OKPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
67 University of Delaware Newark, DEPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
68 University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
69 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, ILPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
70 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
71 University of San Diego San Diego, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
72 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NCPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
73 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
74 Gallaudet University Washington, DCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
75 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
76 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TXPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
77 University of Connecticut Storrs, CTPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
78 Fordham University Bronx, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
79 Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TXPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
80 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
81 Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
82 Syracuse University Syracuse, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
83 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
84 The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TXPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
85 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TNPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
86 Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
87 University of Central Florida Orlando, FLPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
88 Colorado School of Mines Golden, COPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
89 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
90 Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TXPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
91 Baylor University Waco, TXPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
92 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MNPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
93 Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MOPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
94 The New School New York, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
95 Michigan State University East Lansing, MIPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
96 University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HIPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
97 San Diego State University San Diego, CAPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
98 Florida International University Miami, FLPublic, four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
99 University of Denver Denver, COPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
100 Harding University Searcy, ARPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
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Key Facts Comparison

The average tuition & fees of Top 100 National Universities 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 National Universities
RankNameTuition & FeesAcceptance RateGraduation RateStudent Faculty RatioStudent Population
1 Stanford University $62,484 3.68% 95% 5:118,283
2 Harvard University $59,076 3.24% 97% 7:130,631
3 Princeton University $59,710 5.70% 97% 5:18,842
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology $60,156 3.96% 94% 3:111,858
5 Columbia University in the City of New York $69,045 3.95% 95% 6:134,782
6 Yale University $64,700 4.57% 97% 6:114,776
7 California Institute of Technology $63,255 2.69% 94% 3:12,401
8 University of Chicago $66,939 5.43% 95% 5:118,339
9 University of Pennsylvania $66,104 6.50% 96% 8:128,201
10 Brown University $68,230 5.06% 94% 6:111,189
11 Northwestern University $65,997 7.21% 96% 6:123,161
12 Dartmouth College $65,739 6.38% 94% 7:16,744
13 Duke University $65,805 6.35% 96% 6:118,023
14 Cornell University $66,014 7.47% 95% 9:125,898
15 Rice University $58,128 8.68% 93% 6:18,672
16 Vanderbilt University $63,946 6.67% 92% 7:113,710
17 University of California-Los Angeles $13,747 / $44,524 8.57% 92% 18:146,430
18 University of California-Berkeley $14,850 / $45,627 11.33% 94% 19:145,307
19 Georgetown University $65,081 12.23% 95% 11:120,984
20 University of Southern California $68,237 12.02% 92% 9:148,945
21 Johns Hopkins University $63,340 7.25% 94% 6:131,275
22 Washington University in St Louis $62,982 11.76% 93% 7:117,012
23 University of Notre Dame $62,693 12.91% 96% 9:113,105
24 Tufts University $67,844 9.69% 93% 10:113,431
25 Carnegie Mellon University $63,829 11.30% 91% 5:116,002
26 Emory University $60,774 11.35% 89% 9:114,841
27 New York University $60,438 12.46% 87% 8:159,144
28 Lehigh University $62,180 36.98% 91% 10:17,394
29 University of Virginia-Main Campus $20,986 / $58,014 18.66% 95% 15:126,082
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $8,989 / $39,330 17.11% 91% 17:131,705
31 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor $17,228 / $58,072 17.69% 93% 12:151,225
32 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus $11,764 / $32,876 17.13% 92% 19:145,296
33 Boston University $65,168 14.37% 88% 11:136,714
34 Boston College $67,680 16.66% 90% 12:115,287
35 Northeastern University $63,141 6.80% 91% 16:130,013
36 Brigham Young University $6,496 66.67% 78% 21:134,464
37 Tulane University of Louisiana $65,538 11.45% 87% 8:114,027
38 University of California-San Diego $15,265 / $46,042 23.71% 87% 19:142,006
39 University of Rochester $64,348 38.91% 89% 9:112,197
40 George Washington University $64,990 48.98% 84% 12:125,939
41 University of California-Santa Barbara $14,965 / $45,742 25.85% 85% 17:126,420
42 Yeshiva University $49,900 63.22% 84% 7:16,056
43 Stevens Institute of Technology $60,952 46.22% 87% 11:19,314
44 University of California-Irvine $14,237 / $45,014 21.15% 86% 18:135,937
45 Brandeis University $64,946 39.41% 87% 10:15,581
46 University of Florida $6,381 / $28,659 23.35% 90% 16:155,211
47 Villanova University $64,701 23.39% 90% 10:110,383
48 University of California-Davis $15,247 / $46,024 37.34% 86% 21:139,679
49 University of Maryland-College Park $11,505 / $40,306 44.61% 89% 18:140,792
50 Case Western Reserve University $64,671 27.41% 85% 9:112,201
51 American University $56,543 40.63% 79% 11:113,885
52 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute $61,884 64.51% 83% 12:16,968
53 University of Miami $59,926 18.94% 84% 13:119,402
54 University of Wisconsin-Madison $11,205 / $40,603 49.06% 89% 18:148,956
55 University of Washington-Seattle Campus $12,643 / $41,997 47.52% 84% 21:152,319
56 Santa Clara University $59,241 52.11% 88% 12:19,178
57 University of Georgia $11,180 / $30,220 42.55% 88% 17:140,607
58 William & Mary $25,040 / $49,412 33.50% 90% 12:19,654
59 Pepperdine University $66,742 48.71% 83% 13:110,030
60 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $16,004 / $34,501 44.82% 84% 21:156,916
61 Chapman University $62,784 72.52% 83% 12:110,014
62 Purdue University-Main Campus $9,992 / $28,794 52.70% 83% 14:151,528
63 Florida State University $5,656 / $18,786 25.04% 84% 17:144,161
64 The University of Texas at Austin $11,678 / $42,778 31.35% 87% 18:152,384
65 Ohio State University-Main Campus $12,859 / $38,365 52.72% 88% 17:160,540
66 University of Tulsa $48,602 69.18% 72% 10:13,769
67 University of Delaware $16,080 / $39,720 73.81% 79% 15:124,039
68 University of California-Santa Cruz $14,560 / $45,337 46.92% 76% 23:119,478
69 Illinois Institute of Technology $51,763 61.44% 75% 13:16,943
70 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University $15,478 / $36,694 56.98% 86% 17:138,170
71 University of San Diego $56,444 52.61% 82% 13:18,815
72 North Carolina State University at Raleigh $8,895 / $31,767 47.17% 84% 16:136,700
73 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus $20,234 / $40,188 55.21% 83% 15:150,028
74 Gallaudet University $18,382 59.21% 43% 6:11,322
75 Loyola Marymount University $58,974 41.31% 81% 11:110,165
76 Southern Methodist University $64,460 52.25% 82% 11:112,053
77 University of Connecticut $20,366 / $43,034 54.51% 83% 16:127,003
78 Fordham University $61,992 54.13% 83% 14:116,556
79 Texas A & M University-College Station $13,099 / $40,328 62.65% 83% 18:174,014
80 Wake Forest University $64,758 21.37% 89% 10:18,963
81 Arizona State University Campus Immersion $12,051 / $32,193 89.75% 66% 19:180,065
82 Syracuse University $63,061 51.75% 83% 15:122,698
83 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus $21,524 / $39,890 49.14% 83% 13:133,767
84 The University of Texas at Dallas $14,564 / $40,064 84.74% 69% 27:131,570
85 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville $13,484 / $31,974 68.41% 72% 18:133,805
86 Rutgers University-New Brunswick $17,239 / $36,001 66.29% 84% 15:150,637
87 University of Central Florida $6,368 / $22,467 41.04% 75% 29:168,346
88 Colorado School of Mines $21,186 / $44,376 58.00% 81% 17:17,403
89 University of Massachusetts-Lowell $16,570 / $35,396 85.95% 71% 17:117,153
90 Texas Christian University $57,220 56.10% 83% 14:112,273
91 Baylor University $54,844 45.88% 81% 15:120,709
92 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities $16,488 / $36,402 74.91% 84% 16:154,955
93 Missouri University of Science and Technology $14,278 / $31,678 81.49% 61% 18:17,080
94 The New School $56,386 57.18% 69% 10:110,108
95 Michigan State University $15,988 / $43,372 87.95% 81% 17:150,023
96 University of Hawaii at Manoa $12,186 / $34,218 72.77% 62% 14:119,074
97 San Diego State University $8,290 / $20,170 39.26% 78% 25:137,402
98 Florida International University $6,565 / $18,963 63.86% 69% 24:155,609
99 University of Denver $59,340 77.68% 77% 8:113,734
100 Harding University $24,888 45.12% 69% 15:14,805
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