| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Minerva University San Francisco, CA Private, four-years | 1.00% 0.02% | 72.12% | - | $18,700 | 660 | 83.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 2 28 | Fairfax University of America Fairfax, VA Private, four-years | 1.06% 98.94% | 100.00% | - | $10,128 | 43 | 10.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 3 1 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA Private, four-years | 2.69% 1.23% | 50.00% | - | $63,255 | 2,401 | 94.00% | 3 to 1 |
| 4 - | Harvard University Cambridge, MA Private, four-years | 3.24% 0.77% | 82.96% | 1,550 | $59,076 | 30,631 | 97.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 5 2 | Stanford University Stanford, CA Private, four-years | 3.68% 0.27% | 83.66% | 1,550 | $62,484 | 18,283 | 95.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 6 - | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Private, four-years | 3.95% 0.18% | 64.06% | 1,530 | $69,045 | 34,782 | 95.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 7 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Private, four-years | 3.96% 0.15% | 84.97% | 1,560 | $60,156 | 11,858 | 94.00% | 3 to 1 |
| 8 1 | Yale University New Haven, CT Private, four-years | 4.57% 0.74% | 67.89% | 1,540 | $64,700 | 14,776 | 97.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 9 1 | Brown University Providence, RI Private, four-years | 5.06% 0.45% | 67.02% | 1,540 | $68,230 | 11,189 | 94.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 10 4 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL Private, four-years | 5.43% 1.05% | 84.80% | 1,540 | $66,939 | 18,339 | 95.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 11 4 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ Private, four-years | 5.70% 1.32% | 69.17% | 1,540 | $59,710 | 8,842 | 97.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 12 - | Duke University Durham, NC Private, four-years | 6.35% 0.46% | 54.98% | 1,550 | $65,805 | 18,023 | 96.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 13 - | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Private, four-years | 6.38% 0.21% | 62.17% | 1,550 | $65,739 | 6,744 | 94.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 14 3 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Private, four-years | 6.50% 0.63% | 67.88% | 1,540 | $66,104 | 28,201 | 96.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 15 2 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Private, four-years | 6.67% 0.47% | 52.34% | 1,530 | $63,946 | 13,710 | 92.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 16 13 | Northeastern University Boston, MA Private, four-years | 6.80% 11.58% | 40.69% | 1,500 | $63,141 | 30,013 | 91.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 17 2 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA Private, four-years | 6.93% 0.86% | 42.49% | 1,520 | $62,412 | 1,625 | 93.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 18 | The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago Chicago, IL Private, four-years | 6.98% | - | - | $20,844 | 1,296 | - | 3 to 1 |
| 19 4 | Pomona College Claremont, CA Private, four-years | 7.02% 0.38% | 55.14% | 1,520 | $62,326 | 1,716 | 94.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 20 4 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL Private, four-years | 7.21% 0.24% | 55.16% | 1,530 | $65,997 | 23,161 | 96.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 21 3 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Private, four-years | 7.25% 0.27% | 51.22% | 1,550 | $63,340 | 31,275 | 94.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 22 1 | Amherst College Amherst, MA Private, four-years | 7.26% 1.48% | 43.28% | 1,510 | $67,280 | 1,898 | 91.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 23 3 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY Private, four-years | 7.47% 1.22% | 67.55% | 1,530 | $66,014 | 25,898 | 95.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 24 - | Colby College Waterville, ME Private, four-years | 7.61% 1.26% | 52.33% | 1,490 | $66,600 | 2,299 | 88.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 25 2 | Williams College Williamstown, MA Private, four-years | 8.50% 0.33% | 44.32% | 1,530 | $64,860 | 2,222 | 95.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 26 - | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Public, four-years | 8.57% 2.20% | 50.31% | - | $44,524 ($13,747) | 46,430 | 92.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 27 2 | Rice University Houston, TX Private, four-years | 8.68% 0.80% | 44.07% | 1,540 | $58,128 | 8,672 | 93.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 28 - | Barnard College New York, NY Private, four-years | 8.79% 2.68% | 66.00% | 1,505 | $66,246 | 3,442 | 91.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 29 7 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME Private, four-years | 9.19% 0.37% | 58.93% | 1,520 | $64,910 | 1,915 | 94.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 30 22 | Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia, PA Private, four-years | 9.66% 4.86% | 82.50% | - | $6,000 | 151 | 83.00% | 2 to 1 |
| 31 4 | Tufts University Medford, MA Private, four-years | 9.69% 1.74% | 50.13% | 1,510 | $67,844 | 13,431 | 93.00% | 10 to 1 |
| Average | 6.25% | 62.27% | 1,531 | $57,241 ($13,747) | 13,352 | 90.40% | 7 to 1 |