| School Name | SAT Score | ACT Score | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Private, four-years | 1,560 | 35 | 3.96% | 84.97% | $60,156 | 11,858 | 94.00% | 3 to 1 |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Private, four-years | 1,550 | 35 | 7.25% | 51.22% | $63,340 | 31,275 | 94.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 2 - | Harvard University Cambridge, MA Private, four-years | 1,550 20 | 35 - | 3.24% | 82.96% | $59,076 | 30,631 | 97.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 2 14 | Duke University Durham, NC Private, four-years | 1,550 37 | 35 1 | 6.35% | 54.98% | $65,805 | 18,023 | 96.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 2 6 | Stanford University Stanford, CA Private, four-years | 1,550 30 | 35 - | 3.68% | 83.66% | $62,484 | 18,283 | 95.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 6 13 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Private, four-years | 1,550 50 | 34 - | 6.38% | 62.17% | $65,739 | 6,744 | 94.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 7 2 | Yale University New Haven, CT Private, four-years | 1,540 10 | 35 1 | 4.57% | 67.89% | $64,700 | 14,776 | 97.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 7 7 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ Private, four-years | 1,540 25 | 35 1 | 5.70% | 69.17% | $59,710 | 8,842 | 97.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 7 4 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Private, four-years | 1,540 20 | 35 1 | 11.30% | 44.31% | $63,829 | 16,002 | 91.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 7 1 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Private, four-years | 1,540 15 | 35 1 | 6.50% | 67.88% | $66,104 | 28,201 | 96.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 7 7 | Brown University Providence, RI Private, four-years | 1,540 25 | 35 1 | 5.06% | 67.02% | $68,230 | 11,189 | 94.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 7 3 | Rice University Houston, TX Private, four-years | 1,540 10 | 35 - | 8.68% | 44.07% | $58,128 | 8,672 | 93.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 13 12 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL Private, four-years | 1,540 5 | 34 - | 5.43% | 84.80% | $66,939 | 18,339 | 95.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 14 2 | Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA Private, four-years | 1,530 10 | 35 - | 13.36% | 39.97% | $66,255 | 922 | 92.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 14 | Williams College Williamstown, MA Private, four-years | 1,530 | 35 | 8.50% | 44.32% | $64,860 | 2,222 | 95.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 14 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Private, four-years | 1,530 10 | 35 - | 3.95% | 64.06% | $69,045 | 34,782 | 95.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 14 7 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Private, four-years | 1,530 5 | 35 - | 6.67% | 52.34% | $63,946 | 13,710 | 92.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 18 6 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL Private, four-years | 1,530 10 | 34 1 | 7.21% | 55.16% | $65,997 | 23,161 | 96.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 18 15 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO Private, four-years | 1,530 - | 34 - | 11.76% | 48.17% | $62,982 | 17,012 | 93.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 18 - | Cornell University Ithaca, NY Private, four-years | 1,530 25 | 34 - | 7.47% | 67.55% | $66,014 | 25,898 | 95.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 18 1 | New York University New York, NY Private, four-years | 1,530 20 | 34 - | 12.46% | 49.32% | $60,438 | 59,144 | 87.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 22 13 | Pomona College Claremont, CA Private, four-years | 1,520 - | 34 - | 7.02% | 55.14% | $62,326 | 1,716 | 94.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 22 8 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Private, four-years | 1,520 45 | 34 - | 12.02% | 41.18% | $68,237 | 48,945 | 92.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 22 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME Private, four-years | 1,520 | 34 | 9.19% | 58.93% | $64,910 | 1,915 | 94.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 25 5 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA Private, four-years | 1,520 25 | 33 1 | 6.93% | 42.49% | $62,412 | 1,625 | 93.00% | 8 to 1 |
| Average | 1,536 | 35 | 7.39% | 59.35% | $64,066 | 18,155 | 94.04% | 7 to 1 |