Key Admission and Academic Facts of Most Favored Private Colleges

Sacred Heart Major Seminary has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 100.00% and Pacific Islands University has the second highest yield of 100.00%.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $34,873 and graduate tuition & fees is $30,359 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 44.29% and the average SAT score is 1,349 at the schools.
The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 25 Most Favored Private Colleges.
Table. Most Favored Private Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Sacred Heart Major Seminary Detroit, MI
Private, four-years
100.00%
-
100.00%-$25,560338100.00%7 to 1
1
73
Pacific Islands University Mangilao, GU
Private, four-years
100.00%
52.94%
68.89%-$7,20315322.00%15 to 1
3College of Saint Mary Omaha, NE
Private, four-years
94.62%64.58%-$23,34085766.00%8 to 1
4
3
Pontifical College Josephinum Columbus, OH
Private, four-years
85.71%
14.29%
87.50%-$27,82916130.00%5 to 1
5
46
Southeastern University Lakeland, FL
Private, four-years
85.24%
30.94%
60.86%-$31,73210,04442.00%27 to 1
6
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Private, four-years
84.97%
1.26%
3.96%1,560$60,15611,85894.00%3 to 1
7
2
University of Chicago Chicago, IL
Private, four-years
84.80%
1.34%
5.43%1,540$66,93918,33995.00%5 to 1
8
5
DeVry University-Illinois Naperville, IL
Private, four-years
84.39%
7.91%
43.02%1,085$17,48826,38443.00%49 to 1
9
1
Stanford University Stanford, CA
Private, four-years
83.66%
3.43%
3.68%1,550$62,48418,28395.00%5 to 1
10
2
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Private, four-years
82.96%
1.21%
3.24%1,550$59,07630,63197.00%7 to 1
11
-
Brigham Young University Provo, UT
Private, four-years
79.05%
0.26%
66.67%1,360$6,49634,46478.00%21 to 1
12
6
DeVry University-California Ontario, CA
Private, four-years
78.87%
7.74%
40.11%-$17,4881,6778.00%16 to 1
13
20
Harding University Searcy, AR
Private, four-years
78.86%
16.06%
45.12%1,160$24,8884,80569.00%15 to 1
14
-
Columbia International University Columbia, SC
Private, four-years
73.36%
0.03%
48.22%1,090$27,9002,48170.00%13 to 1
15
19
Gallaudet University Washington, DC
Private, four-years
71.56%
10.27%
59.21%855$18,3821,32243.00%6 to 1
16
10
Maranatha Baptist University Watertown, WI
Private, four-years
70.40%
4.83%
75.08%1,105$20,28096555.00%11 to 1
17
5
Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Private, four-years
69.17%
9.15%
5.70%1,540$59,7108,84297.00%5 to 1
18
3
Herzing University-Madison Madison, WI
Private, four-years
68.86%
0.16%
94.48%-$13,4203,47321.00%18 to 1
19
6
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Wake Forest, NC
Private, four-years
68.75%
2.50%
80.00%1,130$10,6462,76455.00%9 to 1
19New Saint Andrews College Moscow, ID
Private, four-years
68.75%82.96%1,260$15,70029481.00%14 to 1
21
4
Yale University New Haven, CT
Private, four-years
67.89%
3.29%
4.57%1,540$64,70014,77697.00%6 to 1
22
7
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Private, four-years
67.88%
5.30%
6.50%1,540$66,10428,20196.00%8 to 1
23
6
Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Private, four-years
67.55%
4.02%
7.47%1,530$66,01425,89895.00%9 to 1
24
-
Brown University Providence, RI
Private, four-years
67.02%
0.63%
5.06%1,540$68,23011,18994.00%6 to 1
25
32
Kentucky Mountain Bible College Jackson, KY
Private, four-years
66.67%
14.82%
45.00%-$10,0607856.00%12 to 1
Average78.04%44.29%1,349$34,87310,33167.96%12 to 1
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