| 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 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 5 | 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 - | 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 1 | 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 6 | 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 8 | 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 10 | 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 16 | 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 11 | 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 |
| 26 4 | Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA Private, four-years | 1,510 35 | 34 - | 10.35% | 54.48% | $64,150 | 1,389 | 91.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 26 1 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Private, four-years | 1,510 30 | 34 - | 12.91% | 59.54% | $62,693 | 13,105 | 96.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 26 12 | Amherst College Amherst, MA Private, four-years | 1,510 50 | 34 1 | 7.26% | 43.28% | $67,280 | 1,898 | 91.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 26 6 | Tufts University Medford, MA Private, four-years | 1,510 15 | 34 - | 9.69% | 50.13% | $67,844 | 13,431 | 93.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 30 7 | Barnard College New York, NY Private, four-years | 1,505 17 | 33 - | 8.79% | 66.00% | $66,246 | 3,442 | 91.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 31 6 | Georgetown University Washington, DC Private, four-years | 1,500 20 | 34 - | 12.23% | 48.70% | $65,081 | 20,984 | 95.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 31 9 | Northeastern University Boston, MA Private, four-years | 1,500 10 | 34 - | 6.80% | 40.69% | $63,141 | 30,013 | 91.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 31 3 | Haverford College Haverford, PA Private, four-years | 1,500 20 | 34 - | 14.21% | 45.02% | $68,300 | 1,421 | 91.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 34 10 | Emory University Atlanta, GA Private, four-years | 1,500 20 | 33 - | 11.35% | 37.80% | $60,774 | 14,841 | 89.00% | 9 to 1 |
| Average | 1,528 | 34 | 8.18% | 56.75% | $64,329 | 16,306 | 93.50% | 7 to 1 |