Smaller Class Size and More Opportunities

RankCollege NameStudent Population (undergraduate)Number of FacultiesStudent to Faculty RatioTuition & FeesAcceptance RateGraduation RateSAT Score
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
4,6571,6813 to 1$60,1564.0%94%1,560
5University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
7,5952,8675 to 1$66,9395.4%95%1,540
3Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
5,6041,2055 to 1$59,7105.7%97%1,540
18Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
7,0591,6485 to 1$63,82911.3%91%1,540
2Stanford University
Stanford, CA
8,0494,2245 to 1$62,4843.7%95%1,550
1294Aspen University
Phoenix, AZ
4,0863765 to 1$6,264---
8Yale University
New Haven, CT
6,6453,4606 to 1$64,7004.6%97%1,540
1061University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
3,0576216 to 1$13,004-35%-
11Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
8,9932,6656 to 1$65,9977.2%96%1,530
23Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
6,0443,9216 to 1$63,3407.3%94%1,550
6Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
8,9026,2296 to 1$69,0454.0%95%1,530
10Duke University
Durham, NC
6,6404,3056 to 1$65,8056.4%96%1,550
12Brown University
Providence, RI
7,6399956 to 1$68,2305.1%94%1,540
14Rice University
Houston, TX
4,4948476 to 1$58,1288.7%93%1,540
72United States Air Force Academy
USAF Academy, CO
4,0852327 to 1-16.2%99%1,395
62Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
3,0694327 to 1$67,31614.4%93%1,420
4Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
9,3682,4557 to 1$59,0763.2%97%1,550
21Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
8,1322,1797 to 1$62,98211.8%93%1,530
13Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
4,4588917 to 1$65,7396.4%94%1,550
70United States Military Academy
West Point, NY
4,393-7 to 1-12.0%87%1,340
15Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
7,1511,5247 to 1$63,9466.7%92%1,530
145University of Denver
Denver, CO
6,1511,5138 to 1$59,34077.7%77%1,320
430University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT
3,9697908 to 1$47,64782.8%56%1,190
36Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
8,7851,9018 to 1$65,53811.5%87%1,450
54United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
4,4503348 to 1-10.8%89%1,310
1Baker College
Owosso, MI
3,7781,1018 to 1$12,81036.7%20%-
25New York University
New York, NY
29,4019,9528 to 1$60,43812.5%87%1,530
2School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
3,5339928 to 1$49,14087.4%73%1,290
7University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
11,2502,5368 to 1$66,1046.5%96%1,540
210University of Richmond
University of Richmond, VA
3,1456278 to 1$62,60024.4%87%1,470
27University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
20,6993,7089 to 1$68,23712.0%92%1,520
33Emory University
Atlanta, GA
7,1012,5689 to 1$60,77411.4%89%1,500
766Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL
4,2075289 to 1$22,72662.7%18%-
19University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
8,9711,3709 to 1$62,69312.9%96%1,510
82Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO
10,6621,7419 to 1$53,24484.7%81%1,300
67Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
3,1303569 to 1$67,02412.4%91%1,480
17Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
15,7352,0139 to 1$66,0147.5%95%1,530
3Pratt Institute-Main
Brooklyn, NY
3,9341,0479 to 1$59,68350.5%76%1,300
64University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
6,7672,7849 to 1$64,34838.9%89%1,470
351Touro University
New York, NY
4,8601,2429 to 1$21,81071.3%67%1,340
78Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
6,0171,4629 to 1$64,67127.4%85%1,490
461University of Portland
Portland, OR
3,3905189 to 1$54,90092.5%78%1,315
115Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA
3,7474159 to 1$64,77232.6%86%1,390
122Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
14,0212,1939 to 1$60,66379.6%78%1,330
4Renton Technical College
Renton, WA
3,0722019 to 1$7,257-60%-
269Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA
3,3481,07210 to 1$43,60087.0%61%1,110
5Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
7,49983110 to 1$50,27054.2%68%-
81Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
3,68754710 to 1$64,94639.4%87%1,470
94College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
3,08332910 to 1$60,85036.4%91%1,350
6MCPHS University
Boston, MA
3,52292610 to 1$38,85088.3%61%1,230
32Tufts University
Medford, MA
6,8151,42610 to 1$67,8449.7%93%1,510
219Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ
3,16948710 to 1$38,90084.1%66%1,210
24Barnard College
New York, NY
3,44232410 to 1$66,2468.8%91%1,505
491Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
4,61964610 to 1$50,51075.2%74%1,290
114Molloy College
Rockville Centre, NY
3,27168610 to 1$37,84076.6%69%1,190
354The New School
New York, NY
7,1712,04010 to 1$56,38657.2%69%-
84Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
5,4472,25810 to 1$64,75821.4%89%-
58Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
5,62463610 to 1$62,18037.0%91%1,410
306Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA
5,07157510 to 1$51,34088.7%82%1,230
66Villanova University
Villanova, PA
6,9891,11810 to 1$64,70123.4%90%1,440
246Seattle University
Seattle, WA
4,04667610 to 1$54,28585.2%74%1,260
668University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK
9,92584211 to 1$21,69365.3%29%-
109University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK
5,63654411 to 1$22,752-38%-
900University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR
5,82561111 to 1$19,21061.5%41%1,080
324University of La Verne
La Verne, CA
3,36557711 to 1$47,00073.5%63%1,115
76Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
7,2991,02411 to 1$58,97441.3%81%1,360
468Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT
6,07396411 to 1$53,09083.8%77%1,210
1079Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT
6,9201,03911 to 1$26,10482.9%53%-
600Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT
3,79959011 to 1$16,09583.5%51%1,120
92American University
Washington, DC
7,9171,53111 to 1$56,54340.6%79%1,370
398The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
3,01167411 to 1$55,83485.6%76%-
26Georgetown University
Washington, DC
7,9002,21811 to 1$65,08112.2%95%1,500
244Palm Beach Atlantic University
West Palm Beach, FL
3,02732611 to 1$37,99094.7%56%1,110
7Rasmussen University-Florida
Ocala, FL
7,9371,25711 to 1$15,117-43%-
769Spelman College
Atlanta, GA
3,10224611 to 1$30,05828.4%74%-
290Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale, IL
8,0001,18911 to 1$13,24491.5%49%1,030
557Butler University
Indianapolis, IN
4,42745311 to 1$45,98082.1%80%1,230
713University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
3,71553411 to 1$36,13676.1%59%-
42Boston University
Boston, MA
18,4593,94611 to 1$65,16814.4%88%1,440
672University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI
3,15665211 to 1$32,30090.5%72%1,080
195Hope College
Holland, MI
3,25132811 to 1$40,42080.5%80%1,210
8Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City, MI
3,09832011 to 1$12,762-24%-
167Creighton University
Omaha, NE
4,29094411 to 1$47,00075.7%78%1,320
190Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
4,07043511 to 1$60,95246.2%87%1,450
576Manhattan College
Riverdale, NY
3,06646411 to 1$50,85082.3%71%1,230
816SUNY at Purchase College
Purchase, NY
3,10743411 to 1$18,86374.7%66%1,260
384Elon University
Elon, NC
6,33758211 to 1$44,53674.5%83%1,260
995Ashland University
Ashland, OH
3,08351711 to 1$28,91071.8%60%1,160
248Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH
4,85279511 to 1$48,12584.5%73%1,210
282Providence College
Providence, RI
3,99648011 to 1$60,84852.8%85%1,320
578Rhode Island College
Providence, RI
4,71961311 to 1$26,51987.5%43%990
9Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, TX
9,72568511 to 1$6,050-16%-
154Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
7,0561,14611 to 1$64,46052.3%82%1,450
10NUC University
Bayamon, PR
25,4001,47911 to 1$9,884-62%-
127Chapman University
Orange, CA
7,8691,17512 to 1$62,78472.5%83%1,300
69Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
6,11585812 to 1$59,24152.1%88%1,364
224Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT
4,75761812 to 1$56,36052.2%84%1,310
11Delaware Technical Community College-Terry
Dover, DE
11,72697712 to 1$11,828-19%-
1069Wilmington University
New Castle, DE
9,0911,55012 to 1$12,330-19%-
89George Washington University
Washington, DC
11,4822,49412 to 1$64,99049.0%84%1,410