2022 Best World Ranking Rankings
Stanford University ranked first and California Institute of Technology ranked second in World Ranking rankings. The 2023 average tuition & fees of the schools is $49,389. The average number of student population is 31,463 and the average student to faculty ratio is 11 to 1. Below statements are summarizing average statistics of tuition, admission, and more academic factors for World Ranking. For the statistics, we include top 20 schools out of total 50 World Ranking.
- The average undergraduate tuition & fees is $49,389 and Columbia University in the City of New York has the highest tuition & fees of $63,530 and University of Florida has the lowest tuition & fees of $28,659.
- The average graduate tuition & fees is $43,204 and University of Chicago has the highest tuition & fees of $63,936 and The University of Texas at Austin has the lowest tuition & fees of $22,944.
- The average student population is 31,463 and Arizona State University Campus Immersion has the most students of 74,795 and California Institute of Technology has the fewest students of 2,240.
- The average graduation rate is 89.91% and Harvard University has the highest rate of 98% and Arizona State University Campus Immersion has the lowest rate of 66%.
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Best World Ranking
| Rank | College Name | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | SAT Score | Acceptance Rate | Population | Graduation Rate | Student to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | $56,169 | $55,011 | 1,520 | 4% | 15,953 | 95% | 4 to 1 |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | $58,680 | $58,443 | 1,555 | 4% | 2,240 | 92% | 3 to 1 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | $55,878 | $58,967 | 1,545 | 4% | 11,254 | 96% | 3 to 1 |
| 6 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | $55,587 | $52,170 | 1,530 | 4% | 30,391 | 98% | 5 to 1 |
| 7 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | $56,010 | $58,790 | 1,515 | 4% | 7,853 | 98% | 4 to 1 |
| 9 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | $62,241 | $63,936 | 1,545 | 6% | 17,834 | 96% | 5 to 1 |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $61,710 | $42,932 | 1,525 | 6% | 26,552 | 96% | 6 to 1 |
| 12 | Yale University New Haven, CT | $59,950 | $45,700 | 1,530 | 5% | 12,060 | 96% | 4 to 1 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | $58,720 | $61,202 | 1,515 | 8% | 28,890 | 94% | 6 to 1 |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | $63,530 | $52,924 | 1,520 | 4% | 30,135 | 96% | 6 to 1 |
| 15 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | $43,012 | $28,138 | 1,415 | 11% | 44,589 | 91% | 18 to 1 |
| 17 | Duke University Durham, NC | $60,244 | $59,141 | 1,513 | 6% | 16,172 | 96% | 6 to 1 |
| 18 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | $43,980 | $29,262 | 1,420 | 14% | 42,327 | 92% | 19 to 1 |
| 19 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | $61,015 | $30,006 | 1,505 | 9% | 23,620 | 95% | 9 to 1 |
| 20 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | $60,768 | $56,567 | 1,520 | 7% | 22,603 | 95% | 6 to 1 |
| 21 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | $53,232 | $50,464 | 1,430 | 20% | 47,907 | 93% | 11 to 1 |
| 24 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | $58,924 | $47,347 | 1,520 | 14% | 13,519 | 93% | 5 to 1 |
| 25 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | $39,906 | $30,912 | 1,327 | 53% | 48,149 | 82% | 20 to 1 |
| 27 | New York University New York, NY | $56,500 | $38,206 | 1,510 | 13% | 52,775 | 88% | 8 to 1 |
| 31 | University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | $44,454 | $28,666 | 1,375 | 34% | 39,576 | 87% | 19 to 1 |
| 33 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | $33,964 | $31,334 | 1,405 | 16% | 39,771 | 91% | 19 to 1 |
| 37 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | $32,892 | $30,862 | 1,415 | 60% | 52,679 | 86% | 20 to 1 |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | $38,608 | $25,501 | 1,410 | 60% | 44,640 | 88% | 16 to 1 |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | $40,996 | $22,944 | 1,365 | 29% | 50,476 | 88% | 17 to 1 |
| 50 | Brown University Providence, RI | $62,304 | $62,083 | 1,515 | 6% | 9,948 | 95% | 6 to 1 |
| 50 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO | $58,866 | $58,288 | 1,530 | 13% | 15,449 | 94% | 7 to 1 |
| 53 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | $44,171 | $28,683 | 1,345 | 29% | 26,179 | 84% | 18 to 1 |
| 54 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA | $44,399 | $28,710 | 1,280 | 49% | 39,074 | 86% | 20 to 1 |
| 56 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | $36,891 | $30,858 | 1,260 | 20% | 30,092 | 91% | 13 to 1 |
| 56 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | $33,818 | $29,262 | 1,400 | 73% | 52,017 | 84% | 17 to 1 |
| 60 | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | $28,794 | $28,794 | 1,310 | 69% | 46,655 | 83% | 13 to 1 |
| 66 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | $61,503 | $61,396 | 1,475 | 13% | 46,287 | 92% | 9 to 1 |
| 69 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | $38,636 | $35,755 | 1,420 | 52% | 40,709 | 87% | 17 to 1 |
| 70 | Boston University Boston, MA | $59,816 | $59,418 | 1,440 | 19% | 32,718 | 89% | 10 to 1 |
| 70 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | $35,019 | $38,377 | 1,345 | 57% | 61,369 | 87% | 19 to 1 |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | $35,514 | $38,728 | 1,190 | 76% | 46,810 | 71% | 14 to 1 |
| 83 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | $40,562 | $38,638 | 1,210 | 83% | 49,695 | 81% | 16 to 1 |
| 86 | Rice University Houston, TX | $52,895 | $49,941 | 1,530 | 9% | 7,643 | 94% | 6 to 1 |
| 89 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | $60,870 | $59,283 | 1,500 | 6% | 6,292 | 95% | 7 to 1 |
| 98 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | $55,468 | $45,684 | 1,480 | 13% | 13,997 | 90% | 9 to 1 |
| 99 | University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | $43,529 | $28,458 | 1,330 | 29% | 36,303 | 85% | 18 to 1 |
| 100 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | $35,394 | $42,024 | 1,360 | 67% | 32,277 | 84% | 14 to 1 |
| 100 | University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO | $38,314 | $33,953 | 1,280 | 80% | 37,437 | 72% | 18 to 1 |
| 105 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | $56,966 | $52,162 | 1,525 | 7% | 13,537 | 93% | 8 to 1 |
| 113 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | $53,626 | $33,520 | 1,440 | 21% | 25,628 | 94% | 15 to 1 |
| 117 | Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN | $38,352 | $33,352 | 1,270 | 85% | 43,064 | 80% | 16 to 1 |
| 123 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | $59,957 | $55,128 | 1,480 | 12% | 19,371 | 94% | 11 to 1 |
| 126 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | $29,438 | $24,432 | 1,210 | 88% | 74,795 | 66% | 18 to 1 |
| 143 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | $28,659 | $30,130 | 1,385 | 30% | 53,372 | 89% | 17 to 1 |
| 150 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | $58,843 | $58,662 | 1,480 | 15% | 12,809 | 97% | 9 to 1 |
| Average | $49,389 | $43,204 | 1,433 | 27% | 31,463 | 90% | 11 to 1 |