2021 Best World Ranking Rankings
World Ranking Ranking Overview
California Institute of Technology ranked first and Stanford University ranked second in World Ranking rankings. The 2020 average tuition & fees of the schools is $48,161. The average number of student population is 31,073 and the average student to faculty ratio is 12 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 $48,161 and Brown University has the highest tuition & fees of $60,584 and University of Florida has the lowest tuition & fees of $28,659.
- The average graduate tuition & fees is $41,977 and University of Chicago has the highest tuition & fees of $61,548 and The University of Texas at Austin has the lowest tuition & fees of $22,886.
- The average student population is 31,073 and Ohio State University-Main Campus has the most students of 61,170 and California Institute of Technology has the fewest students of 2,233.
- The average graduation rate is 89.47% and Princeton University has the highest rate of 98% and Arizona State University-Tempe has the lowest rate of 63%.
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Best World Ranking Comparison Table
| Rank | College Name | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | SAT Score | Acceptance Rate | Population | Graduation Rate | Student to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | $56,862 | $56,649 | 1,545 | 6% | 2,233 | 94% | 3 to 1 |
| 3 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | $56,169 | $55,011 | 1,505 | 4% | 17,381 | 94% | 5 to 1 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | $53,450 | $56,719 | 1,540 | 7% | 11,574 | 95% | 3 to 1 |
| 6 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | $53,968 | $50,654 | 1,515 | 5% | 31,566 | 97% | 7 to 1 |
| 7 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | $48,502 | $56,470 | 1,515 | 6% | 8,374 | 98% | 5 to 1 |
| 9 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | $59,298 | $61,548 | 1,535 | 6% | 17,002 | 95% | 5 to 1 |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $60,042 | $41,760 | 1,505 | 8% | 25,860 | 96% | 6 to 1 |
| 12 | Yale University New Haven, CT | $57,700 | $44,500 | 1,515 | 6% | 13,433 | 97% | 6 to 1 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | $54,160 | $59,425 | 1,510 | 11% | 26,152 | 93% | 7 to 1 |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | $60,532 | $51,194 | 1,505 | 5% | 31,077 | 95% | 6 to 1 |
| 15 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | $43,003 | $28,131 | 1,415 | 12% | 44,537 | 92% | 18 to 1 |
| 17 | Duke University Durham, NC | $57,633 | $59,140 | 1,525 | 8% | 16,606 | 95% | 6 to 1 |
| 18 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | $44,066 | $29,347 | 1,430 | 16% | 42,501 | 93% | 20 to 1 |
| 19 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | $59,282 | $30,042 | 1,480 | 11% | 23,600 | 95% | 9 to 1 |
| 20 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | $58,701 | $56,567 | 1,495 | 9% | 22,127 | 94% | 6 to 1 |
| 21 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | $54,097 | $49,548 | 1,435 | 23% | 46,716 | 93% | 11 to 1 |
| 24 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | $58,485 | $47,326 | 1,510 | 15% | 14,029 | 90% | 10 to 1 |
| 25 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | $39,114 | $30,294 | 1,345 | 52% | 47,400 | 84% | 19 to 1 |
| 27 | New York University New York, NY | $54,880 | $36,892 | 1,440 | 16% | 51,847 | 85% | 9 to 1 |
| 31 | University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | $44,402 | $28,631 | 1,370 | 31% | 37,887 | 87% | 19 to 1 |
| 33 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | $33,964 | $31,334 | 1,405 | 21% | 32,723 | 90% | 18 to 1 |
| 37 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | $36,720 | $30,083 | 1,340 | 59% | 49,702 | 85% | 20 to 1 |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | $38,630 | $25,523 | 1,390 | 54% | 43,463 | 88% | 17 to 1 |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | $40,032 | $22,886 | 1,355 | 32% | 51,832 | 86% | 18 to 1 |
| 50 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO | $56,893 | $56,562 | 1,520 | 14% | 15,852 | 95% | 7 to 1 |
| 50 | Brown University Providence, RI | $60,584 | $60,363 | 1,505 | 7% | 10,257 | 96% | 6 to 1 |
| 53 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | $44,160 | $28,670 | 1,355 | 30% | 25,976 | 83% | 22 to 1 |
| 54 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA | $44,351 | $28,700 | 1,290 | 39% | 38,167 | 87% | 20 to 1 |
| 56 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | $33,325 | $28,845 | 1,370 | 57% | 50,734 | 83% | 17 to 1 |
| 56 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | $36,159 | $30,248 | 1,405 | 23% | 30,011 | 91% | 13 to 1 |
| 60 | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | $28,794 | $28,794 | 1,315 | 60% | 44,474 | 82% | 13 to 1 |
| 66 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | $60,275 | $48,715 | 1,445 | 11% | 47,310 | 92% | 9 to 1 |
| 69 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | $36,891 | $30,885 | 1,375 | 44% | 41,200 | 87% | 18 to 1 |
| 70 | Boston University Boston, MA | $58,072 | $57,666 | 1,425 | 19% | 34,657 | 88% | 10 to 1 |
| 70 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | $33,502 | $37,141 | 1,355 | 54% | 61,170 | 86% | 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 | $40,384 | $37,056 | 1,210 | 71% | 50,351 | 81% | 16 to 1 |
| 86 | Rice University Houston, TX | $51,107 | $47,913 | 1,520 | 9% | 7,124 | 93% | 6 to 1 |
| 89 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | $59,458 | $58,120 | 1,500 | 8% | 6,572 | 95% | 7 to 1 |
| 98 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | $53,868 | $44,676 | 1,445 | 16% | 14,458 | 90% | 9 to 1 |
| 99 | University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | $43,507 | $28,456 | 1,295 | 27% | 36,032 | 84% | 18 to 1 |
| 100 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | $33,706 | $40,836 | 1,350 | 57% | 28,673 | 83% | 14 to 1 |
| 100 | University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO | $36,668 | $32,980 | 1,250 | 78% | 36,681 | 69% | 18 to 1 |
| 105 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | $54,158 | $50,624 | 1,510 | 9% | 12,824 | 93% | 7 to 1 |
| 113 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | $53,627 | $32,394 | 1,430 | 24% | 24,639 | 95% | 15 to 1 |
| 117 | Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN | $37,600 | $33,338 | 1,255 | 78% | 43,503 | 79% | 16 to 1 |
| 123 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | $57,928 | $53,591 | 1,465 | 14% | 19,204 | 95% | 11 to 1 |
| 126 | Arizona State University-Tempe Tempe, AZ | $29,428 | $27,048 | 1,240 | 86% | 51,585 | 63% | 19 to 1 |
| 143 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | $28,659 | $30,130 | 1,390 | 37% | 52,218 | 88% | 18 to 1 |
| 150 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | $57,699 | $57,522 | 1,475 | 16% | 12,607 | 96% | 10 to 1 |
| Average | $48,161 | $41,977 | 1,424 | 26% | 31,073 | 89% | 12 to 1 |