2023 Best World Ranking Rankings
Harvard University ranked first and Stanford University ranked second in 2023 World Ranking rankings. (Read our ranking methodology and know how to rank.).
The following list summarizes the core statistics for top 20 World Ranking. You can check the schools in the comparison table below.
- The average undergraduate tuition & fees of top 20 World Ranking is $53,992.
- The average graduate tuition & fees of top 20 World Ranking is $45,664.
- The average number of students is 31,136 and the students to faculty ratio is 11 to 1.
- The average graduation rate is 92.09% and the transfer-out rate is 3.56%.
Best World Ranking
| Rank | College Name | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | SAT Score | Acceptance Rate | Population | Graduation Rate | Student to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | $57,261 | $53,760 | 1,550 | 3% | 30,631 | 97% | 7 to 1 |
| 3 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | $58,416 | $57,210 | 1,550 | 4% | 18,283 | 96% | 5 to 1 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | $57,986 | $61,075 | 1,560 | 4% | 11,858 | 96% | 3 to 1 |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | $60,864 | $60,657 | - | 3% | 2,401 | 93% | 3 to 1 |
| 7 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | $57,410 | $60,410 | 1,540 | 6% | 8,842 | 98% | 5 to 1 |
| 8 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | $44,467 | $29,578 | - | 11% | 45,307 | 93% | 19 to 1 |
| 9 | Yale University New Haven, CT | $62,250 | $46,900 | 1,540 | 5% | 14,776 | 97% | 6 to 1 |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | $66,139 | $54,627 | 1,530 | 4% | 34,782 | 97% | 6 to 1 |
| 13 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | $64,260 | $66,492 | 1,540 | 5% | 18,339 | 96% | 5 to 1 |
| 14 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $63,452 | $44,162 | 1,540 | 7% | 28,201 | 96% | 8 to 1 |
| 15 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | $60,480 | $62,962 | 1,550 | 7% | 31,275 | 95% | 6 to 1 |
| 20 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | $63,200 | $30,019 | 1,530 | 7% | 25,898 | 94% | 9 to 1 |
| 21 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | $43,473 | $28,424 | - | 9% | 46,430 | 92% | 18 to 1 |
| 23 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | $55,334 | $52,456 | 1,470 | 18% | 51,225 | 94% | 12 to 1 |
| 24 | New York University New York, NY | $58,168 | $39,592 | 1,530 | 12% | 59,144 | 87% | 8 to 1 |
| 25 | Duke University Durham, NC | $62,688 | $61,522 | 1,550 | 6% | 18,023 | 96% | 6 to 1 |
| 26 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | $40,740 | $31,530 | - | 48% | 52,319 | 84% | 21 to 1 |
| 26 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | $63,468 | $53,024 | 1,530 | 7% | 23,161 | 95% | 6 to 1 |
| 28 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | $61,344 | $48,557 | 1,540 | 11% | 16,002 | 93% | 5 to 1 |
| 32 | University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | $44,978 | $29,005 | - | 24% | 42,006 | 89% | 19 to 1 |
| 38 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | $32,876 | $30,646 | 1,480 | 17% | 45,296 | 92% | 19 to 1 |
| 48 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | $33,686 | $32,416 | 1,440 | 45% | 56,916 | 85% | 21 to 1 |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | $41,070 | $22,952 | 1,370 | 31% | 52,384 | 88% | 18 to 1 |
| 57 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO | $60,590 | $60,590 | 1,530 | 12% | 17,012 | 93% | 7 to 1 |
| 61 | Brown University Providence, RI | $65,146 | $63,866 | 1,540 | 5% | 11,189 | 96% | 6 to 1 |
| 63 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA | $44,930 | $29,008 | - | 37% | 39,679 | 87% | 21 to 1 |
| 64 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | $44,689 | $28,974 | - | 26% | 26,420 | 85% | 17 to 1 |
| 65 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | $64,726 | $64,666 | 1,520 | 12% | 48,945 | 92% | 9 to 1 |
| 69 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | $37,550 | $30,819 | 1,460 | 17% | 31,705 | 90% | 17 to 1 |
| 71 | Boston University Boston, MA | $62,360 | $61,924 | 1,440 | 14% | 36,714 | 89% | 11 to 1 |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | $39,427 | $25,577 | 1,430 | 49% | 48,956 | 89% | 18 to 1 |
| 82 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | $57,948 | $46,700 | 1,500 | 11% | 14,841 | 90% | 9 to 1 |
| 95 | University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | $44,011 | $28,747 | - | 21% | 35,937 | 84% | 18 to 1 |
| 98 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | $60,348 | $53,722 | 1,530 | 7% | 13,710 | 93% | 7 to 1 |
| 101 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | $35,099 | $30,425 | 1,378 | 75% | 54,955 | 84% | 16 to 1 |
| 104 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | $39,469 | $36,598 | 1,460 | 45% | 40,792 | 88% | 18 to 1 |
| 106 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | $41,958 | $39,876 | 1,260 | 88% | 50,023 | 82% | 17 to 1 |
| 112 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | $36,722 | $39,598 | 1,400 | 53% | 60,540 | 88% | 17 to 1 |
| 123 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | $62,658 | $61,056 | 1,550 | 6% | 6,744 | 94% | 7 to 1 |
| 127 | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | $28,794 | $28,794 | 1,330 | 53% | 51,528 | 83% | 14 to 1 |
| 134 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | $61,584 | $50,878 | 1,490 | 27% | 12,201 | 84% | 9 to 1 |
| 136 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | $62,052 | $57,049 | 1,500 | 12% | 20,984 | 95% | 11 to 1 |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | $37,320 | $43,504 | 1,370 | 49% | 33,767 | 84% | 13 to 1 |
| 147 | Rice University Houston, TX | $54,960 | $52,342 | 1,540 | 9% | 8,672 | 92% | 6 to 1 |
| 148 | University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO | $40,356 | $36,570 | 1,280 | 81% | 39,585 | 74% | 18 to 1 |
| 151 | Tufts University Medford, MA | $65,222 | $55,280 | 1,510 | 10% | 13,431 | 94% | 10 to 1 |
| 151 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | $28,659 | $30,130 | 1,390 | 23% | 55,211 | 91% | 16 to 1 |
| 154 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | $61,678 | $42,668 | 1,470 | 39% | 12,197 | 86% | 9 to 1 |
| 156 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | $55,914 | $34,832 | 1,490 | 19% | 26,082 | 94% | 15 to 1 |
| 156 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | $30,592 | $25,398 | - | 90% | 80,065 | 66% | 19 to 1 |
| 168 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | $60,192 | $27,009 | 1,500 | 7% | 30,013 | 91% | 16 to 1 |
| 170 | Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN | $39,120 | $33,367 | 1,290 | 82% | 47,005 | 81% | 17 to 1 |
| 180 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | $39,577 | $33,957 | 1,240 | 87% | 49,403 | 64% | 17 to 1 |
| 181 | Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX | $40,139 | $23,395 | 1,270 | 63% | 74,014 | 83% | 18 to 1 |
| 191 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | $38,171 | $33,750 | 1,370 | 64% | 32,229 | 84% | 18 to 1 |
| 192 | University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA | $44,312 | $29,315 | - | 47% | 19,478 | 78% | 23 to 1 |
| 194 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL | $57,194 | $42,816 | 1,390 | 19% | 19,402 | 84% | 13 to 1 |
| Average | $53,992 | $45,664 | 1,511 | 15% | 31,136 | 92% | 11 to 1 |