| Rank |
School |
Score |
Tuition and Fees |
Total enrollment |
Average freshman retention rate |
6-year graduation rate |
Location |
| 1 |
University of Pennsylvania |
4.8 |
49536 |
21296 |
0.98 |
0.96 |
Philadelphia, PA |
| 2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
4.6 |
46704 |
11319 |
0.98 |
0.91 |
Cambridge, MA |
| 2 |
University of California—Berkeley |
4.6 |
in-state: $13,432, out-of-state: $38,140 |
37581 |
0.97 |
0.91 |
Berkeley, CA |
| 4 |
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor |
4.5 |
in-state: $14,336, out-of-state: $43,377 |
43625 |
0.97 |
0.91 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
| 5 |
New York University |
4.4 |
46170 |
49274 |
0.92 |
0.82 |
New York, NY |
| 6 |
University of Virginia |
4.3 |
in-state: $14,526, out-of-state: $43,822 |
23732 |
0.97 |
0.94 |
Charlottesville, VA |
| 7 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
4.2 |
50410 |
13285 |
0.95 |
0.88 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| 7 |
University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill |
4.2 |
in-state: $8,562, out-of-state: $33,644 |
29135 |
0.97 |
0.9 |
Chapel Hill, NC |
| 7 |
University of Texas—Austin |
4.2 |
in-state: $9,830, out-of-state: $34,836 |
51313 |
0.94 |
0.81 |
Austin, TX |
| 10 |
Cornell University |
4.1 |
49116 |
21850 |
0.97 |
0.93 |
Ithaca, NY |
| 10 |
Indiana University—Bloomington |
4.1 |
in-state: $10,388, out-of-state: $33,741 |
46416 |
0.89 |
0.78 |
Bloomington, IN |
| 10 |
University of Notre Dame |
4.1 |
47929 |
12179 |
0.98 |
0.96 |
Notre Dame, IN |
| 10 |
University of Southern California |
4.1 |
50210 |
42469 |
0.97 |
0.91 |
Los Ange |
