rank 

School 

Tuition 

Fall 2010 acceptance rate 

#1

Harvard University 
Cambridge, MA

$39,849

7%

#1

Princeton University 
Princeton, NJ

$37,000

9%

#3

Yale University 
New Haven, CT

$40,500

8%

#4

Columbia University 
New York, NY

$45,290

10%

#5

California Institute of Technology 
Pasadena, CA

$37,704

13%

#5

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Cambridge, MA

$40,732

10%

#5

Stanford University 
Stanford, CA

$40,569

7%

#5

University of Chicago 
Chicago, IL

$42,783

19%

#5

University of Pennsylvania 
Philadelphia, PA

$42,098

14%

#10

Duke University 
Durham, NC

$41,958

16%

#11

Dartmouth College 
Hanover, NH

$42,996

12%

#12

Northwestern University 
Evanston, IL

$41,983

23%

#13

Johns Hopkins University 
Baltimore, MD

$42,280

21%

#14

Washington University in St. Louis 
St. Louis, MO

$41,992

21%

#15

Brown University 
Providence, RI

$42,230

9%

#15

Cornell University 
Ithaca, NY

$41,541

18%

#17

Rice University 
Houston, TX

$35,551

21%

#17

Vanderbilt University 
Nashville, TN

$41,332

18%

#19

University of Notre Dame 
Notre Dame, IN

$41,417

29%

#20

Emory University 
Atlanta, GA

$41,164

29%

#21

University of California--Berkeley 
Berkeley, CA

in-state: $11,767, out-of-state: $34,645

22%

#22

Georgetown University 
Washington, DC

$41,393

20%

#23

Carnegie Mellon University 
Pittsburgh, PA

$43,396

33%

#23

University of Southern California 
Los Angeles, CA

$42,818

24%

#25

University of California--Los Angeles 
Los Angeles, CA

in-state: $11,604, out-of-state: $34,482

23%

#25

University of Virginia 
Charlottesville, VA

in-state: $11,576, out-of-state: $36,570

33%

#25

Wake Forest University 
Winston-Salem, NC

$41,576

40%

#28

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor 
Ann Arbor, MI

in-state: $12,590, out-of-state: $37,265

51%

#29

Tufts University 
Medford, MA

$42,962

24%

#29

University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill 
Chapel Hill, NC

in-state: $7,008, out-of-state: $26,834

32%

#31

Boston College 
Chestnut Hill, MA

$42,204

31%

#31

Brandeis University 
Waltham, MA

$41,860

35%

#33

College of William and Mary 
Williamsburg, VA

in-state: $13,132, out-of-state: $35,409

32%

#33

New York University 
New York, NY

$41,606

38%

#35

University of Rochester 
Rochester, NY

$41,826

38%

#36

Georgia Institute of Technology 
Atlanta, GA

in-state: $9,652, out-of-state: $27,862

52%

#37

University of California--San Diego 
La Jolla, CA

in-state: $12,128, out-of-state: $35,006

38%

#38

Case Western Reserve University 
Cleveland, OH

$39,120

67%

#38

Lehigh University 
Bethlehem, PA

$40,960

38%

#38

University of California--Davis 
Davis, CA

in-state: $12,794, out-of-state: $35,672

45%

#38

University of Miami 
Coral Gables, FL

$39,654

39%

#42

University of California--Santa Barbara 
Santa Barbara, CA

in-state: $12,508, out-of-state: $35,386

46%

#42

University of Washington 
Seattle, WA

in-state: $10,574, out-of-state: $28,058

57%

#42

University of Wisconsin--Madison 
Madison, WI

in-state: $9,671, out-of-state: $25,421

57%

#45

Pennsylvania State University--University Park 
University Park, PA

in-state: $15,984, out-of-state: $28,066

55%

#45

University of California--Irvine 
Irvine, CA

in-state: $12,902, out-of-state: $35,780

45%

#45

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign 
Champaign, IL

in-state: $13,558, out-of-state: $27,700

67%

#45

University of Texas--Austin 
Austin, TX

in-state: $9,794, out-of-state: $32,506

47%

#45

Yeshiva University 
New York, NY

$35,150

72%

#50

George Washington University 
Washington, DC

$42,425

32%

#50

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
Troy, NY

$42,704

40%

#50

Tulane University 
New Orleans, LA

$43,434

26%

rank 

School 

Tuition 

Fall 2010 acceptance rate 

#53

Boston University 
Boston, MA

$41,420

58%

#53

Fordham University 
New York, NY

$39,967

51%

#55

Ohio State University--Columbus 
Columbus, OH

in-state: $9,735, out-of-state: $24,630

68%

#55

Pepperdine University 
Malibu, CA

$40,752

31%

#55

University of Maryland--College Park 
College Park, MD

in-state: $8,655, out-of-state: $26,026

44%

#58

Texas A&M University--College Station 
College Station, TX

N/A

69%

#58

University of Connecticut 
Storrs, CT

in-state: $10,670, out-of-state: $27,566

54%

#58

University of Florida 
Gainesville, FL

in-state: $5,656, out-of-state: $27,933

43%

#58

University of Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh, PA

in-state: $16,132, out-of-state: $25,540

58%

#62

Northeastern University 
Boston, MA

$38,252

38%

#62

Purdue University--West Lafayette 
West Lafayette, IN

in-state: $9,478, out-of-state: $27,646

65%

#62

Southern Methodist University 
Dallas, TX

$39,430

59%

#62

Syracuse University 
Syracuse, NY

$37,667

60%

#62

University of Georgia 
Athens, GA

in-state: $9,472, out-of-state: $27,682

59%

#62

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 
Worcester, MA

$40,030

59%

#68

Clemson University 
Clemson, SC

in-state: $12,668, out-of-state: $28,826

58%

#68

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick 
Piscataway, NJ

in-state: $12,754, out-of-state: $25,416

59%

#68

University of Minnesota--Twin Cities 
Minneapolis, MN

in-state: $13,022, out-of-state: $18,022

48%

#71

Brigham Young University--Provo 
Provo, UT

$4,560

64%

#71

Michigan State University 
East Lansing, MI

in-state: $12,203, out-of-state: $31,148

70%

#71

University of Iowa 
Iowa City, IA

in-state: $7,765, out-of-state: $25,099

84%

#71

Virginia Tech 
Blacksburg, VA

in-state: $11,100, out-of-state: $24,560

67%

#75

Baylor University 
Waco, TX

$31,658

48%

#75

Colorado School of Mines 
Golden, CO

in-state: $14,454, out-of-state: $29,139

46%

#75

Indiana University--Bloomington 
Bloomington, IN

N/A

69%

#75

University of Alabama 
Tuscaloosa, AL

in-state: $8,600, out-of-state: $21,900

54%

#75

University of California--Santa Cruz 
Santa Cruz, CA

in-state: $12,333, out-of-state: $35,211

65%

#75

University of Delaware 
Newark, DE

in-state: $10,208, out-of-state: $25,408

54%

#75

University of Tulsa 
Tulsa, OK

$29,714

39%

#82

American University 
Washington, DC

$38,071

43%

#82

Auburn University 
Auburn University, AL

N/A

79%

#82

Marquette University 
Milwaukee, WI

$31,822

62%

#82

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry 
Syracuse, NY

in-state: $5,941, out-of-state: $14,351

46%

#82

University of Denver 
Denver, CO

$37,833

72%

#82

University of Vermont 
Burlington, VT

in-state: $14,784, out-of-state: $34,424

71%

#88

Drexel University 
Philadelphia, PA

$34,505

56%

#88

Stevens Institute of Technology 
Hoboken, NJ

$41,942

47%

#90

Binghamton University--SUNY 
Binghamton, NY

in-state: $6,939, out-of-state: $15,349

40%

#90

Miami University--Oxford 
Oxford, OH

in-state: $13,213, out-of-state: $28,385

79%

#90

St. Louis University 
St. Louis, MO

$33,986

70%

#90

University of Missouri 
Columbia, MO

in-state: $8,989, out-of-state: $21,784

84%

#94

Clark University 
Worcester, MA

$37,350

69%

#94

University of Colorado--Boulder 
Boulder, CO

in-state: $9,152, out-of-state: $29,480

83%

#94

University of Massachusetts--Amherst 
Amherst, MA

in-state: $12,612, out-of-state: $25,400

68%

#97

Iowa State University 
Ames, IA

in-state: $7,486, out-of-state: $19,358

81%

#97

Texas Christian University 
Fort Worth, TX

$32,490

53%

#97

University of California--Riverside 
Riverside, CA

in-state: $11,851, out-of-state: $34,729

76%

#97

University of San Diego 
San Diego, CA

$38,582

51%

#101

Florida State University 
Tallahassee, FL

in-state: $5,825, out-of-state: $20,992

60%

#101

North Carolina State University--Raleigh 
Raleigh, NC

in-state: $7,018, out-of-state: $19,853

54%

#101

University of Dayton 
Dayton, OH

$31,640

77%

#101

University of Kansas 
Lawrence, KS

N/A

93%

#101

University of Nebraska--Lincoln 
Lincoln, NE

in-state: $7,648, out-of-state: $19,932

62%

#101

University of New Hampshire 
Durham, NH

in-state: $14,600, out-of-state: $28,570

73%

#101

University of Oklahoma 
Norman, OK

in-state: $7,125, out-of-state: $18,078

85%

#101

University of Oregon 
Eugene, OR

in-state: $8,789, out-of-state: $27,653

79%

#101

University of Tennessee 
Knoxville, TN

in-state: $8,396, out-of-state: $25,538

74%

#101

University of the Pacific 
Stockton, CA

$36,290

38%

#111

Illinois Institute of Technology 
Chicago, IL

$34,354

64%

#111

Stony Brook University--SUNY 
Stony Brook, NY

in-state: $6,820, out-of-state: $15,230

41%

#111

University at Buffalo--SUNY 
Buffalo, NY

in-state: $7,136, out-of-state: $15,546

51%

#111

University of South Carolina 
Columbia, SC

in-state: $10,168, out-of-state: $26,352

70%

#115

Howard University 
Washington, DC

$19,741

54%

#115

Michigan Technological University 
Houghton, MI

in-state: $12,853, out-of-state: $25,948

74%

#115

University of St. Thomas 
St. Paul, MN

$30,497

85%

#115

Washington State University 
Pullman, WA

in-state: $10,799, out-of-state: $22,077

69%

#119

Catholic University of America 
Washington, DC

$35,460

87%

#119

Clarkson University 
Potsdam, NY

$36,780

80%

#119

Duquesne University 
Pittsburgh, PA

$28,671

77%

#119

Loyola University Chicago 
Chicago, IL

$33,294

60%

#119

University of San Francisco 
San Francisco, CA

$37,424

68%