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| 1 | Cal. Institute of Technology, Pasadena | CA | 921 | 17% | 99%/100% | 3 | 81% | 87% | $46,629 | $18,159 | 90% | $17,715 | 16 | $9,871 | | 2 | Princeton, Princeton | NJ | 4,981 | 10% | 97%/98% | 5 | 90% | 95% | $49,055 | $17,704 | 96% | $49,055 | 0 | $5,955 | | 3 | Yale, New Haven | CT | 5,277 | 9% | 98%/98% | 6 | 87% | 95% | $48,450 | $12,747 | 96% | $48,450 | 0 | $12,297 | | 4 | Rice, Houston | TX | 3,051 | 25% | 88%/92% | 5 | 78% | 89% | $44,088 | $19,984 | 96% | $29,423 | 23 | $11,108 | | 5 | Harvard, Cambridge | MA | 6,678 | 8% | 100%/100% | 7 | 88% | 96% | $49,684 | $12,834 | 94% | $49,684 | 0 | $10,813 | | 6 | Duke, Durham | NC | 6,496 | 22% | 92%/94% | 6 | 88% | 94% | $51,125 | $20,235 | 92% | $23,406 | 8 | $24,205 | | 7 | Columbia, New York | NY | 5,667 | 11% | 94%/96% | 6 | 87% | 93% | $54,789 | $21,038 | 96% | $54,789 | 0 | $18,420 | | 8 | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia | PA | 9,756 | 17% | 93%/96% | 6 | 88% | 94% | $51,080 | $23,969 | 86% | $51,080 | 0 | $19,085 | | 9 | Dartmouth College, Hanover | NH | 4,147 | 13% | 91%/93% | 8 | 86% | 94% | $51,821 | $18,373 | 93% | $51,371 | 0 | $20,126 | | 10 | MIT, Cambridge | MA | 4,153 | 12% | 90%/99% | 7 | 83% | 92% | $50,292 | $20,234 | 93% | $50,292 | 0 | $14,148 | | 11 | Stanford, Stanford | CA | 6,532 | 9% | 92%/95% | 6 | 79% | 92% | $51,267 | $20,661 | 91% | $47,752 | 26 | $15,724 | | 12 | Brown, Providence | RI | 6,095 | 14% | 90%/93% | 9 | 84% | 92% | $50,394 | $20,468 | 89% | $50,394 | 0 | $19,390 | | 13 | Emory, Atlanta | GA | 6,890 | 27% | 93%/95% | 7 | 82% | 87% | $50,032 | $23,074 | 91% | $31,530 | 26 | $23,181 | | 14 | University of Richmond, Richmond | VA | 2,795 | 32% | 72%/74% | 8 | 82% | 87% | $49,540 | $18,485 | 90% | $30,330 | 27 | $20,915 | | 15 | Northwestern, Evanston | IL | 8,476 | 26% | 95%/96% | 7 | 86% | 92% | $51,850 | $25,914 | 88% | $49,607 | 7 | $19,808 | | 16 | University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame | IN | 8,363 | 27% | 92%/96% | 12 | 95% | 95% | $49,795 | $25,658 | 75% | $43,689 | 6 | $29,835 | | 17 | Vanderbilt, Nashville | TN | 6,637 | 25% | 91%/95% | 9 | 84% | 89% | $52,520 | $22,104 | 81% | $34,276 | 22 | $19,839 | | 18 | Cornell, Ithaca | NY | 13,846 | 21% | 86%/93% | 9 | 87% | 92% | $50,874 | $25,602 | 85% | $50,874 | 0 | $23,485 | | 19 | University of Chicago, Chicago | IL | 5,065 | 28% | 91%/89% | 6 | 86% | 91% | $52,232 | $18,394 | 91% | $40,712 | NA | $27,562 | | 20 | Johns Hopkins, Baltimore | MD | 4,744 | 25% | 88%/92% | 12 | 81% | 89% | $52,890 | $25,538 | 88% | $28,101 | 3 | $21,984 | | 21 | Washington Univ. in St. Louis, St. Louis | MO | 6,985 | 22% | 98%/99% | 7 | 85% | 92% | $52,609 | $25,135 | 88% | $45,223 | 20 | N/A | | 22 | Tufts, Medford | MA | 5,044 | 26% | 94%/95% | 7 | 86% | 91% | $51,889 | $24,299 | 91% | $51,389 | 2 | $23,687 | | 23 | Boston College, Chestnut Hill | MA | 9,060 | 26% | 81%/87% | 13 | 88% | 91% | $52,308 | $26,761 | 86% | $34,412 | 3 | $19,358 | | 24 | Brandeis, Waltham | MA | 3,196 | 33% | 89%/91% | 9 | 86% | 89% | $50,739 | $26,712 | 83% | $28,291 | 38 | $20,095 | | 25 | Wake Forest, Winston-Salem | NC | 4,476 | 38% | 82%/87% | 10 | 83% | 88% | $49,932 | $25,557 | 83% | $37,148 | 13 | $24,827 | | 26 | Georgetown, Washington | DC | 7,092 | 19% | 89%/91% | 11 | 90% | 92% | $52,878 | $24,628 | 82% | $52,878 | N/A | $23,333 | | 27 | Lehigh, Bethlehem | PA | 4,876 | 28% | 74%/88% | 9 | 72% | 83% | $49,830 | $23,033 | 85% | $39,344 | 13 | $29,756 | | 28 | Elon University, Elon | NC | 4,992 | 42% | 61%/63% | 14 | 72% | 78% | $34,625 | $25,252 | 61% | $29,205 | 31 | $23,392 | | 29 | Villanova University, Villanova | PA | 7,161 | 39% | 71%/82% | 11 | 84% | 88% | $50,110 | $29,581 | 81% | $39,049 | 10 | $29,812 | | 30 | Bentley, Waltham | MA | 4,259 | 38% | 48%/81% | 12 | 74% | 82% | $48,618 | $28,885 | 74% | $33,080 | 18 | $30,577 | | 31 | Trinity, San Antonio | TX | 2,489 | 58% | 73%/81% | 10 | 70% | 80% | $42,232 | $26,017 | 72% | $32,110 | 71 | $21,000 | | 32 | University of Miami, Coral Gables | FL | 10,422 | 39% | 71%/80% | 11 | 64% | 75% | $48,238 | $26,471 | 75% | $30,537 | 36 | $24,500 | | 33 | Univ. of So. California, Los Angeles | CA | 16,608 | 22% | 85%/91% | 9 | 69% | 86% | $52,141 | $29,775 | 68% | $38,235 | 32 | $27,692 | | 34 | University of Rochester, Rochester | NY | 5,355 | 43% | 72%/85% | 9 | 74% | 82% | $51,140 | $26,478 | 82% | $42,864 | 50 | $27,121 | | 35 | Providence College, Providence | RI | 3,938 | 45% | 41%/49% | 12 | 84% | 86% | $45,280 | $32,673 | 68% | $25,047 | 17 | $33,297 | | 36 | Emerson College, Boston | MA | 5,423 | 37% | 69%/49% | 14 | 72% | 75% | $42,998 | $28,730 | 88% | $30,511 | 6 | $15,701 | | 37 | Clark, Worcester | MA | 2,367 | 56% | 56%/49% | 10 | 67% | 72% | $42,870 | $20,938 | 78% | $28,398 | 54 | $22,250 | | 38 | Creighton, Omaha | NE | 4,087 | 82% | 79% | 11 | 67% | 75% | $39,358 | $21,363 | 75% | $27,790 | 64 | $29,074 | | 39 | Whitworth, Spokane | WA | 2,331 | 49% | 54%/57% | 13 | 58% | 71% | $37,730 | $22,453 | 73% | $27,930 | 59 | $19,305 | | 40 | Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh | PA | 5,998 | 38% | 84%/92% | 11 | 70% | 84% | $52,068 | $33,323 | 76% | $40,645 | 13 | $30,533 | | 41 | Butler, Indianapolis | IN | 3,639 | 72% | 83% | 11 | 52% | 60% | $39,560 | $24,451 | 76% | $28,159 | 75 | $24,000 | | 42 | Bradley, Peoria | IL | 5,074 | 64% | 64% | 13 | 62% | 71% | $33,074 | $22,184 | 79% | $25,513 | 68 | $18,859 | | 43 | Santa Clara Univ., Santa Clara | CA | 5,267 | 58% | 54%/67% | 12 | 78% | 84% | $49,323 | $32,853 | 74% | $37,244 | 44 | $25,438 | | 44 | Pepperdine, Malibu | CA | 3,404 | 34% | 59%/63% | 14 | 74% | 80% | $49,950 | $26,876 | 70% | $33,789 | 27 | $31,546 | | 45 | University of Tulsa, Tulsa | OK | 3,049 | 46% | 82% | 10 | 48% | 61% | $36,556 | $31,554 | 21% | $24,829 | 56 | $13,273 | | 46 | Marist College, Poughkeepsie | NY | 5,031 | 37% | 38%/43% | 15 | 73% | 79% | $39,180 | $29,164 | 51% | $32,618 | 43 | $28,374 | | 47 | Boston Univ., Boston | MA | 18,733 | 59% | 67%/75% | 14 | 76% | 81% | $51,228 | $30,246 | 66% | $33,015 | 13 | $26,586 | | 48 | Tulane, New Orleans | LA | 6,749 | 27% | 90%/74% | 9 | 59% | 73% | $51,304 | $29,554 | 71% | $31,854 | 35 | $22,378 | | 49 | Case Western Reserve, Cleveland | OH | 4,356 | 73% | 73%/84% | 10 | 58% | 78% | $48,623 | $27,657 | 60% | $30,039 | 52 | $37,892 | | 50 | Gonzaga, Spokane | WA | 4,517 | 78% | 42%/49% | 11 | 67% | 78% | $38,676 | $26,812 | 58% | $31,500 | 72 | $24,094 | N/A not available. * Percentage of 2008-09 freshman class that scored 600 or higher on verbal/math SATs or 24 or higher on ACT. ** Percentage of all undergraduates without need who received non-need-based aid. Source: Peterson's Undergraduate Database. Copyright © 2009 Peterson's/Nelnet LLC. All rights reserved.
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