Rank
|
INSTITUTION |
SAT/ACT
25th-75th Percentile(2008)
|
Fall
2008 Acceptance Rate |
2008 Freshmen in top 10
percent of high school class |
Costs |
| 1 |
Harvard University, Cambridge Mass. |
1390-1580
|
7.9%
|
95%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,012
|
| 1 |
Princeton University |
1390-1580
|
9.9%
|
97%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $35,340
|
| 3 |
Yale University |
1400-1580
|
8.6%
|
97%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $36,500
|
| 4 |
California Institute of Technology |
1470-1560
|
17.4%
|
97%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $34,584
|
| 4 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge,
MA |
1380-1560
|
11.9%
|
97%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,782
|
| 4 |
Stanford University Stanford, CA |
1330-1540
|
9.5%
|
92%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,881
|
| 4 |
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
|
1330-1520
|
16.9%
|
99%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,970
|
| 8 |
Columbia University New York, NY |
1330-1520
|
10.0%
|
94%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $41,316
|
| 8 |
University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
1370-1560
|
27.9%
|
86%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,381
|
| 10 |
Duke University Durham, NC |
1340-1540
|
22.4%
|
90%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,975
|
| 11 |
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH |
1330-1550
|
13.5%
|
85%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,679
|
| 12 |
Northwestern University Evanston, IL |
1360-1530
|
26.2%
|
85%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,461
|
| 13 |
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis,
MO |
1380-1540
|
21.7%
|
96%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,864
|
| 14 |
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD |
1290-1510
|
25.4%
|
84%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,150
|
| 15 |
Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
1300-1500
|
20.7%
|
88%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,954
|
| 16 |
Brown University Providence, RI |
1320-1540
|
13.7%
|
93%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,848
|
| 17 |
Emory University Atlanta, GA |
1310-1500
|
26.6%
|
88%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,036
|
| 18 |
Rice University Houston, TX |
1320-1530
|
23.0%
|
85%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $31,248
|
| 19 |
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN |
1332-1500
|
25.3%
|
84%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,579
|
| 20 |
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN |
1320-1500
|
26.7%
|
87%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,477
|
| 21 |
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley,
CA |
1210-1470
|
21.6%
|
98%
|
2009-2010 In-state: $8,352; Out-of-state:
$30,022
|
| 22 |
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
1290-1500
|
37.9%
|
73%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,833
|
| 23 |
Georgetown University Washington, DC |
1310-1490
|
18.8%
|
93%
|
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,212
|
| 24 |
University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles,
CA |
1170-1410
|
22.8%
|
97%
|
2009-2010 In-state: $8,228; Out-of-state:
$29,897
|
| 24 |
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
|
1220-1440
|
36.7%
|
88%
|
2009-2010 In-state: $9,870; Out-of-state:
$31,870
|
