https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/#tab:rank
America's Top Colleges
Rank | Name | State | Cost | Type | Average Financial Aid | |
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#1 | Harvard University | Massachusetts | $69,600 | Private not-for-profit | $48,195 | |
#2 | Yale University | Connecticut | $71,290 | Private not-for-profit | $48,126 | |
#3 | Stanford University | California | $69,109 | Private not-for-profit | $47,782 | |
#4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Massachusetts | $67,430 | Private not-for-profit | $41,674 | |
#5 | Princeton University | New Jersey | $66,150 | Private not-for-profit | $44,128 | |
#6 | California Institute of Technology | California | $68,901 | Private not-for-profit | $36,632 | |
#7 | University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | $71,715 | Private not-for-profit | $43,856 | |
#8 | Brown University | Rhode Island | $71,050 | Private not-for-profit | $40,116 | |
#9 | Dartmouth College | New Hampshire | $71,827 | Private not-for-profit | $45,867 | |
#10 | Duke University | North Carolina | $71,764 | Private not-for-profit | $47,055 | |
#11 | Williams College | Massachusetts | $70,650 | Private not-for-profit | $48,073 | |
#12 | Georgetown University | District of Columbia | $71,580 | Private not-for-profit | $40,346 | |
#13 | Cornell University | New York | $70,321 | Private not-for-profit | $35,445 | |
#14 | University of California, Berkeley | California | $65,003 | Public | $18,541 | |
#15 | Columbia University | New York | $74,199 | Private not-for-profit | $46,127 | |
#16 | Amherst College | Massachusetts | $71,300 | Private not-for-profit | $47,517 | |
#17 | Bowdoin College | Maine | $68,070 | Private not-for-profit | $38,552 | |
#18 | University of Chicago | Illinois | $75,735 | Private not-for-profit | $39,032 | |
#19 | Pomona College | California | $69,725 | Private not-for-profit | $46,730 | |
#20 | Northwestern University | Illinois | $72,980 | Private not-for-profit | $38,593 | |
#21 | University of Notre Dame | Indiana | $69,395 | Private not-for-profit | $38,080 | |
#22 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | Michigan | $62,176 | Public | $16,865 | |
#23 | Harvey Mudd College | California | $74,428 | Private not-for-profit | $33,895 | |
#24 | Swarthmore College | Pennsylvania | $68,846 | Private not-for-profit | $44,722 | |
#25 | Johns Hopkins University | Maryland | $69,863 | Private not-for-profit | $38,083 | |
#26 | Claremont McKenna College | California | $71,745 | Private not-for-profit | $35,798 | |
#27 | United States Military Academy | New York | $0 | Public | - | |
#28 | Rice University | Texas | $63,158 | Private not-for-profit | $36,192 | |
#29 | Bates College | Maine | $68,870 | Private not-for-profit | $40,535 | |
#30 | University of Southern California | California | $72,209 | Private not-for-profit | $34,145 | |
#31 | United States Naval Academy | Maryland | $0 | Public | - | |
#32 | Vanderbilt University | Tennessee | $67,392 | Private not-for-profit | $40,382 | |
#33 | Tufts University | Massachusetts | $70,600 | Private not-for-profit | $37,747 | |
#34 | University of Virginia | Virginia | $62,633 | Public | $19,017 | |
#35 | Washington University in St. Louis | Missouri | $71,975 | Private not-for-profit | $38,927 | |
#36 | Middlebury College | Vermont | $69,464 | Private not-for-profit | $42,019 | |
#37 | Wesleyan University | Connecticut | $69,935 | Private not-for-profit | $44,953 | |
#38 | Haverford College | Pennsylvania | $71,614 | Private not-for-profit | $45,504 | |
#39 | Washington and Lee University | Virginia | $65,950 | Private not-for-profit | $38,483 | |
#40 | United States Air Force Academy | Colorado | $0 | Public | - | |
#41 | Davidson College | North Carolina | $66,678 | Private not-for-profit | $34,997 | |
#42 | Carnegie Mellon University | Pennsylvania | $70,094 | Private not-for-profit | $30,614 | |
#43 | College of William & Mary | Virginia | $59,012 | Public | $17,928 | |
#44 | Wellesley College | Massachusetts | $69,034 | Private not-for-profit | $43,340 | |
#45 | Colgate University | New York | $69,860 | Private not-for-profit | $42,337 | |
#46 | University of California, Los Angeles | California | $61,915 | Public | $19,693 | |
#47 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | North Carolina | $51,152 | Public | $17,758 | |
#48 | New York University | New York | $71,790 | Private not-for-profit | $32,505 | |
#49 | Carleton College | Minnesota | $68,835 | Private not-for-profit | $35,833 | |
#50 | Boston College | Massachusetts | $70,588 | Private not-for-profit | $38,399 | |
#51 | Vassar College | New York | $70,370 | Private not-for-profit | $43,547 | |
#52 | Emory University | Georgia | $66,950 | Private not-for-profit | $38,254 | |
#53 | Cooper Union | New York | $65,045 | Private not-for-profit | $24,870 | |
#54 | Kenyon College | Ohio | $69,180 | Private not-for-profit | $36,168 | |
#55 | United States Coast Guard Academy | Connecticut | $0 | Public | - | |
#56 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | Illinois | $46,202 | Public | $12,921 | |
#57 | Barnard College | New York | $71,282 | Private not-for-profit | $42,345 | |
#58 | Lafayette College | Pennsylvania | $68,640 | Private not-for-profit | $37,472 | |
#59 | College of the Holy Cross | Massachusetts | $66,220 | Private not-for-profit | $34,482 | |
#60 | Hamilton College | New York | $67,670 | Private not-for-profit | $39,473 | |
#61 | University of Maryland, College Park | Maryland | $49,698 | Public | $9,206 | |
#62 | Wake Forest University | North Carolina | $69,130 | Private not-for-profit | $40,596 | |
#63 | Scripps College | California | $71,060 | Private not-for-profit | $28,200 | |
#64 | Babson College | Massachusetts | $68,432 | Private not-for-profit | $37,159 | |
#65 | Grinnell College | Iowa | $66,214 | Private not-for-profit | $31,088 | |
#66 | Oberlin College | Ohio | $71,330 | Private not-for-profit | $24,765 | |
#67 | Lehigh University | Pennsylvania | $65,925 | Private not-for-profit | $32,913 | |
#68 | University of Florida | Florida | $43,409 | Public | $6,379 | |
#69 | Pitzer College | California | $70,500 | Private not-for-profit | $40,359 | |
#70 | Villanova University | Pennsylvania | $68,231 | Private not-for-profit | $29,321 | |
#71 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | New York | $8,646 | Public | $3,894 | |
#72 | University of Washington, Seattle | Washington | $51,159 | Public | $13,126 | |
#73 | Bucknell University | Pennsylvania | $70,125 | Private not-for-profit | $31,011 | |
#74 | University of Texas, Austin | Texas | $51,786 | Public | $11,021 | |
#75 | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Wisconsin | $49,885 | Public | $6,461 | |
#76 | Santa Clara University | California | $69,439 | Private not-for-profit | $25,569 | |
#77 | Bryn Mawr College | Pennsylvania | $68,410 | Private not-for-profit | $32,090 | |
#78 | Boston University | Massachusetts | $70,302 | Private not-for-profit | $34,255 | |
#79 | Smith College | Massachusetts | $69,563 | Private not-for-profit | $40,225 | |
#80 | Colby College | Maine | $68,582 | Private not-for-profit | $42,298 | |
#81 | University of California, San Diego | California | $60,177 | Public | $17,303 | |
#82 | Whitman College | Washington | $64,504 | Private not-for-profit | $25,630 | |
#83 | University of Rochester | New York | $70,108 | Private not-for-profit | $31,194 | |
#84 | Colorado College | Colorado | $68,616 | Private not-for-profit | $39,788 | |
#85 | University of California, Santa Barbara | California | $64,125 | Public | $20,774 | |
#86 | Brigham Young University | Utah | $18,370 | Private not-for-profit | $4,589 | |
#87 | Macalester College | Minnesota | $66,280 | Private not-for-profit | $33,325 | |
#88 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Georgia | $49,366 | Public | $11,835 | |
#89 | Trinity College (CT) | Connecticut | $71,470 | Private not-for-profit | $43,006 | |
#90 | George Washington University | District of Columbia | $69,368 | Private not-for-profit | $25,674 | |
#91 | Reed College | Oregon | $69,820 | Private not-for-profit | $36,597 | |
#92 | Franklin and Marshall College | Pennsylvania | $70,430 | Private not-for-profit | $42,424 | |
#93 | University of Richmond | Virginia | $64,890 | Private not-for-profit | $38,849 | |
#94 | University of California, Davis | California | $63,743 | Public | $18,523 | |
#95 | Case Western Reserve University | Ohio | $65,384 | Private not-for-profit | $28,253 | |
#96 | University of California, Irvine | California | $61,872 | Public | $18,506 | |
#97 | Brandeis University | Massachusetts | $70,943 | Private not-for-profit | $33,806 | |
#98 | DePauw University | Indiana | $62,567 | Private not-for-profit | $27,615 | |
#99 | Yeshiva University | New York | $60,525 | Private not-for-profit | $26,387 | |
#100 | University of Miami (FL) | Florida | $66,274 | Private not-for-profit | $22,921 |