| 1 | Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA · Private · 7,601 students | 4% | $19,066 | $101,817 | 98% |
| 1 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ · Private · 5,709 students | 5% | $6,128 | $110,066 | 98% |
| 3 | Duke UniversityDurham, NC · Private · 6,442 students | 6% | $29,612 | $97,800 | 97% |
| 4 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · Private · 10,650 students | 5% | $28,699 | $111,371 | 97% |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA · Private · 4,535 students | 5% | $20,111 | $143,372 | 96% |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY · Private · 8,973 students | 4% | $21,590 | $102,491 | 96% |
| 7 | University of ChicagoChicago, IL · Private · 7,569 students | 5% | $14,860 | $91,885 | 96% |
| 8 | Brown UniversityProvidence, RI · Private · 7,226 students | 5% | $25,184 | $93,487 | 96% |
| 8 | Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT · Private · 6,758 students | 4% | $23,777 | $100,533 | 96% |
| 10 | University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA · Public · 17,597 students | 17% | $21,565 | $86,863 | 96% |
| 11 | Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH · Private · 4,541 students | 5% | $29,519 | $97,434 | 96% |
| 12 | Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · Private · 15,995 students | 9% | $28,690 | $104,043 | 95% |
| 13 | Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME · Private · 1,873 students | 7% | $14,398 | $82,735 | 95% |
| 14 | University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN · Private · 8,818 students | 11% | $26,780 | $99,980 | 95% |
| 15 | Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL · Private · 9,201 students | 8% | $29,167 | $89,363 | 95% |
| 16 | Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC · Private · 7,569 students | 13% | $40,815 | $103,494 | 95% |
| 17 | Rice UniversityHouston, TX · Private · 4,776 students | 8% | $13,370 | $89,718 | 95% |
| 18 | Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, MO · Private · 7,857 students | 12% | $21,786 | $86,182 | 94% |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA · Private · 7,304 students | 12% | $31,944 | $114,862 | 94% |
| 20 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA · Public · 18,785 students | 14% | $12,116 | $102,772 | 94% |
| 21 | Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA · Private · 1,911 students | 9% | $23,367 | $77,644 | 94% |
| 21 | Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, VA · Private · 1,881 students | 14% | $23,781 | $94,810 | 94% |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD · Private · 5,693 students | 6% | $18,809 | $87,555 | 94% |
| 24 | Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA · Private · 2,076 students | 8% | $17,716 | $88,665 | 94% |
| 25 | Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN · Private · 7,208 students | 6% | $15,846 | $91,565 | 94% |
| 25 | Tufts UniversityMedford, MA · Private · 7,061 students | 12% | $39,998 | $83,214 | 94% |
| 27 | University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI · Public · 34,177 students | 16% | $13,138 | $83,648 | 93% |
| 27 | Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA · Private · 1,666 students | 7% | $19,285 | $77,779 | 93% |
| 29 | Babson CollegeWellesley, MA · Private · 2,728 students | 17% | $40,514 | $123,938 | 93% |
| 30 | Barnard CollegeNew York, NY · Private · 3,264 students | 9% | $28,800 | $80,516 | 93% |
| 31 | United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, MD · Public · 4,474 students | 9% | — | — | 93% |
| 32 | University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA · Public · 33,068 students | 11% | $13,481 | $92,446 | 93% |
| 33 | United States Coast Guard AcademyNew London, CT · Public · 1,108 students | 22% | — | — | 93% |
| 34 | University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA · Public · 33,475 students | 9% | $12,548 | $82,511 | 93% |
| 34 | Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, CT · Private · 3,067 students | 17% | $30,177 | $73,897 | 93% |
| 36 | Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA · Private · 1,613 students | 8% | $23,149 | $80,257 | 92% |
| 37 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA · Private · 7,554 students | 4% | $13,807 | $124,080 | 92% |
| 37 | Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA · Private · 6,938 students | 27% | $43,756 | $100,423 | 92% |
| 39 | University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA · Private · 20,443 students | 10% | $32,740 | $92,498 | 92% |
| 40 | Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA · Private · 2,300 students | 14% | $25,496 | $84,803 | 92% |
| 41 | Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT · Private · 2,738 students | 11% | $31,483 | $76,310 | 91% |
| 41 | Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, CA · Private · 1,388 students | 10% | $28,849 | $104,736 | 91% |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC · Public · 20,752 students | 15% | $11,655 | $72,200 | 91% |
| 43 | Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY · Private · 3,180 students | 14% | $28,786 | $85,139 | 91% |
| 45 | University of FloridaGainesville, FL · Public · 35,629 students | 24% | $6,541 | $71,588 | 91% |
| 45 | Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA · Private · 7,298 students | 11% | $22,585 | $80,137 | 91% |
| 45 | Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY · Private · 2,444 students | 19% | $39,343 | $71,366 | 91% |
| 45 | Davidson CollegeDavidson, NC · Private · 1,867 students | 13% | $17,379 | $81,400 | 91% |
| 49 | Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA · Private · 10,085 students | 16% | $41,704 | $103,937 | 91% |
| 50 | Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY · Private · 2,030 students | 14% | $28,985 | $78,411 | 91% |