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US University Rankings

Rankings, acceptance rates, SAT scores, and tuition for top US universities. Source: US News 2026.

Showing 82 of 82 universities

#1

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ · Private

Acceptance

4%

SAT

1440–1570

Tuition

$57K

#2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private

Acceptance

5%

SAT

1500–1570

Tuition

$60K

#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · Private

Acceptance

4%

SAT

1460–1580

Tuition

$53K

#4(tie)

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private

Acceptance

4%

SAT

1420–1570

Tuition

$58K

#4(tie)

Yale University

New Haven, CT · Private

Acceptance

5%

SAT

1460–1570

Tuition

$62K

#7(tie)

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · Private

Acceptance

6%

SAT

1420–1550

Tuition

$56K

#7(tie)

Duke University

Durham, NC · Private

Acceptance

6%

SAT

1450–1570

Tuition

$60K

#7(tie)

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · Private

Acceptance

8%

SAT

1450–1560

Tuition

$60K

#7(tie)

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · Private

Acceptance

7%

SAT

1430–1550

Tuition

$62K

#11

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA · Private

Acceptance

4%

SAT

1530–1580

Tuition

$58K

#12

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private

Acceptance

9%

SAT

1390–1540

Tuition

$62K

#13(tie)

Brown University

Providence, RI · Private

Acceptance

6%

SAT

1420–1550

Tuition

$63K

#13(tie)

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH · Private

Acceptance

6%

SAT

1420–1560

Tuition

$61K

#15(tie)

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

Acceptance

14%

SAT

1320–1530

Tuition

$42K

#15(tie)

Columbia University

New York, NY · Private

Acceptance

4%

SAT

1450–1560

Tuition

$63K

#17(tie)

Rice University

Houston, TX · Private

Acceptance

9%

SAT

1450–1560

Tuition

$54K

#17(tie)

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA · Public

Acceptance

11%

SAT

1290–1520

Tuition

$42K

#17(tie)

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN · Private

Acceptance

7%

SAT

1450–1560

Tuition

$58K

#20(tie)

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI · Public

Acceptance

20%

SAT

1330–1510

Tuition

$55K

#20(tie)

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · Private

Acceptance

14%

SAT

1450–1550

Tuition

$70K

#20(tie)

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Private

Acceptance

15%

SAT

1400–1550

Tuition

$60K

#20(tie)

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO · Private

Acceptance

13%

SAT

1470–1570

Tuition

$59K

#24(tie)

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · Private

Acceptance

13%

SAT

1350–1520

Tuition

$57K

#24(tie)

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private

Acceptance

12%

SAT

1370–1530

Tuition

$62K

#26(tie)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · Public

Acceptance

20%

SAT

1270–1480

Tuition

$36K

#26(tie)

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA · Public

Acceptance

21%

SAT

1330–1500

Tuition

$52K

#28

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private

Acceptance

13%

SAT

1350–1530

Tuition

$63K

#29

University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA · Public

Acceptance

34%

SAT

1260–1470

Tuition

$42K

#30(tie)

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL · Public

Acceptance

30%

SAT

1280–1440

Tuition

$26K

#30(tie)

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · Public

Acceptance

29%

SAT

1230–1480

Tuition

$41K

#32(tie)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA · Public

Acceptance

16%

SAT

1390–1540

Tuition

$31K

#32(tie)

New York University

New York, NY · Private

Acceptance

13%

SAT

1310–1510

Tuition

$55K

#32(tie)

University of California, Davis

Davis, CA · Public

Acceptance

49%

SAT

1160–1400

Tuition

$42K

#32(tie)

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA · Public

Acceptance

29%

SAT

1190–1410

Tuition

$42K

#36(tie)

Tufts University

Medford, MA · Private

Acceptance

11%

SAT

1380–1530

Tuition

$64K

#36(tie)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL · Public

Acceptance

60%

SAT

1200–1460

Tuition

$30K

#36(tie)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI · Public

Acceptance

60%

SAT

1280–1450

Tuition

$38K

#36(tie)

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA · Private

Acceptance

19%

SAT

1320–1490

Tuition

$63K

#40

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA · Public

Acceptance

29%

SAT

1230–1460

Tuition

$42K

#41

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH · Public

Acceptance

57%

SAT

1240–1450

Tuition

$36K

#42(tie)

University of Maryland

College Park, MD · Public

Acceptance

52%

SAT

1290–1470

Tuition

$38K

#42(tie)

University of Washington

Seattle, WA · Public

Acceptance

53%

SAT

1220–1460

Tuition

$40K

#42(tie)

Boston University

Boston, MA · Private

Acceptance

13%

SAT

1330–1500

Tuition

$70K

#46(tie)

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA · Private

Acceptance

26%

SAT

1270–1450

Tuition

$67K

#46(tie)

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private

Acceptance

7%

SAT

1360–1540

Tuition

$68K

#46(tie)

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN · Public

Acceptance

50%

SAT

1180–1410

Tuition

$29K

#46(tie)

University of Georgia

Athens, GA · Public

Acceptance

40%

SAT

1240–1410

Tuition

$29K

#46(tie)

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY · Private

Acceptance

41%

SAT

1320–1500

Tuition

$61K

#51(tie)

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH · Private

Acceptance

30%

SAT

1350–1520

Tuition

$61K

#51(tie)

College of William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA · Public

Acceptance

34%

SAT

1310–1490

Tuition

$45K

#51(tie)

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX · Public

Acceptance

64%

SAT

1170–1380

Tuition

$36K

#51(tie)

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA · Public

Acceptance

56%

SAT

1180–1390

Tuition

$32K

#51(tie)

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC · Private

Acceptance

25%

SAT

1310–1470

Tuition

$61K

#57

Villanova University

Villanova, PA · Private

Acceptance

25%

SAT

1300–1470

Tuition

$61K

#59(tie)

George Washington University

Washington, DC · Private

Acceptance

44%

SAT

1280–1460

Tuition

$67K

#59(tie)

Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA · Public

Acceptance

54%

SAT

1160–1360

Tuition

$36K

#59(tie)

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA · Private

Acceptance

54%

SAT

1270–1440

Tuition

$57K

#59(tie)

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY · Public

Acceptance

48%

SAT

1230–1420

Tuition

$25K

#64(tie)

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC · Public

Acceptance

47%

SAT

1250–1390

Tuition

$28K

#64(tie)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY · Private

Acceptance

53%

SAT

1330–1500

Tuition

$63K

#64(tie)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA · Public

Acceptance

66%

SAT

1200–1390

Tuition

$37K

#64(tie)

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL · Private

Acceptance

28%

SAT

1250–1430

Tuition

$55K

#69(tie)

Tulane University

New Orleans, LA · Private

Acceptance

10%

SAT

1350–1490

Tuition

$59K

#69(tie)

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT · Public

Acceptance

56%

SAT

1210–1420

Tuition

$38K

#69(tie)

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA · Public

Acceptance

67%

SAT

1270–1430

Tuition

$36K

#69(tie)

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA · Private

Acceptance

39%

SAT

1280–1500

Tuition

$62K

#73

Indiana University Bloomington

Bloomington, IN · Public

Acceptance

85%

SAT

1150–1360

Tuition

$38K

#75

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY · Private

Acceptance

59%

SAT

1180–1370

Tuition

$58K

#80(tie)

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO · Public

Acceptance

57%

SAT

1290–1450

Tuition

$40K

#80(tie)

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ · Private

Acceptance

48%

SAT

1330–1480

Tuition

$63K

#80(tie)

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA · Private

Acceptance

78%

SAT

1170–1380

Tuition

$60K

#84(tie)

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA · Private

Acceptance

53%

SAT

1220–1420

Tuition

$62K

#84(tie)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA · Private

Acceptance

60%

SAT

1300–1460

Tuition

$56K

#84(tie)

Yeshiva University

New York, NY · Private

Acceptance

63%

SAT

1140–1400

Tuition

$45K

#88(tie)

Howard University

Washington, DC · Private

Acceptance

35%

SAT

1140–1290

Tuition

$31K

#88(tie)

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI · Private

Acceptance

86%

SAT

1200–1360

Tuition

$46K

#88(tie)

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX · Private

Acceptance

53%

SAT

1280–1460

Tuition

$55K

#88(tie)

American University

Washington, DC · Private

Acceptance

64%

SAT

1220–1380

Tuition

$53K

#88(tie)

Baylor University

Waco, TX · Private

Acceptance

57%

SAT

1190–1370

Tuition

$52K

#97(tie)

Fordham University

New York, NY · Private

Acceptance

58%

SAT

1250–1430

Tuition

$57K

#97(tie)

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX · Private

Acceptance

54%

SAT

1150–1343

Tuition

$54K

#97(tie)

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, CO · Public

Acceptance

77%

SAT

1150–1360

Tuition

$44K