The U.S.News has issued the report about the US Best Universities rankings. This is based on many sources including the QS World University Rankings and considered the most reliable reference for students who are finding a college for the year 2011 and 2012.
|
Rank |
School |
Tuition |
Total enrollment |
Fall 2009 acceptance rate |
Average freshman retention rate |
6-year graduation rate |
| #1 | Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
$38,416 | 19,411 | 7% | 97% | 98% |
| #2 | Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
N/A | 7,592 | 10% | 98% | 96% |
| #3 | Yale University
New Haven, CT |
$38,300 | 11,593 | 8% | 99% | 98% |
| #4 | Columbia University
New York, NY |
$43,304 | 24,230 | 10% | 98% | 96% |
| #5 | Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
$39,201 | 18,498 | 8% | 98% | 95% |
| #5 | University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$40,514 | 19,311 | 18% | 98% | 95% |
| #7 | California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
$36,282 | 2,130 | 15% | 98% | 89% |
| #7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
$39,212 | 10,384 | 11% | 98% | 91% |
| #9 | Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH |
$40,437 | 5,987 | 13% | 98% | 94% |
| #9 | Duke University
Durham, NC |
$40,472 | 14,350 | 19% | 97% | 95% |
| #9 | University of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
$41,091 | 12,332 | 27% | 98% | 91% |
| #12 | Northwestern University
Evanston, IL |
$40,247 | 18,834 | 27% | 97% | 95% |
| #13 | Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD |
$40,680 | 20,483 | 27% | 97% | 91% |
| #13 | Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO |
$40,374 | 13,575 | 22% | 97% | 93% |
| #15 | Brown University
Providence, RI |
$40,820 | 8,574 | 11% | 97% | 95% |
| #15 | Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
$39,666 | 20,633 | 19% | 96% | 92% |
| #17 | Rice University
Houston, TX |
$33,771 | 5,663 | 22% | 97% | 93% |
| #17 | Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
$39,932 | 12,506 | 20% | 96% | 91% |
| #19 | University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
$39,919 | 11,816 | 29% | 98% | 96% |
| #20 | Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
$39,158 | 12,930 | 30% | 95% | 90% |
| #21 | Georgetown University
Washington, DC |
$40,203 | 16,437 | 20% | 96% | 93% |
| #22 | University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
in-state: $10,868, out-of-state: $33,747 | 35,843 | 22% | 96% | 90% |
| #23 | Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
$41,940 | 11,443 | 36% | 95% | 84% |
| #23 | University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA |
$41,022 | 34,824 | 24% | 96% | 88% |
| #25 | University of California–Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA |
in-state: $10,781, out-of-state: $33,660 | 39,984 | 22% | 97% | 89% |
| #25 | University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA |
in-state: $10,628, out-of-state: $33,574 | 24,355 | 32% | 97% | 93% |
| #25 | Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC |
$39,970 | 7,079 | 38% | 94% | 90% |
| #28 | Tufts University
Medford, MA |
$41,598 | 10,252 | 27% | 96% | 91% |
| #29 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
in-state: $12,400, out-of-state: $36,163 | 41,674 | 50% | 96% | 89% |
| #30 | University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC |
in-state: $6,665, out-of-state: $25,280 | 28,916 | 32% | 96% | 87% |
| #31 | Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA |
$40,542 | 14,131 | 30% | 95% | 91% |
| #31 | College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA |
in-state: $12,188, out-of-state: $33,212 | 7,874 | 34% | 95% | 91% |
| #33 | New York University
New York, NY |
N/A | 43,404 | 38% | 92% | 85% |
| #34 | Brandeis University
Waltham, MA |
$40,274 | 5,598 | 40% | 94% | 87% |
| #35 | Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA |
in-state: $8,716, out-of-state: $26,926 | 20,291 | 59% | 92% | 79% |
| #35 | University of California–San Diego
La Jolla, CA |
in-state: $11,306, out-of-state: $34,185 | 27,634 | 38% | 94% | 84% |
| #37 | Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA |
$39,780 | 6,996 | 33% | 94% | 86% |
| #37 | University of Rochester
Rochester, NY |
$40,282 | 9,976 | 39% | 95% | 80% |
| #39 | University of California–Davis
Davis, CA |
in-state: $11,984, out-of-state: $34,863 | 31,247 | 46% | 90% | 81% |
| #39 | University of California–Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA |
in-state: $11,630, out-of-state: $34,509 | 22,850 | 48% | 91% | 86% |
| #41 | Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH |
$37,648 | 9,738 | 70% | 91% | 81% |
| #41 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY |
$40,680 | 7,656 | 43% | 93% | 82% |
| #41 | University of California–Irvine
Irvine, CA |
in-state: $11,913, out-of-state: $34,792 | 27,142 | 44% | 94% | 82% |
| #41 | University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
in-state: $8,701, out-of-state: $25,329 | 42,094 | 58% | 93% | 81% |
| #45 | University of Texas–Austin
Austin, TX |
N/A | 50,995 | 45% | 92% | 81% |
| #45 | University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI |
N/A | 42,099 | 57% | 94% | 82% |
| #47 | Pennsylvania State University–University Park
University Park, PA |
in-state: $15,250, out-of-state: $27,114 | 45,185 | 52% | 93% | 85% |
| #47 | University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL |
in-state: $13,640, out-of-state: $27,782 | 43,881 | 65% | 93% | 83% |
| #47 | University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL |
$37,836 | 15,629 | 44% | 90% | 80% |
| #50 | Yeshiva University
New York, NY |
$33,050 | 6,228 | 63% | 91% | 85% |
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