Rank

School

Score

Tuition and Fees

Total enrollment

Average freshman retention rate

6-year graduation rate

#1

University of Pennsylvania

4.8

$49,536

21,296

98%

96%

Philadelphia, PA

#2Tie

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

4.6

$46,704

11,319

98%

91%

Cambridge, MA

#2Tie

University of California—Berkeley

4.6

in-state: $13,432, out-of-state: $38,140

37,581

97%

91%

Berkeley, CA

#4

University of Michigan—Ann Arbor

4.5

in-state: $14,336, out-of-state: $43,377

43,625

97%

91%

Ann Arbor, MI

#5

New York University

4.4

$46,170

49,274

92%

82%

New York, NY

#6

University of Virginia

4.3

in-state: $14,526, out-of-state: $43,822

23,732

97%

94%

Charlottesville, VA

#7Tie

Carnegie Mellon University

4.2

$50,410

13,285

95%

88%

Pittsburgh, PA

#7Tie

University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill

4.2

in-state: $8,562, out-of-state: $33,644

29,135

97%

90%

Chapel Hill, NC

#7Tie

University of Texas—Austin

4.2

in-state: $9,830, out-of-state: $34,836

51,313

94%

81%

Austin, TX

#10Tie

Cornell University

4.1

$49,116

21,850

97%

93%

Ithaca, NY

#10Tie

Indiana University—Bloomington

4.1

in-state: $10,388, out-of-state: $33,741

46,416

89%

78%

Bloomington, IN

#10Tie

University of Notre Dame

4.1

$47,929

12,179

98%

96%

Notre Dame, IN

#10Tie

University of Southern California

4.1

$50,210

42,469

97%

91%

Los Angeles, CA