Rank
College Name
Est. price 2017-17 without aid
Est. price 2017-17 with avg. aid
% who get need-based aid
% who get merit aid
Early career earnings
Avg. SAT/ACT score
1
Princeton University
$61,300
$20,100
59%
N/A
$62,800
1505 / 33
2
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
$28,100
$14,300
30%
16%
$59,000
1380 / 30
3
Harvard University
$64,800
$18,900
58%
N/A
$62,900
1505 / 34
4
Rice University
$58,600
$24,300
39%
13%
$63,700
1460 / 33
5
University of California-Berkeley
$35,700
$25,300
51%
0.02
$60,300
1355 / 30
5
Brigham Young University-Provo
$18,500
$14,700
39%
23%
$51,800
1255 / 29
7
Amherst College
$66,600
$18,000
58%
N/A
$53,400
1440 / 32
8
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
$62,800
$22,200
32%
68%
$63,200
1355 / 31
9
University of Virginia-Main Campus
$28,100
$12,000
27%
0.03
$55,400
1355 / 31
10
Stanford University
$65,300
$22,000
48%
N/A
$68,600
1475 / 33
11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
$63,500
$26,300
56%
N/A
$74,800
1500 / 34
12
Yale University
$66,600
$22,000
50%
N/A
$58,800
1500 / 34
13
Texas A & M University-College Station
$23,900
$15,900
37%
0.07
$55,100
1180 / 26
14
University of California-San Diego
$32,500
$24,700
58%
2%
$53,700
1280 / 28
15
University of Florida
$21,400
$15,500
34%
0.05
$49,700
1265 / 29
16
University of California-Irvine
$32,900
$25,500
67%
2%
$50,600
1130 / 24
17
University of California-Davis
$35,100
$26,900
63%
0.04
$51,000
1195 / 26
18
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
$26,900
$22,600
32%
12%
$55,300
1220 / NA
19
University of Maryland-College Park
$25,300
$17,600
35%
0.13
$54,500
1310 / NA
20
University of California-Los Angeles
$34,300
$23,400
54%
3%
$52,200
1300 / 28
21
Clemson University
$30,300
$22,700
37%
0.24
$53,100
1245 / 29
22
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
$30,800
$22,100
37%
11%
$56,800
1355 / 29
22
Pomona College
$65,200
$24,100
56%
N/A
$49,200
1460 / 33
24
California Institute of Technology
$63,500
$30,100
50%
N/A
$76,000
1545 / 34
25
Saint Johns University
$52,400
$28,300
66%
0.26
$47,400
1096 / 26
26
University of Pennsylvania
$66,800
$26,400
47%
N/A
$60,700
1450 / 32
27
Vanderbilt University
$64,800
$24,600
45%
0.1
$58,300
1490 / 33
28
Earlham College
$56,700
$24,700
64%
11%
$45,600
1245 / 29
29
Washington and Lee University
$62,500
$19,300
41%
0.08
$53,900
1385 / 32
30
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
$27,800
$19,700
37%
5%
$54,000
1230 / 28
31
Brown University
$65,200
$24,600
45%
N/A
$57,500
1435 / 32
31
University of Notre Dame
$65,000
$29,800
43%
7%
$58,700
1430 / 33
33
Dartmouth College
$67,800
$24,500
49%
N/A
$60,200
1455 / 32
34
Wellesley College
$63,600
$24,300
62%
N/A
$49,000
1410 / 31
35
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
$25,700
$17,700
39%
0.07
$63,800
1360 / 30
36
College of William and Mary
$32,400
$14,400
28%
5%
$47,400
1365 / 30
37
Washington State University
$29,300
$23,500
49%
0.02
$49,200
1030 / 22
38
University of Connecticut
$29,400
$20,300
41%
11%
$52,400
1230 / 28
39
Duke University
$66,600
$24,900
41%
0.12
$61,600
1455 / 32
40
Hamilton College
$64,300
$25,800
47%
N/A
$54,800
1385 / 31
41
University of California-Santa Cruz
$35,600
$26,200
67%
0.05
$49,600
1095 / 23
42
Virginia Military Institute
$28,100
$13,800
43%
14%
$56,400
1150 / 25
43
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
$23,600
$16,400
44%
0.09
$58,400
1055 / 22
43
Bowdoin College
$64,100
$25,800
45%
3%
$48,900
1435 / 32
45
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$26,700
$12,900
43%
0.05
$46,500
1305 / 30
46
Davidson College
$63,400
$25,600
48%
7%
$50,000
1335 / 31
47
College of Saint Benedict
$53,900
$30,100
69%
0.24
$41,800
1059 / 26
48
Middlebury College
$63,600
$24,400
42%
N/A
$49,300
1375 / 32
49
Williams College
$66,600
$23,700
50%
N/A
$53,100
1445 / 32
50
The University of Texas at Austin
$27,400
$21,300
35%
1%
$53,000
1260 / 28