The 50 best colleges in America, ranked
50. Colby College
49. Lehigh University
Enrollment: 5,003
Acceptance rate: 26%
Net price: $27,478
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $77,200
48. University of Texas - Austin
Enrollment: 37,234
Acceptance rate: 40%
Net price: $16,010
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $54,900
47. Virginia Tech
Enrollment: 25,213
Acceptance rate: 71%
Net price: $17,190
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $60,500
46. Northeastern University
Enrollment: 13,444
Acceptance rate: 29%
Net price: $29,998
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $64,000
45. Wake Forest University
Enrollment: 4,900
Acceptance rate: 30%
Net price: $23,826
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $60,200
44. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Enrollment: 17,869
Acceptance rate: 27%
Net price: $10,077
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $54,100
43. Bates College
Enrollment: 1,780
Acceptance rate: 23%
Net price: $24,055
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $55,700
42. Williams College
Enrollment: 2,058
Acceptance rate: 18%
Net price: $18,167
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $54,100
41. Claremont McKenna College
Enrollment: 1,346
Acceptance rate: 9%
Net price: $30,527
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $75,000
40. Haverford College
Enrollment: 1,268
Acceptance rate: 21%
Net price: $21,144
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $56,300
39. Wellesley College
Enrollment: 2,347
Acceptance rate: 28%
Net price: $20,013
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $60,100
38. Georgia Institute of Technology
Enrollment: 13,815
Acceptance rate: 26%
Net price: $13,340
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $75,800
37. University of California - Berkeley
Enrollment: 28,108
Acceptance rate: 17%
Net price: $17,160
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $61,800
36. Washington & Lee University
Enrollment: 1,824
Acceptance rate: 24%
Net price: $23,867
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $72,300
35. Carleton College
Enrollment: 2,087
Acceptance rate: 23%
Net price: $28,587
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $52,600
34. Barnard College
Enrollment: 2,461
Acceptance rate: 15%
Net price: $22,815
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $56,400
33. Carnegie Mellon University
Enrollment: 6,069
Acceptance rate: 22%
Net price: $35,250
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $81,800
32. Middlebury College
Enrollment: 2,506
Acceptance rate: 16%
Net price: $21,437
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $55,600
31. United States Military Academy at West Point
Enrollment: $4,389
Acceptance rate: 10%
Net price: $0
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: Not reported
30. Swarthmore College
Enrollment: 1,542
Acceptance rate: 13%
Net price: $19,641
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $52,500
29. University of California - Los Angeles
Enrollment: 30,343
Acceptance rate: 18%
Net price: $14,236
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $58,700
28. University of Virginia
Enrollment: 15,476
Acceptance rate: 30%
Net price: $15,945
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $60,700
27. Emory University
Enrollment: 6,714
Acceptance rate: 25%
Net price: $24,804
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $61,500
26. Johns Hopkins University
Enrollment: 5,621
Acceptance rate: 13%
Net price: $27,352
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $69,800
25. Tufts University
Enrollment: 5,435
Acceptance rate: 14%
Net price: $28,076
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $66,500
24. Amherst College
Enrollment: $1,849
Acceptance rate: 14%
Net price: $19,055
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $59,700
23. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Enrollment: 27,969
Acceptance rate: 29%
Net price: $16,107
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $60,100
22. Georgetown University
Enrollment: 7,056
Acceptance rate: 17%
Net price: $26,625
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $90,100
21. Cornell University
Enrollment: 14,556
Acceptance rate: 14%
Net price: $30,014
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $73,600
20. University of Southern California
Enrollment: 18,195
Acceptance rate: 17%
Net price: $32,932
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $70,400
19. Dartmouth College
Enrollment: 4,270
Acceptance rate: 11%
Net price: $21,177
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $70,000
18. Vanderbilt University
Enrollment: 6,817
Acceptance rate: 11%
Net price: $23,150
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $64,500
17. Bowdoin College
Enrollment: 1,801
Acceptance rate: 15%
Net price: $24,888
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $58,700
16. Pomona College
Enrollment: 1,556
Acceptance rate: 9%
Net price: $18,140
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $56,600
15. University of Chicago
Enrollment: 5,978
Acceptance rate: 8%
Net price: $31,068
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $65,500
14. Northwestern University
Enrollment: 8,298
Acceptance rate: 11%
Net price: $29,326
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $65,900
13. University of Notre Dame
Enrollment: 8,514
Acceptance rate: 19%
Net price: $26,683
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $71,600
12. Rice University
Enrollment: 3,836
Acceptance rate: 15%
Net price: $22,061
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $64,300
11. Washington University in St. Louis
Enrollment: 6,915
Acceptance rate: 17%
Net price: $28,824
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $66,300
10. California Institute of Technology
Enrollment: 979
Acceptance rate: 8%
Net price: $26,839
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $74,200
9. Brown University
Enrollment: 6,565
Acceptance rate: 9%
Net price: $25,264
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $63,100
8. Duke University
Enrollment: 6,577
Acceptance rate: 11%
Net price: $19,950
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $77,900
7. Columbia University
Enrollment: 7,552
Acceptance rate: 7%
Net price: $22,973
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $78,200
6. University of Pennsylvania
Enrollment: 10,468
Acceptance rate: 9%
Net price: $22,944
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $82,400
5. Princeton University
Enrollment: 5,251
Acceptance rate: 7%
Net price: $17,732
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $80,500
4. Yale University
Enrollment: 5,469
Acceptance rate: 6%
Net price: $18,319
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $83,200
3. Harvard University
Enrollment: 7,151
Acceptance rate: 5%
Net price: $16,205
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $90,900
2. Stanford University
Enrollment: 7,034
Acceptance rate: 5%
Net price: $16,695
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $85,700
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Enrollment: 4,476
Acceptance rate: 8%
Net price: $21,576
Median earnings 6 years after graduation: $94,200
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