1
Georgetown University
DC · Acceptance Rate: 13%
Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 7,800
Tuition: $62,052
State: DC
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Middlebury College
VT · Acceptance Rate: 16%
Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 2,800
Tuition: $63,388
State: VT
3
Yale University
CT · Acceptance Rate: 5%
Acceptance Rate: 5%
Enrollment: 6,500
Tuition: $64,700
State: CT
4
Princeton University
NJ · Acceptance Rate: 4%
Acceptance Rate: 4%
Enrollment: 5,600
Tuition: $59,710
State: NJ
5
Harvard University
MA · Acceptance Rate: 3%
Acceptance Rate: 3%
Enrollment: 21,000
Tuition: $62,250
State: MA
6
Columbia University
NY · Acceptance Rate: 4%
Acceptance Rate: 4%
Enrollment: 23,000
Tuition: $65,524
State: NY
7
University of Chicago
IL · Acceptance Rate: 5%
Acceptance Rate: 5%
Enrollment: 7,500
Tuition: $64,260
State: IL
8
Tufts University
MA · Acceptance Rate: 10%
Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 6,700
Tuition: $65,222
State: MA
9
New York University
NY · Acceptance Rate: 13%
Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 28,000
Tuition: $60,438
State: NY
10
American University
DC · Acceptance Rate: 44%
Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 8,500
Tuition: $55,440
State: DC
11
University of Virginia
VA · Acceptance Rate: 19%
Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 17,500
Tuition: $55,914
State: VA
12
University of Michigan
MI · Acceptance Rate: 18%
Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 46,000
Tuition: $55,334
State: MI
13
Tulane University
LA · Acceptance Rate: 15%
Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 8,500
Tuition: $62,844
State: LA
14
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
NC · Acceptance Rate: 19%
Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 30,000
Tuition: $36,776
State: NC
15
Indiana University Bloomington
IN · Acceptance Rate: 80%
Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 45,000
Tuition: $38,332
State: IN
16
Bryn Mawr College
PA · Acceptance Rate: 32%
Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,400
Tuition: $60,360
State: PA
17
Mount Holyoke College
MA · Acceptance Rate: 52%
Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 2,200
Tuition: $58,600
State: MA
18
MIT
MA · Acceptance Rate: 4%
Acceptance Rate: 4%
Enrollment: 4,600
Tuition: $61,990
State: MA
19
Wellesley College
MA · Acceptance Rate: 13%
Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 2,400
Tuition: $62,764
State: MA
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