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The 100 Most Selective Colleges, Across Every Category

# University Category Degrees Accept RD Yield Earnings ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT p25 SAT p50 SAT p75 Submit %
1 MIT University 1,158 5% 86% $158,428 100 94% — 51% 21% 35% 8% 14% 12% 1520 1550 1570 100%
2 Stanford University 2,153 4% 80% $122,623 99 93% — 49% 23% 29% 8% 17% 13% 1520 1550 1570 77%
3 Princeton University 1,337 4% 75% $107,946 96 95% — 50% 34% 23% 9% 10% 13% 1490 1530 1560 80%
4 Yale University 1,860 3% 68% $115,036 97 94% — 49% 31% 22% 9% 16% 11% 1480 1520 1560 92%
5 Harvard University 2,158 4% 84% $116,868 98 92% — 46% 30% 23% 9% 12% 15% 1440 1500 1550 100%
6 U. of Pennsylvania University 2,917 5% 50% $147,105 100 95% 3.6% 45% 26% 29% 9% 11% 13% 1500 1530 1560 70%
7 Caltech University 250 4% 58% $133,624 99 100% — 55% 19% 36% 4% 18% 14% 1540 1560 1580 100%
8 Duke University 2,258 5% 44% $115,439 97 95% — 46% 34% 21% 9% 11% 12% 1510 1540 1570 75%
9 Johns Hopkins University 1,393 6% 24% $94,049 88 91% — 45% 19% 29% 8% 19% 15% 1530 1550 1560 77%
10 Cornell University 4,187 8% 46% $109,802 95 94% — 46% 31% 26% 7% 13% 10% 1490 1520 1550 56%
11 Brown University 1,904 6% 45% $113,220 97 92% — 50% 33% 23% 8% 12% 13% 1470 1510 1550 100%
12 Dartmouth University 1,357 6% 47% $105,723 94 96% — 51% 44% 13% 6% 10% 14% 1440 1500 1550 100%
13 Vanderbilt University 1,830 5% 44% $100,153 91 95% — 48% 39% 19% 9% 11% 11% 1510 1540 1560 52%
14 Columbia University 2,496 5% 46% $107,738 95 90% — 51% 27% 19% 7% 15% 20% 1510 1540 1560 67%
15 Rice University 1,352 8% 27% $109,149 96 94% — 50% 26% 29% 8% 17% 13% 1510 1540 1560 83%
16 Northwestern University 2,431 7% 36% $92,655 86 96% 2.5% 46% 30% 21% 8% 16% 12% 1510 1540 1560 69%
17 U. of Chicago University 2,085 5% 73% $121,990 98 94% — 54% 30% 20% 7% 17% 17% 1500 1530 1560 82%
18 Carnegie Mellon University 1,893 11% 38% $147,224 100 96% — 51% 21% 34% 4% 10% 19% 1500 1530 1560 84%
19 Washington University in St Louis University 2,170 12% 24% $102,081 91 99% — 47% 39% 22% 8% 13% 9% 1500 1530 1550 61%
20 U. of Notre Dame Religious University 2,198 9% 64% $104,163 93 95% — 51% 59% 6% 5% 15% 7% 1460 1500 1540 67%
21 Georgetown Religious University 1,868 14% 44% $95,834 89 93% — 41% 48% 16% 5% 6% 14% 1400 1470 1530 100%
22 U. of California, Berkeley Public University 10,346 11% 46% $99,940 96 93% — 44% 20% 36% 2% 22% 10% — — — —
23 Georgia Tech Public University 4,872 13% 46% $114,357 99 95% — 60% 34% 34% 8% 9% 8% 1370 1460 1530 100%
24 UCLA Public University 9,759 9% 48% $72,501 73 91% — 40% 24% 29% 3% 24% 8% — — — —
25 Harvey Mudd STEM, Business & Military 228 12% 24% $155,129 100 93% — 49% 25% 20% 5% 22% 11% 1500 1530 1560 76%
26 Williams Liberal Arts 575 9% 29% $94,459 88 91% — 48% 46% 12% 6% 14% 9% 1490 1520 1550 61%
27 Amherst Liberal Arts 537 8% 27% $98,620 91 93% — 45% 36% 16% 9% 14% 13% 1470 1510 1540 56%
28 Pomona Liberal Arts 465 7% 29% $96,175 91 96% — 44% 29% 18% 9% 17% 14% 1490 1520 1550 49%
29 Swarthmore Liberal Arts 456 8% 26% $93,979 88 97% — 48% 30% 17% 9% 15% 13% 1480 1520 1550 55%
30 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor Public University 9,047 16% 45% $94,104 87 95% 5.2% 46% 46% 18% 5% 12% 8% 1370 1460 1530 73%
31 U. of Southern California University 5,846 11% 40% $83,730 78 93% 2.8% 48% 25% 23% 7% 20% 13% 1470 1510 1540 45%
32 Bowdoin Liberal Arts 528 7% 33% $94,964 88 95% — 48% 53% 11% 5% 15% 7% 1470 1510 1540 52%
33 Claremont McKenna Liberal Arts 374 9% 27% $99,405 92 91% — 50% 36% 17% 4% 15% 15% 1480 1510 1540 48%
34 U. of Virginia Public University 4,564 16% 30% $95,794 90 95% — 45% 48% 20% 7% 8% 5% 1410 1460 1510 60%
35 Tufts University 1,843 11% 27% $89,037 83 94% — 43% 41% 17% 6% 10% 13% 1460 1490 1520 58%
36 Barnard Liberal Arts 873 10% 40% $80,843 75 93% — 0% 32% 22% 6% 14% 16% 1480 1510 1540 54%
37 Emory University 2,326 10% 14% $88,907 83 92% — 43% 30% 25% 10% 12% 16% 1480 1510 1540 68%
38 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Public University 9,218 37% 30% $91,393 92 96% 5.6% 52% 38% 23% 5% 15% 14% 1390 1460 1520 57%
39 New York University University 7,603 9% 32% $86,970 83 93% 3.8% 41% 22% 22% 7% 14% 27% 1480 1520 1550 37%
40 U. of Florida Public University 9,841 20% 41% $74,362 84 95% 5.3% 45% 49% 12% 5% 25% 3% 1330 1410 1490 100%
41 U. of Texas at Austin Public University 10,973 27% 49% $81,043 84 94% — 42% 30% 25% 5% 28% 5% 1320 1450 1530 74%
42 Colby Liberal Arts 619 8% 22% $88,337 82 96% — 49% 55% 10% 5% 8% 11% 1460 1510 1550 52%
43 Middlebury Liberal Arts 809 13% 17% $87,150 81 94% — 46% 55% 7% 5% 12% 12% 1460 1500 1530 49%
44 Boston University University 5,291 13% 16% $79,958 73 94% 4.9% 41% 32% 21% 6% 12% 21% 1420 1470 1510 46%
45 Purdue Public University 10,832 43% 25% $87,836 91 96% — 60% 54% 15% 3% 7% 10% 1220 1350 1470 100%
46 U. of Maryland, College Park Public University 8,617 45% 22% $86,660 90 95% — 51% 39% 24% 13% 11% 3% 1410 1470 1520 44%
47 Babson STEM, Business & Military 762 16% 25% $103,575 96 94% — 57% 28% 13% 5% 17% 29% 1410 1460 1510 28%
48 Colorado School of Mines STEM, Business & Military 1,372 29% 23% $101,484 96 97% — 68% 67% 6% 1% 14% 3% 1320 1400 1480 60%
49 Olin College of Engineering STEM, Business & Military 94 8% 44% $112,036 97 94% — 53% 42% 24% 2% 13% 7% 1490 1530 1560 25%
50 Lehigh University 1,448 29% 12% $99,710 91 96% — 52% 60% 11% 5% 11% 6% 1380 1430 1480 43%
51 Northeastern University 6,004 17% 25% $95,777 90 95% — 43% 41% 23% 5% 10% 12% 1440 1480 1510 28%
52 Boston College Religious University 2,567 14% 24% $92,653 86 96% — 48% 57% 11% 5% 12% 7% 1440 1490 1540 45%
53 Wake Forest University 1,332 18% 22% $97,159 88 96% — 45% 65% 5% 6% 10% 6% 1420 1460 1490 46%
54 Villanova Religious University 1,875 27% 13% $94,405 87 97% 7.5% 45% 69% 7% 6% 11% 2% 1420 1460 1490 28%
55 George Washington University 2,607 47% 13% $86,527 82 93% 2.7% 36% 48% 16% 8% 14% 8% 1310 1380 1450 50%
56 U. of Rochester University 2,006 42% 9% $86,520 82 96% 4.8% 48% 38% 19% 5% 8% 23% 1400 1460 1510 22%
57 U. of California, San Diego Public University 9,717 29% 20% $76,415 76 93% — 45% 17% 34% 2% 27% 11% — — — —
58 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Public University 9,241 41% 28% $82,853 85 96% 3.7% 47% 58% 11% 2% 9% 11% 1400 1450 1490 41%
59 Case Western Reserve University 1,552 35% 10% $84,868 78 95% — 52% 33% 31% 6% 12% 11% 1440 1490 1530 67%
60 William & Mary Public University 1,899 37% 17% $80,361 81 94% — 41% 63% 11% 5% 9% 3% 1390 1460 1520 62%
61 Washington & Lee Liberal Arts 463 14% 23% $88,890 83 97% — 49% 68% 5% 5% 9% 8% 1430 1480 1530 52%
62 United States Air Force Academy STEM, Business & Military 919 12% 78% $89,269 — — — 71% 63% 8% 5% 11% 1% 1230 1340 1440 100%
63 Wellesley Liberal Arts 573 15% 29% $79,349 74 97% — 0% 30% 26% 8% 14% 13% 1460 1500 1540 62%
64 Haverford Liberal Arts 399 13% 25% $77,187 65 96% — 43% 49% 13% 5% 11% 11% 1460 1500 1530 54%
65 United States Naval Academy STEM, Business & Military 1,064 9% 84% $84,655 — — — 70% 55% 10% 7% 15% 1% 1210 1310 1410 100%
66 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public University 5,629 17% 40% $79,521 82 95% — 39% 53% 16% 7% 10% 6% 1400 1460 1520 69%
67 Davidson Liberal Arts 509 13% 22% $78,802 71 — — 46% 61% 5% 7% 11% 11% 1410 1460 1500 50%
68 Cooper Union STEM, Business & Military 209 12% 42% $75,543 79 91% — 47% 28% 31% 6% 13% 11% 1290 1410 1500 39%
69 United States Military Academy STEM, Business & Military 1,041 12% 78% $81,513 — — — 78% 64% 12% 9% 12% 1% 1200 1320 1430 100%
70 Carleton Liberal Arts 517 22% 21% $79,681 71 96% — 50% 51% 10% 6% 10% 10% 1460 1500 1530 64%
71 Hamilton Liberal Arts 564 14% 18% $76,062 67 93% — 45% 62% 9% 3% 10% 8% 1440 1480 1510 48%
72 Colgate Liberal Arts 830 18% 13% $86,234 81 94% — 43% 64% 5% 4% 10% 8% 1450 1480 1510 39%
73 College of the Holy Cross Liberal Arts 747 18% 28% $81,387 78 96% — 46% 68% 3% 5% 13% 3% 1240 1330 1410 45%
74 Tulane University 2,311 14% 18% $82,289 72 95% — 38% 66% 5% 6% 11% 5% 1430 1470 1500 38%
75 U. of Georgia Public University 8,731 34% 38% $75,972 84 95% 5.5% 43% 65% 13% 6% 8% 1% 1250 1340 1420 100%
76 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo STEM, Business & Military 5,236 30% 26% $83,245 90 97% — 48% 48% 14% 1% 25% 1% 1240 1330 1420 23%
77 Stevens Institute of Technology STEM, Business & Military 1,068 51% 16% $103,385 94 96% — 66% 47% 21% 3% 17% 3% 1370 1420 1470 40%
78 U. of Washington Public University 8,715 42% 23% $76,569 82 93% 4.0% 43% 33% 27% 4% 11% 12% 1320 1410 1500 24%
79 Texas A&M University - College Station Public University 14,073 52% 38% $82,409 86 96% 3.6% 53% 52% 14% 3% 26% 1% 1160 1280 1390 95%
80 Worcester Polytechnic Institute STEM, Business & Military 1,298 62% 13% $104,517 95 97% — 67% 65% 13% 3% 8% 6% 1300 1380 1460 95%
81 U. of Miami University 3,608 18% 18% $70,704 60 92% — 45% 49% 5% 7% 25% 7% 1350 1400 1450 51%
82 North Carolina State Public University 6,767 40% 30% $77,016 84 96% 6.0% 50% 66% 10% 6% 10% 2% 1310 1380 1440 40%
83 Virginia Tech Public University 7,688 55% 23% $85,604 90 95% — 57% 57% 14% 6% 10% 5% 1270 1360 1440 50%
84 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute STEM, Business & Military 1,266 63% 11% $107,025 96 96% — 69% 45% 22% 5% 11% 7% 1380 1440 1500 66%
85 Auburn Public University 6,090 47% 24% $75,984 81 96% — 49% 83% 3% 4% 5% 2% 1260 1330 1390 90%
86 Grinnell Liberal Arts 453 14% 14% $75,627 60 97% — 46% 48% 10% 5% 9% 21% 1410 1480 1540 50%
87 Santa Clara Religious University 1,601 48% 13% $98,246 92 96% — 50% 37% 21% 3% 20% 8% 1330 1400 1470 38%
88 Pennsylvania State Public University 10,913 55% 16% $81,847 86 95% — 53% 63% 8% 5% 9% 10% 1280 1350 1410 34%
89 U. of California, Santa Barbara Public University 6,557 38% 12% $72,188 73 93% — 42% 31% 18% 2% 28% 9% — — — —
90 U. of California, Davis Public University 9,107 46% 14% $69,858 69 93% 2.1% 41% 20% 31% 2% 25% 13% — — — —
91 Southern Methodist Religious University 1,939 48% 15% $89,607 83 96% — 49% 56% 8% 6% 18% 4% 1340 1420 1490 25%
92 Texas Christian Religious University 2,828 48% 18% $81,922 77 96% — 39% 62% 3% 4% 19% 5% 1110 1220 1330 48%
93 Ohio State Public University 11,332 49% 21% $76,205 79 95% 6.3% 49% 59% 11% 8% 6% 8% 1300 1370 1440 67%
94 Clemson Public University 6,137 42% 21% $74,610 78 96% 3.4% 46% 76% 3% 5% 9% 1% 1250 1330 1400 55%
95 U. of California, Irvine Public University 8,480 29% 18% $68,205 66 93% — 44% 13% 37% 2% 27% 12% — — — —
96 Stony Brook Public University 4,690 48% 13% $72,740 83 93% 2.3% 49% 24% 36% 6% 16% 10% 1350 1410 1470 42%
97 Brandeis University 922 45% 12% $71,549 58 92% — 43% 41% 18% 6% 9% 19% 1370 1420 1470 36%
98 U. of Colorado Boulder Public University 7,162 71% 14% $74,939 78 94% 3.2% 52% 67% 6% 2% 14% 3% 1240 1340 1430 24%
99 Florida State Public University 10,022 24% 32% $67,561 82 95% — 43% 57% 4% 7% 24% 2% 1300 1360 1410 100%
100 Binghamton Public University 3,842 37% 16% $77,143 87 95% — 48% 51% 19% 5% 14% 4% 1340 1420 1500 53%