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Toughest Schools

All-Nighter Hall of Fame

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA 235 3% 57% / 43% 9% $117,893 —
2 Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 1,678 11% 51% / 49% 19% $157,437 —
3 Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 3,875 7% 46% / 54% 10% $113,181 —
4 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 1,344 5% 48% / 52% 13% $103,798 —
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 1,099 5% 51% / 49% 10% $165,471 —
6 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 1,926 5% 53% / 47% 16% $130,457 —

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# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 4,576 15% 62% / 38% 11% $132,716 —
2 Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA
Claremont, CA 209 9% 53% / 47% 7% $141,494 —
3 Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 1,324 4% 48% / 52% 10% $154,667 —
4 Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
Swarthmore, PA 426 7% 48% / 52% 14% $125,231 —
5 University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 9,207 11% 46% / 54% 13% $109,700 —

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# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 4,505 13% 40% / 60% 23% $85,005 —
2 Reed College
Portland, OR
Portland, OR 312 28% 41% / 59% 9% $29,279 —
3 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Troy, NY 1,247 52% 70% / 30% 13% $108,757 —
4 Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Wellesley, MA 597 14% 0% / 100% 14% $71,843 —

The Students Claim They Do

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA
Needham, MA 102 8% 55% / 45% 9% $111,697 —
2 Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA
Grinnell, IA 383 14% 50% / 50% 16% $85,226 —
3 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN
Terre Haute, IN 428 55% 74% / 26% 8% $123,225 —
4 Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA
Gettysburg, PA 554 35% 46% / 54% 5% $84,469 —
5 Centre College
Danville, KY
Danville, KY 299 55% 50% / 50% 2% $69,253 —
6 Lafayette College
Easton, PA
Easton, PA 599 25% 50% / 50% 5% $91,947 —
7 College of the Atlantic
Bar Harbor, ME
Bar Harbor, ME 89 52% 29% / 71% 24% — —
8 Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA
Lewisburg, PA 860 32% 46% / 54% 4% $92,852 —
9 Williams College
Williamstown, MA
Williamstown, MA 493 8% 51% / 49% 7% $103,679 —
10 Saint Olaf College
Northfield, MN
Northfield, MN 646 45% 43% / 57% 10% $69,693 —
11 Colby College
Waterville, ME
Waterville, ME 532 8% 51% / 49% 10% $101,179 —
12 Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Brunswick, ME 482 7% 48% / 52% 6% $128,825 —
13 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 1,994 8% 48% / 52% 8% $119,020 —
14 Amherst College
Amherst, MA
Amherst, MA 486 8% 51% / 49% 12% $140,706 —