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National & Regional Private Universities

# University Accept RD Yield SAT Submit % Degrees Earn z Earnings ROI Employ
1 MIT 5% 86% 1550 100% 1,158 +2.65 $158,428 100 94%
2 Caltech 4% 51% 1560 100% 250 +1.86 $133,624 99 100%
3 Stanford 4% 80% 1550 77% 2,153 +2.09 $122,623 99 93%
4 Yale 3% 68% 1520 92% 1,860 +2.55 $115,036 97 94%
5 Harvard 4% 84% 1500 100% 2,158 +2.32 $116,868 98 92%
6 U. of Chicago 5% 73% 1540 76% 2,085 +2.13 $121,990 98 94%
7 Princeton 4% 75% 1530 80% 1,337 +1.61 $107,946 96 95%
8 Brown 6% 45% 1510 100% 1,904 +1.38 $113,220 97 92%
9 Dartmouth 6% 47% 1500 100% 1,357 +1.96 $105,723 94 96%
10 U. of Pennsylvania 5% 50% 1540 67% 2,917 +3.65 $147,105 100 95%
11 Duke 5% 44% 1540 75% 2,258 +2.48 $115,439 97 95%
12 Columbia 4% 41% 1540 63% 2,496 +1.68 $107,738 95 90%
13 Johns Hopkins 6% 24% 1550 77% 1,393 +1.12 $94,049 88 91%
14 Rice 8% 27% 1540 83% 1,352 +1.69 $109,149 96 94%
15 Carnegie Mellon 11% 38% 1530 84% 1,893 +2.61 $147,257 100 96%
16 Northwestern 7% 36% 1540 69% 2,431 +1.47 $92,655 86 96%
17 Georgetown 14% 44% 1470 100% 1,868 +1.58 $95,834 89 93%
18 Vanderbilt 5% 44% 1540 52% 1,830 +2.21 $100,153 91 95%
19 Cornell 8% 46% 1520 56% 4,187 +1.87 $109,802 96 94%
20 Emory 10% 14% 1510 68% 2,326 +1.40 $88,907 83 92%
21 Washington University in St Louis 12% 24% 1530 61% 2,170 +1.64 $101,892 91 99%
22 Tufts 11% 27% 1490 58% 1,843 +0.67 $89,037 83 94%
23 U. of Southern California 11% 40% 1510 45% 5,846 +0.65 $83,729 78 93%
24 New York University 9% 32% 1520 37% 7,603 +1.15 $86,970 84 93%
25 Wake Forest 18% 36% 1460 46% 1,332 +1.92 $97,158 88 96%
26 Boston University 13% 16% 1470 46% 5,291 +0.54 $80,064 74 94%
27 Tulane 14% 18% 1470 38% 2,311 +0.95 $82,289 72 95%
28 Case Western Reserve 35% 10% 1490 67% 1,552 +0.22 $84,868 78 95%
29 Northeastern 22% 18% 1480 28% 6,004 +0.99 $95,800 90 95%
30 Lehigh 29% 12% 1430 43% 1,448 +1.44 $99,678 91 96%
31 U. of Miami 17% 15% 1400 52% 3,608 -0.08 $70,626 60 92%
32 U. of Richmond 22% 13% 1460 33% 881 +0.88 $81,789 77 96%
33 Thomas 29% 64% 1110 32% 177 +0.38 $61,483 77 93%
34 Hampton 32% 10% 940 65% 489 -0.36 $61,629 66 95%
35 Tuskegee 32% 14% 1120 26% 444 -0.61 $61,265 65 93%
36 Syracuse 35% 12% 1360 31% 3,571 +0.70 $75,320 68 96%
37 Clark Atlanta 38% 6% — — 616 -1.09 $47,198 28 93%
38 U. of Tampa 39% 17% — — 2,755 -0.27 $64,148 69 96%
39 Clark 40% 9% 1370 21% 476 -0.08 $60,615 38 96%
40 Stetson 40% 7% 1170 28% 469 -0.76 $55,142 22 96%
41 U. of Rochester 42% 9% 1460 22% 2,006 +0.60 $86,520 82 96%
42 Jacksonville 42% 16% 1190 41% 616 +0.12 $73,250 75 95%
43 Howard 42% 14% 1160 62% 2,266 -0.36 $62,432 67 95%
44 Brandeis 45% 12% 1420 36% 922 +0.23 $71,549 58 92%
45 Webber International 46% 23% — — 157 -1.77 $43,482 16 98%
46 George Washington 47% 13% 1380 50% 2,607 +1.32 $86,527 82 93%
47 Stevens Institute of Technology 51% 16% 1420 40% 1,068 +0.19 $103,385 94 96%
48 Lake Erie 55% 20% — — 154 -0.38 $55,419 39 95%
49 Marist 56% 17% 1270 14% 1,226 +0.88 $73,371 76 97%
50 Hofstra 58% 10% 1320 29% 1,393 +0.13 $65,283 53 94%
51 Webster 59% 13% 1210 25% 511 -0.58 $54,937 44 95%
52 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 60% 7% 1250 41% 137 -0.85 $74,195 80 90%
53 Quinnipiac 60% 11% 1240 25% 1,597 +0.58 $77,590 77 98%
54 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 62% 13% 1380 95% 1,298 +0.45 $104,517 95 97%
55 Drake 62% 10% 1230 23% 750 +0.63 $73,852 69 95%
56 Elon 63% 11% — — 1,443 +0.87 $77,750 79 97%
57 Goldey-Beacom 63% 20% — — 155 -0.69 $55,621 65 95%
58 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 63% 11% 1440 66% 1,266 +0.71 $107,025 96 96%
59 Hobart William Smith Colleges 64% 11% 1290 29% 363 +0.38 $66,975 50 96%
60 Hawaii Pacific 65% 4% 1100 24% 549 -0.29 $64,803 71 92%
61 Indiana Institute of Technology 65% 13% — — 222 -0.74 $67,435 73 97%
62 Florida Institute of Technology 66% 9% 1220 100% 808 -0.23 $82,757 86 95%
63 Illinois Institute of Technology 66% 7% 1310 38% 614 -0.51 $85,055 85 93%
64 Alfred 67% 10% 1200 71% 296 -1.11 $51,906 32 95%
65 Rockford 67% 13% 960 35% 232 -0.51 $61,561 59 98%
66 Bradley 68% 11% — — 870 +0.01 $71,376 75 97%
67 Westminster 69% 14% 1210 46% 208 -0.58 $62,902 55 97%
68 Lincoln Memorial 70% 15% 1110 75% 309 -0.79 $62,907 68 97%
69 U. of Charleston 70% 16% — — 896 -0.09 $72,741 78 96%
70 Rochester Institute of Technology 71% 9% 1380 49% 2,640 +0.29 $88,317 87 96%
71 Aurora 72% 15% 1030 20% 1,240 -0.26 $60,944 65 95%
72 Delaware Valley 72% 20% 1200 73% 367 -0.63 $50,014 19 97%
73 Lasell 72% 14% — — 225 -0.59 $52,943 52 96%
74 Lesley 72% 8% — — 305 -0.36 $48,324 30 97%
75 Long Island 72% 8% 1230 28% 1,238 +0.56 $79,088 84 95%
76 MCPHS 72% 13% — — 838 -0.09 $74,627 81 98%
77 Mercy 72% 14% — — 1,251 +0.11 $71,187 84 94%
78 Robert Morris 72% 10% — — 615 -0.54 $67,735 72 99%
79 Roger Williams 72% 13% 1230 21% 918 +0.32 $67,612 67 97%
80 Suffolk 72% 11% 1200 14% 884 -0.05 $65,394 62 94%
81 U. of La Verne 72% 10% — — 832 +0.03 $62,771 56 92%
82 U. of New England 72% 12% — — 479 +0.05 $65,920 62 97%
83 U. of New Haven 72% 10% 1160 26% 969 -0.13 $62,232 54 98%
84 Wilkes 72% 9% 1140 21% 450 -0.32 $65,033 62 98%
85 Russell Sage 73% 19% — — 329 -0.58 $59,814 58 96%
86 U. of Bridgeport 73% 4% — — 394 +0.57 $78,284 85 97%
87 Tiffin 74% 10% 1010 71% 412 +0.03 $64,086 64 98%
88 Bluffton 75% 9% 1000 77% 126 -0.65 $53,592 34 97%
89 Clarkson 75% 7% 1300 62% 650 -0.38 $82,877 82 97%
90 Lindenwood 75% 14% — — 1,022 -0.28 $62,602 71 96%
91 Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science 75% 19% — — 155 -0.81 $48,733 32 97%
92 Adelphi 77% 10% 1230 16% 1,168 +0.52 $74,026 76 95%
93 Springfield 77% 19% — — 440 +0.34 $64,023 61 98%
94 Daemen 78% 11% — — 396 +0.32 $63,918 69 98%
95 Ithaca 78% 11% 1310 25% 963 -0.14 $56,219 31 96%
96 Pace 78% 8% 1260 16% 1,804 +0.35 $69,016 65 93%
97 Thomas Jefferson 78% 12% 1250 25% 1,066 +0.56 $79,153 81 95%
98 Marietta 78% 12% 1030 65% 232 -0.18 $65,102 62 98%
99 Trine 79% 19% — — 470 -0.49 $70,999 75 95%
100 U. of Hartford 79% 10% 1220 24% 776 -0.37 $63,404 55 98%
101 U. of the Pacific 79% 14% 1350 26% 800 +0.96 $79,746 80 95%
102 Curry 80% 11% — — 410 -0.38 $65,856 63 96%
103 New York Institute of Technology 80% 8% 1310 24% 621 -0.10 $74,860 79 93%
104 Butler 81% 13% 1260 54% 902 -0.20 $62,656 49 98%
105 Husson 82% 18% — — 548 -0.63 $57,399 62 98%
106 Point Park 82% 10% — — 530 -0.92 $46,135 15 95%
107 Rider 82% 9% 1210 14% 758 -0.26 $59,443 55 95%
108 Drexel 82% 8% 1340 39% 2,830 +0.58 $84,904 81 95%
109 Lynn 83% 13% 1120 20% 543 -1.29 $50,656 23 92%
110 Manhattanville 83% 11% — — 319 -0.22 $64,021 62 96%
111 Monmouth 84% 10% 1230 20% 943 -0.08 $62,407 57 97%
112 Davenport 85% 11% — — 702 -0.73 $67,103 77 96%
113 Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham 85% 10% — — 478 -0.51 $56,922 51 95%
114 Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus 85% 11% — — 576 -0.52 $58,030 54 94%
115 Harrisburg University of Science and Technology 85% 9% — — 117 -1.08 $58,019 62 93%
116 Keystone 85% 10% — — 156 -1.43 $46,128 37 94%
117 New England 85% 9% — — 199 -1.01 $48,817 21 94%
118 Widener 85% 14% — — 563 +0.38 $79,782 78 97%
119 U. of Denver 85% 7% 1260 36% 1,493 +0.23 $71,410 61 95%
120 Norwich 87% 13% — — 682 +0.58 $80,604 82 91%
121 Utica 89% 12% — — 641 -0.17 $70,153 82 97%
122 Western New England 91% 8% 1200 16% 615 -0.07 $70,546 72 100%
123 Stevenson 91% 17% — — 635 -0.15 $67,784 71 95%
124 Culinary Institute of America 92% 31% 1050 15% 394 -0.82 $46,052 18 95%
125 Maryville University of Saint Louis 92% 20% — — 1,077 -0.21 $66,428 74 98%
126 Roosevelt 92% 9% 1030 27% 588 -0.53 $54,005 56 94%
127 Nova Southeastern 93% 16% 1170 58% 2,143 -0.12 $77,028 83 93%
128 Thomas College 95% 16% — — 165 -0.83 $54,950 47 96%
129 National-Louis 97% 17% — — 929 -0.58 $52,971 62 92%
130 Bellevue 100% — — — 2,268 +0.22 $58,606 71 99%
131 Boricua 100% — — — 54 -0.26 $48,324 54 89%
132 Heritage 100% — — — 155 -0.06 $57,824 68 93%
133 National 100% — — — 1,876 -0.24 $65,309 83 92%
134 Park 100% — — — 1,110 -0.47 $64,021 76 98%
135 Turtle Mountain Community 100% — — — 15 +1.31 $64,993 83 100%
136 United Tribes Technical 100% — — — 34 -0.09 $57,933 73 —
137 U. of Rio Grande 100% — — — 174 -0.53 $57,964 63 95%
138 West Coast University - Ontario 100% — — — 994 +1.21 $100,598 97 98%
139 West Coast University - Orange County 100% — — — 1,283 +0.86 $95,044 97 97%
140 Wilmington 100% — — — 1,571 -0.65 $51,276 58 —