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#	Institution	Tuition	Avg Earnings	Grad Rate	State
1	California Institute of Technology Private Non-Profit	$63,255	$132,140	94%	CA
2	Harvard University Private Non-Profit	$59,076	$99,572	98%	MA
3	Minerva University Private Non-Profit	$18,700	$0	86%	CA
4	Stanford University Private Non-Profit	$62,484	$102,887	94%	CA
5	Columbia University in the City of New York Private Non-Profit	$69,045	$88,535	95%	NY
6	Yale University Private Non-Profit	$64,700	$81,765	97%	CT
7	Princeton University Private Non-Profit	$59,710	$87,815	97%	NJ
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Private Non-Profit	$60,156	$131,633	96%	MA
9	University of Chicago Private Non-Profit	$66,939	$80,870	95%	IL
10	Brown University Private Non-Profit	$68,230	$79,131	96%	RI
11	Northeastern University Private Non-Profit	$63,141	$78,413	91%	MA
12	University of Pennsylvania Private Non-Profit	$66,104	$90,555	97%	PA
13	Dartmouth College Private Non-Profit	$65,739	$82,541	95%	NH
14	Vanderbilt University Private Non-Profit	$63,946	$73,909	93%	TN
15	Pomona College Private Non-Profit	$62,326	$60,850	94%	CA
16	Colby College Private Non-Profit	$66,600	$60,052	89%	ME
17	Duke University Private Non-Profit	$65,805	$85,792	96%	NC
18	Swarthmore College Private Non-Profit	$62,412	$56,211	94%	PA
19	Curtis Institute of Music Private Non-Profit	$6,000	$31,201	89%	PA
20	Northwestern University Private Non-Profit	$65,997	$76,844	96%	IL
21	Johns Hopkins University Private Non-Profit	$63,340	$86,306	94%	MD
22	Rice University Private Non-Profit	$58,128	$79,751	95%	TX
23	Bowdoin College Private Non-Profit	$64,910	$61,692	95%	ME
24	Barnard College Private Non-Profit	$66,246	$60,411	92%	NY
25	Cornell University Private Non-Profit	$66,014	$87,830	95%	NY
26	University of California-Los Angeles Public	$13,747	$59,063	93%	CA
27	The Juilliard School Private Non-Profit	$56,550	$22,129	90%	NY
28	United States Naval Academy Public	$0	$0	91%	MD
29	New York University Private Non-Profit	$60,438	$64,543	88%	NY
30	Amherst College Private Non-Profit	$67,280	$62,537	93%	MA
31	Pacific Oaks College Private Non-Profit	$33,360	$47,962	N/A	CA
32	University of Southern California Private Non-Profit	$68,237	$74,461	92%	CA
33	Williams College Private Non-Profit	$64,860	$71,754	96%	MA
34	Tufts University Private Non-Profit	$67,844	$68,337	94%	MA
35	Middlebury College Private Non-Profit	$65,280	$57,291	93%	VT
36	Boston University Private Non-Profit	$65,168	$65,655	90%	MA
37	Claremont McKenna College Private Non-Profit	$64,150	$87,603	93%	CA
38	Emory University Private Non-Profit	$60,774	$74,980	91%	GA
39	Carnegie Mellon University Private Non-Profit	$63,829	$105,360	92%	PA
40	Washington University of Science and Technology Private For-Profit	$13,178	$0	76%	VA
41	University of California-Berkeley Public	$14,850	$74,919	94%	CA
42	Hamilton College Private Non-Profit	$65,740	$60,082	92%	NY
43	Washington University in St Louis Private Non-Profit	$62,982	$78,073	94%	MO
44	Colgate University Private Non-Profit	$67,024	$64,949	91%	NY
45	University of Notre Dame Private Non-Profit	$62,693	$86,210	97%	IN
46	Grinnell College Private Non-Profit	$64,862	$49,004	88%	IA
47	Haverford College Private Non-Profit	$68,300	$53,353	90%	PA
48	Bates College Private Non-Profit	$63,478	$59,202	92%	ME
49	Harvey Mudd College Private Non-Profit	$66,255	$115,107	93%	CA
50	Georgetown University Private Non-Profit	$65,081	$83,222	95%	DC

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This ranking is based on data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which provides comprehensive information about colleges and universities across the country.

Institutions are ranked by most selective metrics using the most recently available data. Only institutions with complete data for the ranking criteria are included.

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