Schools in the National Universities category, such as Yale and UCLA, offer a full range of undergraduate majors, master’s, and doctoral degrees. These colleges also are committed to producing groundbreaking research.
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| Score | Costs | 2008 Total enrollment | Fall 2008 Acceptance rate | Compare |
| Rank 1 | Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
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| 100 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,012 | 19,230 | 7.9% | |
| Rank 1 | Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
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| 100 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $35,340 | 7,497 | 9.9% | |
| Rank 3 | Yale University
New Haven, CT |
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| 98 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $36,500 | 11,446 | 8.6% | |
| Rank 4 | California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
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| 93 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $34,584 | 2,126 | 17.4% | |
| Rank 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
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| 93 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,782 | 10,299 | 11.9% | |
| Rank 4 | Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
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| 93 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,881 | 17,833 | 9.5% | |
| Rank 4 | University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
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| 93 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,970 | 19,018 | 16.9% | |
| Rank 8 | Columbia University
New York, NY |
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| 91 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $41,316 | 23,196 | 10.0% | |
| Rank 8 | University of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
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| 91 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,381 | 12,386 | 27.9% | |
| Rank 10 | Duke University
Durham, NC |
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| 90 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,975 | 14,060 | 22.4% | |
| Rank 11 | Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH |
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| 89 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,679 | 5,848 | 13.5% | |
| Rank 12 | Northwestern University
Evanston, IL |
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| 87 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,461 | 18,431 | 26.2% | |
| Rank 12 | Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO |
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| 87 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,864 | 13,338 | 21.7% | |
| Rank 14 | Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD |
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| 86 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,150 | 19,858 | 25.4% | |
| Rank 15 | Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
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| 85 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,954 | 20,273 | 20.7% | |
| Rank 16 | Brown University
Providence, RI |
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| 84 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,848 | 8,318 | 13.7% | |
| Rank 17 | Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
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| 80 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,036 | 12,755 | 26.6% | |
| Rank 17 | Rice University
Houston, TX |
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| 80 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $31,248 | 5,456 | 23.0% | |
| Rank 17 | Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
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| 80 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,579 | 12,093 | 25.3% | |
| Rank 20 | University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
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| 78 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,477 | 11,731 | 26.7% | |
| Rank 21 | University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
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| 76 | 2009-2010 In-state: $8,352; Out-of-state: $30,022 | 35,409 | 21.6% | |
| Rank 22 | Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
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| 75 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,833 | 11,064 | 37.9% | |
| Rank 23 | Georgetown University
Washington, DC |
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| 74 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,212 | 15,318 | 18.8% | |
| Rank 24 | University of California–Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA |
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| 73 | 2009-2010 In-state: $8,228; Out-of-state: $29,897 | 39,650 | 22.8% | |
| Rank 24 | University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA |
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| 73 | 2009-2010 In-state: $9,870; Out-of-state: $31,870 | 24,541 | 36.7% | |
Sourse: Edition 15 Aldea Magazine