Major research universities: list & costs

Extremely selective

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

9.0% admitted · $14,659/yr after aid

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA

27% admitted · $14,794/yr after aid

Very selective

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

11% admitted · $14,538/yr after aid

University of California-Irvine

Irvine, CA

29% admitted · $13,866/yr after aid

Extremely selective

New York University

New York, NY

9.2% admitted · $35,737/yr after aid

University of California-Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

33% admitted · $16,807/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Northeastern University

Boston, MA

5.2% admitted · $29,060/yr after aid

University of California-Davis

Davis, CA

42% admitted · $14,318/yr after aid

Very selective

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

16% admitted · $14,362/yr after aid

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

University Park, PA

61% admitted · $33,675/yr after aid

Extremely selective

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

9.8% admitted · $33,056/yr after aid

Very selective

Boston University

Boston, MA

11% admitted · $36,503/yr after aid

Very selective

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

24% admitted · $8,605/yr after aid

Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

50% admitted · $14,851/yr after aid

Ohio State University-Main Campus

Columbus, OH

61% admitted · $17,269/yr after aid

University of California-Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

66% admitted · $18,549/yr after aid

Arizona State University Campus Immersion

Tempe, AZ

90% admitted · $14,694/yr after aid

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

42% admitted · $13,042/yr after aid

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

27% admitted · $18,554/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

8.8% admitted · $33,934/yr after aid

Very selective

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

24% admitted · $5,969/yr after aid

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

43% admitted · $8,648/yr after aid

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

45% admitted · $16,600/yr after aid

University of California-Riverside

Riverside, CA

76% admitted · $12,672/yr after aid

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA

39% admitted · $13,663/yr after aid

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

40% admitted · $11,516/yr after aid

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

38% admitted · $22,032/yr after aid

Extremely selective

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

5.4% admitted · $29,577/yr after aid

University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, MD

45% admitted · $14,296/yr after aid

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

85% admitted · $21,322/yr after aid

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

77% admitted · $20,202/yr after aid

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, PA

58% admitted · $29,362/yr after aid

Very selective

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

15% admitted · $11,305/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

4.0% admitted · $15,370/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

3.7% admitted · $19,148/yr after aid

Very selective

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

17% admitted · $18,056/yr after aid

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

86% admitted · $17,125/yr after aid

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, CO

78% admitted · $23,708/yr after aid

Indiana University-Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

78% admitted · $16,003/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

3.6% admitted · $12,307/yr after aid

Very selective

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA

14% admitted · $12,028/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Yale University

New Haven, CT

3.9% admitted · $11,340/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

7.7% admitted · $34,420/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Brown University

Providence, RI

5.4% admitted · $26,976/yr after aid

Texas A&M University-College Station

College Station, TX

57% admitted · $21,527/yr after aid

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, TN

42% admitted · $18,314/yr after aid

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, MA

60% admitted · $22,857/yr after aid

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

49% admitted · $18,902/yr after aid

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

39% admitted · $20,907/yr after aid

Very selective

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

19% admitted · $36,483/yr after aid

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

46% admitted · $25,424/yr after aid

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA

55% admitted · $25,808/yr after aid

University of South Carolina-Columbia

Columbia, SC

60% admitted · $22,197/yr after aid

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

52% admitted · $24,342/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Duke University

Durham, NC

5.7% admitted · $23,706/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

5.9% admitted · $15,497/yr after aid

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

38% admitted · $13,636/yr after aid

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ

58% admitted · $24,897/yr after aid

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, LA

73% admitted · $19,286/yr after aid

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

46% admitted · $43,336/yr after aid

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

79% admitted · $37,529/yr after aid

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, NC

42% admitted · $16,486/yr after aid

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

80% admitted · $17,330/yr after aid

Baylor University

Waco, TX

51% admitted · $44,441/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

4.6% admitted · $7,815/yr after aid

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

88% admitted · $22,547/yr after aid

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

37% admitted · $44,622/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

6.4% admitted · $18,431/yr after aid

Extremely selective

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

4.5% admitted · $16,776/yr after aid

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

74% admitted · $21,775/yr after aid

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

71% admitted · $16,337/yr after aid

University of North Texas

Denton, TX

72% admitted · $15,358/yr after aid

Colorado State University-Fort Collins

Fort Collins, CO

89% admitted · $22,247/yr after aid

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

80% admitted · $23,058/yr after aid

Very selective

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

16% admitted · $38,930/yr after aid

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

73% admitted · $19,890/yr after aid

Very selective

Tufts University

Medford, MA

12% admitted · $38,797/yr after aid

Very selective

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

12% admitted · $35,780/yr after aid

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Cincinnati, OH

85% admitted · $24,917/yr after aid

Very selective

Washington University in St Louis

St. Louis, MO

12% admitted · $13,360/yr after aid

Very selective

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

11% admitted · $16,754/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Rice University

Houston, TX

8.0% admitted · $11,164/yr after aid

University at Albany

Albany, NY

69% admitted · $18,266/yr after aid

University of Houston

Houston, TX

74% admitted · $11,439/yr after aid

Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA

55% admitted · $12,365/yr after aid

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX

65% admitted · $15,271/yr after aid

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

77% admitted · $21,504/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

5.4% admitted · $26,707/yr after aid

Very selective

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

11% admitted · $25,339/yr after aid

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

93% admitted · $18,868/yr after aid

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

74% admitted · $17,571/yr after aid

Very selective

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, LA

14% admitted · $40,693/yr after aid

University of Mississippi

University, MS

97% admitted · $13,752/yr after aid

George Washington University

Washington, DC

47% admitted · $35,760/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

4.6% admitted · $14,815/yr after aid

Washington State University

Pullman, WA

87% admitted · $13,462/yr after aid

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

84% admitted · $22,508/yr after aid

Ohio University-Main Campus

Athens, OH

85% admitted · $20,666/yr after aid

Very selective

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

13% admitted · $33,661/yr after aid

University of Illinois Chicago

Chicago, IL

77% admitted · $9,540/yr after aid

Florida International University

Miami, FL

55% admitted · $11,462/yr after aid

The University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington, TX

80% admitted · $17,040/yr after aid

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

86% admitted · $27,314/yr after aid

Iowa State University

Ames, IA

89% admitted · $18,517/yr after aid

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

88% admitted · $14,697/yr after aid

The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

87% admitted · $9,872/yr after aid

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, OH

86% admitted · $20,294/yr after aid

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus

Norman, OK

77% admitted · $15,531/yr after aid

Montana State University

Bozeman, MT

82% admitted · $23,106/yr after aid

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

40% admitted · $34,347/yr after aid

University of Missouri-Columbia

Columbia, MO

79% admitted · $21,142/yr after aid

University of New Hampshire-Main Campus

Durham, NH

88% admitted · $26,150/yr after aid

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

78% admitted · $18,781/yr after aid

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

89% admitted · $18,020/yr after aid

Oklahoma State University-Main Campus

Stillwater, OK

75% admitted · $17,058/yr after aid

Utah State University

Logan, UT

93% admitted · $12,644/yr after aid

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

94% admitted · $20,004/yr after aid

University of Denver

Denver, CO

78% admitted · $31,961/yr after aid

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, HI

87% admitted · $11,122/yr after aid

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

93% admitted · $25,037/yr after aid