Find colleges: acceptance rates, test scores & costs

1,492 U.S. colleges with acceptance rates, SAT and ACT ranges, what families actually pay, and graduation rates — from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, checked before it's published.

Colleges by state

Most selective large universities

College	Acceptance rate	SAT (middle 50%)	Avg. net price	Graduation rate
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA	3.6%	1510–1580	$12,307	92%
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA	3.7%	1510–1580	$19,148	97%
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT	3.9%	1470–1570	$11,340	96%
Columbia UniversityNew York, NY	4%	1510–1580	$15,370	95%
University of ChicagoChicago, IL	4.5%	1510–1580	$16,776	95%
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA	4.6%	1520–1580	$14,815	96%
Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ	4.6%	1510–1580	$7,815	97%
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA	5.2%	1440–1540	$29,060	91%
Brown UniversityProvidence, RI	5.4%	1510–1580	$26,976	96%
Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH	5.4%	1500–1570	$26,707	95%
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA	5.4%	1510–1570	$29,577	97%
Duke UniversityDurham, NC	5.7%	1500–1570	$23,706	96%
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN	5.9%	1500–1570	$15,497	93%
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD	6.4%	1520–1570	$18,431	93%
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL	7.7%	1510–1570	$34,420	96%
Rice UniversityHouston, TX	8%	1510–1570	$11,164	95%
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY	8.8%	1500–1570	$33,934	95%
University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA	9%	—	$14,659	93%
New York UniversityNew York, NY	9.2%	1480–1560	$35,737	88%
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA	9.8%	1450–1550	$33,056	90%
Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA	11%	1470–1550	$16,754	91%
University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CA	11%	—	$14,538	94%
Boston UniversityBoston, MA	11%	1420–1530	$36,503	90%
Notre DameNotre Dame, IN	11%	1455–1560	$25,339	95%

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