1. Stanford University
www.stanford.edu
650-723-2091
Type of school: private
Setting: suburban
Tuition/fees: $25,917
Hispanic students: 10 %
Returning freshmen: 99 %
Grad in 6 Years: 90 %
Most popular majors: biology, economics, computer science.

2. Rice University
www.rice.edu
713-348-7423
Type of school: private
Setting: urban
Tuition & fees: $16,835
Hispanic students: 10 %
Returning freshmen: 95 %
Grad in 6 years: 86 %
Most popular majors: economics, electrical engineering, English.

3. Harvard University
www.fas.harvard.edu
617-495-1551
Type of school: private
Setting: urban
Tuition & fees: $26,000
Hispanic students: 8 %
Returning freshmen: 96 %
Grad in 6 years: 97 %
Most popular majors: government, economics, biology.

4. University of California, Berkeley
www.berkeley.edu
510-642-3175
Type of school: public
Setting: urban
Tuition & fees: $3,633 in, $14,227 out
Hispanic students: 10 %
Returning freshmen: 94 %
Grad in 6 years: 83 %
Most popular majors: molecular/cell biology, English, psychology.

5. Swarthmore
www.swarthmore.edu
610-328-8300
Type of school: private
Setting: suburban
Tuition & fees: $26,098
Hispanic students: 10 %
Returning freshmen: 95 %
Grad in 6 years: 92 %
Most popular majors: economics, political science, English literature.

6. UT-Austin
www.utexas.edu
512-475-7440
Type of school: public
Setting: urban
Tuition & fees: $3,766 in, $10,096 out
Hispanic students: 13 %
Returning freshmen: 87 %
Grad in 6 years: 69 %
Most popular majors: psychology, English, biological sciences.

7. University of California, San Diego
www.ucsd.edu
858-534-4831
Type of school: public
Setting: urban
Tuition & fees: $3,848 in, $14,552 out
Hispanic students: 10 %
Returning freshmen: 93 %
Grad in 6 years: 70 %
Most popular majors: biochemistry, psychology, biology.

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8. MIT
www.mit.edu
617-253-4791
Type of school: private
Setting: urban
Tuition & fees: $26,960
Hispanic students: 11 %
Returning freshmen: 97 %
Grad in 6 years: 92 %
Most popular majors: electrical engineering, computer science, biology.

9. UCLA
www.ucla.edu
310-825-3101
Type of school: public
Setting: urban
Tuition & fees: $4,193 in, $15,267 out
Hispanic students: 15 %
Returning freshmen: 97 %
Grad in 6 years: 80 %
Most popular majors: psychology, economics, political science.

10. St. John¡¯s College
www.sjcsf.edu
505-984-6060
Type of school: private
Setting: urban
Tuition & fees: $24,770
Hispanic students: 7 %
Returning freshmen: 85 %
Grad in 6 years: 65 %
Most popular majors: liberal arts

11. Columbia University
www.columbia.edu
Type of school: private
Setting: urban
Tuition & fees: $25,922
Hispanic students: 7 %
Returning freshmen: 97 %
Grad in 6 years: 90 %
Most popular majors: English, history, political science.

12. Amherst College
www.amherst.edu
413-542-2328
Type of school: private
Setting: rural
Tuition & fees: $27,260
Hispanic students: 7 %
Returning freshmen: 97 %
Grad in 6 years: 96 %
Most popular majors: economics, English, political science.

13. University of Florida
www.ufl.edu
352-392-1365
Type of school: public
Setting: suburban
Tuition & fees: $2,433 in, $9,771 out
Hispanic students: 11 %
Returning freshmen: 91 %
Grad in 6 years: 67 %
Most popular majors: psychology, finance, business administration and management.

14. Occidental College
www.oxy.edu
323-259-2700
Type of school: private
Setting: urban
Tuition & fees: $25,030
Hispanic students: 14 %
Returning freshmen: 89 %
Grad in 6 years: 75 %
Most popular majors: liberal arts 

15. University of California, Davis
www.ucdavis.edu
530-752-2971
Undergraduate/total: 20,000
Type of school: public
Setting: suburban
Tuition & fees: $4,000 in, $14,800 out
Hispanic students: 10 %
Returning freshmen: 89 %
Grad in 6 years: 76 %
Most popular majors: biological sciences, psychology, engineering.

16. University of Notre Dame
www.nd.edu
219-631-7505
Undergraduate/total: 8,038
Type of school: private, Roman Catholic
Setting: suburban
Tuition & fees: $24,497
Hispanic students: 7 %
Returning freshmen: 97 %
Grad in 6 years: 95 %
Most popular majors: accounting, political science, finance.

17. NYU
www.nyu.edu
212-998-4500
Undergraduate/total: 18,628
Type of school: private
Setting: urban
Tuition & fees: $25,380
Hispanic students: 7 %
Returning freshmen: 88 %
Grad in 6 years: 72 %
Most popular majors: business finance, individualized studies, theater.

18. Tufts
www.tufts.edu
617-627-3170
Type of school: private
Setting: suburban
Tuition & fees: $26,892
Hispanic students: 7 %
Returning freshmen: 95 %
Grad in 6 years: 87 %
Most popular majors: international relations, biology, English.

19. University of Miami
www.miami.edu
305-284-4323
Type of school: private
Setting: suburban
Tuition & fees: $23,642
Hispanic students: 29 %
Returning freshmen: 83 %
Grad in 6 years: 61 %
Most popular majors: biology, psychology, finance.

20. Arizona State University
www.asu.edu
480-965-7788
Type of school: public
Setting: suburban
Tuition & fees: $2,486 in, $10,352 out
Hispanic students: 11 %
Returning freshmen: 75 %
Grad in 6 years: 47 %
Most popular majors: business, psychology, communications.

21. Texas A&M University- College
www.tamu.edu
409-845-3741
Type of school: public
Setting: suburban
Tuition & fees: $3,722 in, $10,052 out
Hispanic students: 9%
Returning freshmen: 88%
Grad in 6 years: 70%
Most popular majors: biomedical sciences, interdisciplinary studies, marketing. 

 22. Rutgers
www.rutgers.edu
732-932-4636
Type of school: public
Setting: suburban
Tuition & fees: $6,500 in, $12,000 out
Hispanic students: 9 %
Returning freshmen: 88 %
Graduation rate: 69 %
Most popular majors: biological sciences, psychology, economics.

23. State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
www.albany.edu
518-442-5435
Type of school: public
Setting: suburban
Tuition & fees: $4,625 in, $9,525 out
Hispanic students: 7 %
Returning freshmen: 83 %
Grad in 6 years: 62 %
Most popular majors: psychology, biology, English.

24. Southern Methodist University
www.smu.edu
800-323-0672
Type of school: private
Setting: suburban
Tuition & fees: $17,406
Hispanic students: 8 %
Returning freshmen: 85 %
Graduation rate: 71 %
Most popular majors: finance, psychology, advertising.