Rank

School

2009-2010
Tuition and Fees

Fall 2008 Acceptance Rate

1

Harvard University | Cambridge, MA

$37,012

7.9 %

Princeton University | Princeton, NJ

$35,340

9.9 %

3

Yale University | New Haven, CT

$36,500

8.6 %

4

California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA

$34,584

17.4 %

Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA

$37,782

11.9 %

Stanford University | Stanford, CA

$37,881

9.5 %

University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA

$38,970

16.9 %

8

Columbia University | New York, NY

$41,316

10.0 %

University of Chicago | Chicago, IL

$39,381

27.9 %

10

Duke University | Durham, NC

$38,975

22.4 %

11

Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH

$38,679

13.5 %

12

Northwestern University | Evanston, IL

$38,461

26.2 %

Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis, MO

$38,864

21.7%

14

Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD

$39,150

25.4%

15

Cornell University | Ithaca, NY

$37,954

20.7%

16

Brown University | Providence, RI

$38,848

13.7%

17

Emory University | Atlanta, GA

$38,036

26.6%

Rice University | Houston, TX

$31,248

23.0%

Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN

$38,579

25.3%

20

University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN

$38,477

26.7%

21

University of California--Berkeley | Berkeley, CA

$30,022

21.6%

22

Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA

$39,833

37.9%

23

Georgetown University | Washington, DC

$39,212

18.8%

24

University of California—L.A | L.A., CA

$29,897

22.8%

University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA

$31,870

36.7%

26

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA

$39,124

21.9%

27

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI

$34,230

42.1%

28

Tufts University | Medford, MA

$40,342

25.5%

University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC

$22,294

34.0%

Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem, NC

$38,622

38.4%

31

Brandeis University | Waltham, MA

$38,762

32.4%

32

New York University | New York, NY

$38,765

32.1 %

33

College of William and Mary | Williamsburg, VA

$30,592

34.1%

34

Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA

$39,130

26.2%

35

Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA

$25,716

60.9%

Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA

$38,630

27.9%

University of California--San Diego | La Jolla, CA

$30,819

41.6%

University of Rochester | Rochester, NY

$38,690

42.7%

39

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL

$25,756

69.1%

University of Wisconsin--Madison | Madison, WI

$22,270

52.7%

41

Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH

$36,238

73.3%

42

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY

$39,165

44.1%

University of California--Davis | Davis, CA

$31,385

52.6%

University of California--Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA

$30,724

42.9%

University of Washington | Seattle, WA

$24,367

61.0%

46

University of California--Irvine | Irvine, CA

$28,796

48.7%

47

Pennsylvania State University--University Park | University Park, PA

$25,946

51.2%

University of Florida | Gainesville, FL

$23,744

39.5%

University of Texas--Austin | Austin, TX

$30,600

43.5%

50

Tulane University | New Orleans, LA

$40,564

27.0%

University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL

$36,188

38.6%