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Source: Forbes Top CollegesUpdated: 3/1/2026Admissions: 38/50Cost: 38/50Earnings: 38/50Source fallback used (usnews to forbes)

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private · City

Acceptance4.7%

Cost of Attendance$79,850

10y Earnings$143,372

Engineering 35.2%Computer Science 30.0%Mathematics 8.6%

Columbia University

New York, NY · Private · City

Acceptance4.2%

Cost of Attendance$86,042

10y Earnings$102,491

Social Sciences 26.8%Computer Science 15.1%Engineering 12.8%

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ · Private · City

Acceptance4.5%

Cost of Attendance$80,440

10y Earnings$110,066

Social Sciences 19.7%Engineering 16.4%Computer Science 15.7%

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private · Suburb

Acceptance3.9%

Cost of Attendance$82,162

10y Earnings$124,080

Computer Science 18.6%Engineering 16.4%Social Sciences 15.5%

University of California, Berkeley

Location not available · N/A · Unknown setting

AcceptanceN/A

Cost of AttendanceN/A

10y EarningsN/A

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · Private · City

Acceptance3.5%

Cost of Attendance$82,842

10y Earnings$101,817

Social Sciences 32.5%Biological Sciences 11.7%Mathematics 10.1%

Williams College

Williamstown, MA · Private · Town

Acceptance10.0%

Cost of Attendance$81,164

10y Earnings$88,665

Social Sciences 29.0%Biological Sciences 10.3%Computer Science 9.1%

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · Private · City

Acceptance7.6%

Cost of Attendance$81,300

10y Earnings$87,555

Biological Sciences 23.0%Engineering 19.7%Social Sciences 11.4%

Yale University

New Haven, CT · Private · City

Acceptance4.5%

Cost of Attendance$85,120

10y Earnings$100,533

Social Sciences 22.5%Biological Sciences 11.7%Computer Science 11.0%

#10

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · Private · City

Acceptance5.9%

Cost of Attendance$85,738

10y Earnings$111,371

Social Sciences 14.6%Biological Sciences 10.7%Business & Marketing 9.3%

#11

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN · Private · City

Acceptance6.3%

Cost of Attendance$84,412

10y Earnings$91,565

Social Sciences 33.4%Engineering 12.1%Computer Science 8.4%

#12

Rice University

Houston, TX · Private · City

Acceptance7.9%

Cost of Attendance$74,110

10y Earnings$89,718

Biological Sciences 17.4%Engineering 16.8%Computer Science 15.0%

#13

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL · Private · City

Acceptance4.8%

Cost of Attendance$86,856

10y Earnings$91,885

Social Sciences 40.5%Biological Sciences 10.3%Mathematics 9.2%

#14

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private · City

Acceptance8.2%

Cost of Attendance$83,196

10y Earnings$104,043

Computer Science 16.5%Business & Marketing 14.8%Engineering 13.6%

#15

University of California, Los Angeles

Location not available · N/A · Unknown setting

AcceptanceN/A

Cost of AttendanceN/A

10y EarningsN/A

#16

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · Private · City

Acceptance7.1%

Cost of Attendance$87,804

10y Earnings$89,363

Social Sciences 17.0%Communication & Journalism 14.0%Engineering 13.6%

#17

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH · Private · Town

Acceptance6.2%

Cost of Attendance$83,802

10y Earnings$97,434

Social Sciences 28.6%Computer Science 10.2%Biological Sciences 8.9%

#18

Brown University

Providence, RI · Private · City

Acceptance5.2%

Cost of Attendance$84,986

10y Earnings$93,487

Social Sciences 21.5%Biological Sciences 13.3%Computer Science 13.2%

#19

Amherst College

Amherst, MA · Private · City

Acceptance9.8%

Cost of Attendance$83,650

10y Earnings$77,644

Social Sciences 17.6%Biological Sciences 15.8%Computer Science 11.1%

#20

University of California, San Diego

Location not available · N/A · Unknown setting

AcceptanceN/A

Cost of AttendanceN/A

10y EarningsN/A

#21

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Location not available · N/A · Unknown setting

AcceptanceN/A

Cost of AttendanceN/A

10y EarningsN/A

#22

Duke University

Durham, NC · Private · City

Acceptance6.8%

Cost of Attendance$82,749

10y Earnings$97,800

Social Sciences 14.1%Engineering 12.8%Biological Sciences 11.9%

#23

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA · Private · Suburb

Acceptance6.9%

Cost of Attendance$80,014

10y Earnings$80,257

Social Sciences 26.2%Computer Science 11.3%Biological Sciences 10.5%

#24

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA · Private · City

Acceptance3.1%

Cost of Attendance$83,598

10y Earnings$128,566

Engineering 36.0%Computer Science 30.5%Mathematics 10.7%

#25

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO · Private · Suburb

Acceptance12.0%

Cost of Attendance$83,476

10y Earnings$86,182

Engineering 13.4%Social Sciences 12.8%Biological Sciences 12.4%

#26

Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA · Private · Suburb

Acceptance11.1%

Cost of Attendance$82,127

10y Earnings$104,736

Social Sciences 41.7%Biological Sciences 9.2%Psychology 6.1%

#27

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · Private · City

Acceptance11.1%

Cost of Attendance$78,814

10y Earnings$80,137

Business & Marketing 23.6%Biological Sciences 18.1%Social Sciences 11.8%

#28

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private · City

Acceptance10.0%

Cost of Attendance$84,678

10y Earnings$92,498

Business & Marketing 23.3%Visual & Performing Arts 12.0%Social Sciences 10.3%

#29

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA · Private · Suburb

Acceptance13.9%

Cost of Attendance$83,050

10y Earnings$84,803

Social Sciences 27.2%Biological Sciences 14.1%Computer Science 12.4%

#30

University of Florida

Tallahassee, FL · Public · City

Acceptance25.4%

Cost of Attendance$23,683

10y Earnings$61,675

Business & Marketing 24.6%Social Sciences 12.7%Psychology 8.2%

#31

University of California, Irvine

Location not available · N/A · Unknown setting

AcceptanceN/A

Cost of AttendanceN/A

10y EarningsN/A

#32

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA · Public · City

Acceptance16.5%

Cost of Attendance$27,797

10y Earnings$102,772

Engineering 46.5%Computer Science 25.6%Business & Marketing 8.3%

#33

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Private · Suburb

Acceptance12.4%

Cost of Attendance$80,211

10y Earnings$99,980

Business & Marketing 25.4%Social Sciences 14.6%Engineering 13.8%

#34

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA · Public · Suburb

Acceptance16.9%

Cost of Attendance$38,132

10y Earnings$86,863

Humanities 17.6%Social Sciences 12.2%Engineering 9.2%

#35

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Location not available · N/A · Unknown setting

AcceptanceN/A

Cost of AttendanceN/A

10y EarningsN/A

#36

Pomona College

Claremont, CA · Private · Suburb

Acceptance6.8%

Cost of Attendance$81,196

10y Earnings$77,779

Social Sciences 24.9%Biological Sciences 13.7%Computer Science 10.8%

#37

University of Maryland, College Park

Location not available · N/A · Unknown setting

AcceptanceN/A

Cost of AttendanceN/A

10y EarningsN/A

#38

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Location not available · N/A · Unknown setting

AcceptanceN/A

Cost of AttendanceN/A

10y EarningsN/A

#39

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME · Private · Town

Acceptance8.0%

Cost of Attendance$80,390

10y Earnings$82,735

Social Sciences 33.3%Biological Sciences 20.0%Mathematics 6.0%

#40

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT · Private · City

Acceptance69.2%

Cost of Attendance$20,879

10y Earnings$75,790

Business & Marketing 14.1%Biological Sciences 12.7%Engineering 8.0%

#41

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private · City

Acceptance13.1%

Cost of Attendance$84,696

10y Earnings$103,494

Social Sciences 41.6%Business & Marketing 19.8%Biological Sciences 5.9%

#42

University of California, Santa Barbara

Location not available · N/A · Unknown setting

AcceptanceN/A

Cost of AttendanceN/A

10y EarningsN/A

#43

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · Private · City

Acceptance11.4%

Cost of Attendance$80,514

10y Earnings$114,862

Engineering 21.9%Computer Science 17.6%Mathematics 12.4%

#44

University of California, Davis

Location not available · N/A · Unknown setting

AcceptanceN/A

Cost of AttendanceN/A

10y EarningsN/A

#45

Boston University

Boston, MA · Private · City

Acceptance10.8%

Cost of Attendance$82,694

10y Earnings$83,238

Business & Marketing 17.3%Social Sciences 15.2%Communication & Journalism 12.6%

#46

University of Texas, Austin

Location not available · N/A · Unknown setting

AcceptanceN/A

Cost of AttendanceN/A

10y EarningsN/A

#47

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA · Private · Town

Acceptance17.4%

Cost of Attendance$82,990

10y Earnings$94,810

Business & Marketing 28.9%Social Sciences 23.2%Biological Sciences 11.5%

#48

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY · Private · Rural

Acceptance11.9%

Cost of Attendance$83,650

10y Earnings$85,139

Social Sciences 35.7%Biological Sciences 15.0%Psychology 7.1%

#49

New York University

New York, NY · Private · City

Acceptance9.4%

Cost of Attendance$79,121

10y Earnings$82,509

Visual & Performing Arts 16.4%Social Sciences 13.4%Business & Marketing 12.3%

#50

University of Washington, Seattle

Location not available · N/A · Unknown setting

AcceptanceN/A

Cost of AttendanceN/A

10y EarningsN/A