Marketing Rankings
| Rankings | Overall College Data | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Save | Rank | School | Tuition | Total enrollment | Fall 2011 acceptance rate | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate | Classes with under 20 students | SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile |
| #1 |
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$43,738 | 19,919 | 12.4% | 98% | 96 | Locked | Locked | |
| #3 |
University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
N/A | 36,142 | 21.6% | 97% | 90 | Locked | Locked | |
| #5 |
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC |
in-state: $7,694, out-of-state: $28,446 | 29,137 | 31.4% | 97% | 90 | Locked | Locked | |
| #10 |
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA |
$44,463 | 38,010 | 23.0% | 97% | 90 | Locked | Locked | |
| #8 |
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA |
in-state: $12,006, out-of-state: $38,018 | 24,297 | 33.3% | 97% | 94 | Locked | Locked | |
| #2 |
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
in-state: $13,437, out-of-state: $39,109 | 42,716 | 40.6% | 96% | 90 | Locked | Locked | |
| #9 |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI |
in-state: $10,384, out-of-state: $26,634 | 42,441 | 50.5% | 94% | 83 | Locked | Locked | |
| #4 |
University of Texas–Austin
Austin, TX |
in-state: $9,792, out-of-state: $33,060 | 51,112 | 46.6% | 92% | 81 | Locked | Locked | |
| #5 |
New York University
New York, NY |
N/A | 43,911 | 32.7% | 92% | 86 | Locked | Locked | |
| #7 |
Indiana University–Bloomington
Bloomington, IN |
in-state: $10,033, out-of-state: $31,483 | 42,731 | 72.3% | 90% | 72 | Locked | Locked | |
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