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U.S. News 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
#101	University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	in-state: $7,341, out-of-state: $18,978	30,743	81.9%	83%	68	Locked	Locked
#17	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	$42,971	12,004	24.3%	98%	96	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO	in-state: $6,514, out-of-state: $17,788	12,599	72.8%	70%	46	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	University of North Texas Denton, TX	in-state: $9,078, out-of-state: $19,608	35,754	64.0%	77%	49	Locked	Locked
#170	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	in-state: $7,254, out-of-state: $17,170	14,697	70.8%	78%	54	Locked	Locked
#189	University of North Carolina–Greensboro Greensboro, NC	in-state: $6,136, out-of-state: $19,934	18,265	58.7%	77%	53	Locked	Locked
#199	University of North Carolina–Charlotte Charlotte, NC	in-state: $5,857, out-of-state: $18,386	25,277	69.6%	78%	53	Locked	Locked
#30	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
Rank Not Published	University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA	in-state: $5,257, out-of-state: $16,781	10,903	55.5%	67%	38	Locked	Locked
#179	University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM	N/A	28,977	63.9%	77%	45	Locked	Locked
#106	University of New Hampshire Durham, NH	in-state: $16,424, out-of-state: $28,884	15,172	74.2%	88%	77	Locked	Locked
#189	University of Nevada–Reno Reno, NV	in-state: $6,248, out-of-state: $19,844	18,004	86.2%	78%	53	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	University of Nevada–Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	in-state: $6,585, out-of-state: $20,495	27,378	81.8%	76%	39	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	University of Nebraska–Omaha Omaha, NE	in-state: $6,510, out-of-state: $16,520	14,712	75.7%	72%	43	Locked	Locked
#101	University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE	in-state: $8,068, out-of-state: $20,968	24,593	59.3%	84%	67	Locked	Locked
#199	University of Montana Missoula, MT	in-state: $6,216, out-of-state: $21,806	12,866	81.8% ⁴	73%	48	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	University of Missouri–St. Louis St. Louis, MO	in-state: $9,314, out-of-state: $22,883	16,817	69.1%	73%	51	Locked	Locked
#179	University of Missouri–Kansas City Kansas City, MO	in-state: $9,220, out-of-state: $21,754	15,492	69.3%	75%	44	Locked	Locked
#97	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	in-state: $9,257, out-of-state: $23,366	33,805	82.3%	85%	69	Locked	Locked
#151	University of Mississippi University, MS	in-state: $6,282, out-of-state: $16,266	18,224	79.0%	81%	60	Locked	Locked
#68	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	N/A	52,557	46.6%	89%	70	Locked	Locked
#29	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
#44	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	N/A	16,068	38.3%	90%	78	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	in-state: $7,276, out-of-state: $15,340	22,725	66.4%	77%	39	Locked	Locked
#170	University of Massachusetts–Lowell Lowell, MA	in-state: $11,852, out-of-state: $18,965	15,431	65.0%	79%	50	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	University of Massachusetts–Boston Boston, MA	N/A	15,741	68.4%	76%	40	Locked	Locked
#97	University of Massachusetts–Amherst Amherst, MA	in-state: $13,230, out-of-state: $26,645	28,084	65.6%	88%	67	Locked	Locked
#58	University of Maryland–College Park College Park, MD	in-state: $8,908, out-of-state: $27,287	37,580	44.7%	94%	82	Locked	Locked
#160	University of Maryland–Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	in-state: $9,764, out-of-state: $20,825	13,199	60.8%	86%	57	Locked	Locked
#156	University of Maine Orono, ME	in-state: $10,594, out-of-state: $27,454	11,168	77.7%	78%	60	Locked	Locked
#160	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	N/A	21,153	72.7%	78%	51	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	University of Louisiana–Lafayette Lafayette, LA	N/A	16,885	65.9%	75%	41	Locked	Locked
#165	University of La Verne La Verne, CA	$33,350	4,692	39.9%	82%	58	Locked	Locked
#125	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	in-state: $9,676, out-of-state: $19,864	27,226	68.4%	81%	59	Locked	Locked
#106	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	N/A	27,939	92.7%	79%	61	Locked	Locked
#72	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	in-state: $8,057, out-of-state: $26,279	29,810	79.8%	85%	71	Locked	Locked
#46	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	in-state: $14,428, out-of-state: $28,570	44,407	67.6%	94%	82	Locked	Locked
#147	University of Illinois–Chicago Chicago, IL	in-state: $13,050, out-of-state: $25,440	28,091	62.8%	80%	54	Locked	Locked
#165	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	in-state: $6,212, out-of-state: $19,000	12,312	60.9%	79%	51	Locked	Locked
#184	University of Houston Houston, TX	N/A	39,820	63.6%	80%	46	Locked	Locked
#156	University of Hawaii–Manoa Honolulu, HI	in-state: $9,404, out-of-state: $25,652	20,429	78.4%	78%	55	Locked	Locked
#63	University of Georgia Athens, GA	in-state: $9,842, out-of-state: $28,052	34,816	63.0%	94%	83	Locked	Locked
#54	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	N/A	49,589	43.2%	96%	84	Locked	Locked
#83	University of Denver Denver, CO	$39,177	11,797	68.2%	88%	79	Locked	Locked
#75	University of Delaware Newark, DE	N/A	20,737	58.2%	92%	78	Locked	Locked
#115	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	$33,400	11,045	75.6%	87%	74	Locked	Locked
#63	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	in-state: $11,242, out-of-state: $29,074	25,868	47.3%	93%	83	Locked	Locked
#189	University of Colorado–Denver Denver, CO	N/A	22,495	74.6%	73%	40	Locked	Locked
#97	University of Colorado–Boulder Boulder, CO	in-state: $9,482, out-of-state: $31,378	32,252	86.9%	84%	68	Locked	Locked
#139	University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	in-state: $10,784, out-of-state: $25,816	32,264	64.8%	85%	59	Locked	Locked

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U.S. News 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

#101

University of Oklahoma

Norman, OK

in-state: $7,341, out-of-state: $18,978

30,743

81.9%

83%

Locked

#17

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

$42,971

12,004

24.3%

98%

Locked

Rank Not Published

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, CO

in-state: $6,514, out-of-state: $17,788

12,599

72.8%

70%

Locked

Rank Not Published

University of North Texas

Denton, TX

in-state: $9,078, out-of-state: $19,608

35,754

64.0%

77%

Locked

#170

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

in-state: $7,254, out-of-state: $17,170

14,697

70.8%

78%

Locked

#189

University of North Carolina–Greensboro

Greensboro, NC

in-state: $6,136, out-of-state: $19,934

18,265

58.7%

77%

Locked

#199

University of North Carolina–Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

in-state: $5,857, out-of-state: $18,386

25,277

69.6%

78%

Locked

#30

University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

in-state: $7,694, out-of-state: $28,446

29,137

31.4%

97%

Locked

Rank Not Published

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

in-state: $5,257, out-of-state: $16,781

10,903

55.5%

67%

Locked

#179

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

N/A

28,977

63.9%

77%

Locked

#106

University of New Hampshire

Durham, NH

in-state: $16,424, out-of-state: $28,884

15,172

74.2%

88%

Locked

#189

University of Nevada–Reno

Reno, NV

in-state: $6,248, out-of-state: $19,844

18,004

86.2%

78%

Locked

Rank Not Published

University of Nevada–Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV

in-state: $6,585, out-of-state: $20,495

27,378

81.8%

76%

Locked

Rank Not Published

University of Nebraska–Omaha

Omaha, NE

in-state: $6,510, out-of-state: $16,520

14,712

75.7%

72%

Locked

#101

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

in-state: $8,068, out-of-state: $20,968

24,593

59.3%

84%

Locked

#199

University of Montana

Missoula, MT

in-state: $6,216, out-of-state: $21,806

12,866

81.8% ⁴

73%

Locked

Rank Not Published

University of Missouri–St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

in-state: $9,314, out-of-state: $22,883

16,817

69.1%

73%

Locked

#179

University of Missouri–Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

in-state: $9,220, out-of-state: $21,754

15,492

69.3%

75%

Locked

#97

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO

in-state: $9,257, out-of-state: $23,366

33,805

82.3%

85%

Locked

#151

University of Mississippi

University, MS

in-state: $6,282, out-of-state: $16,266

18,224

79.0%

81%

Locked

#68

University of Minnesota–Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

N/A

52,557

46.6%

89%

Locked

#29

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

in-state: $13,437, out-of-state: $39,109

42,716

40.6%

96%

Locked

#44

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

N/A

16,068

38.3%

90%

Locked

Rank Not Published

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

in-state: $7,276, out-of-state: $15,340

22,725

66.4%

77%

Locked

#170

University of Massachusetts–Lowell

Lowell, MA

in-state: $11,852, out-of-state: $18,965

15,431

65.0%

79%

Locked

Rank Not Published

University of Massachusetts–Boston

Boston, MA

N/A

15,741

68.4%

76%

Locked

#97

University of Massachusetts–Amherst

Amherst, MA

in-state: $13,230, out-of-state: $26,645

28,084

65.6%

88%

Locked

#58

University of Maryland–College Park

College Park, MD

in-state: $8,908, out-of-state: $27,287

37,580

44.7%

94%

Locked

#160

University of Maryland–Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

in-state: $9,764, out-of-state: $20,825

13,199

60.8%

86%

Locked

#156

University of Maine

Orono, ME

in-state: $10,594, out-of-state: $27,454

11,168

77.7%

78%

Locked

#160

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

N/A

21,153

72.7%

78%

Locked

Rank Not Published

University of Louisiana–Lafayette

Lafayette, LA

N/A

16,885

65.9%

75%

Locked

#165

University of La Verne

La Verne, CA

$33,350

4,692

39.9%

82%

Locked

#125

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

in-state: $9,676, out-of-state: $19,864

27,226

68.4%

81%

Locked

#106

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

N/A

27,939

92.7%

79%

Locked

#72

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

in-state: $8,057, out-of-state: $26,279

29,810

79.8%

85%

Locked

#46

University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

in-state: $14,428, out-of-state: $28,570

44,407

67.6%

94%

Locked

#147

University of Illinois–Chicago

Chicago, IL

in-state: $13,050, out-of-state: $25,440

28,091

62.8%

80%

Locked

#165

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

in-state: $6,212, out-of-state: $19,000

12,312

60.9%

79%

Locked

#184

University of Houston

Houston, TX

N/A

39,820

63.6%

80%

Locked

#156

University of Hawaii–Manoa

Honolulu, HI

in-state: $9,404, out-of-state: $25,652

20,429

78.4%

78%

Locked

#63

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

in-state: $9,842, out-of-state: $28,052

34,816

63.0%

94%

Locked

#54

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

N/A

49,589

43.2%

96%

Locked

#83

University of Denver

Denver, CO

$39,177

11,797

68.2%

88%

Locked

#75

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

N/A

20,737

58.2%

92%

Locked

#115

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

$33,400

11,045

75.6%

87%

Locked

#63

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

in-state: $11,242, out-of-state: $29,074

25,868

47.3%

93%

Locked

#189

University of Colorado–Denver

Denver, CO

N/A

22,495

74.6%

73%

Locked

#97

University of Colorado–Boulder

Boulder, CO

in-state: $9,482, out-of-state: $31,378

32,252

86.9%

84%

Locked

#139

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

in-state: $10,784, out-of-state: $25,816

32,264

64.8%

85%

Locked

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