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Save 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
Rank Not Published Cardinal Stritch University

Milwaukee, WI

$24,330 5,358 47.6% 69% 54 Locked Locked
#23 Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

$45,124 12,058 30.4% 96% 87 Locked Locked
#37 Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

$40,490 9,636 51.3% 92% 78 Locked Locked
#120 Catholic University of America

Washington, DC

$36,820 6,894 75.1% 80% 68 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

in-state: $10,950, out-of-state: $23,670 28,194 68.5% 78% 54 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Clark Atlanta University

Atlanta, GA

$18,912 3,843 71.7% 65% 41 Locked Locked
#83 Clark University

Worcester, MA

$38,450 3,462 67.9% 89% 80 Locked Locked
#115 Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY

$38,610 3,539 77.5% 86% 75 Locked Locked
#68 Clemson University

Clemson, SC

in-state: $12,674, out-of-state: $29,600 19,914 63.3% 91% 80 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

in-state: $9,289, out-of-state: $12,411 17,446 46.7% 64% 28 6 Locked Locked
#33 College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

in-state: $13,570, out-of-state: $36,753 8,200 34.6% 95% 91 Locked Locked
#77 Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO

in-state: $15,654, out-of-state: $30,684 5,346 44.6% 88% 70 Locked Locked
#134 Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

in-state: $8,608, out-of-state: $24,400 30,450 75.9% 83% 64 Locked Locked
Unranked Colorado Technical University 1

Colorado Springs, CO

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Locked Locked
#4 Columbia University

New York, NY

$47,246 22,885 7.0% 99% 96 Locked Locked
#15 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

$43,413 21,131 18.0% 97% 93 Locked Locked
#10 Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

$45,042 6,144 10.1% 98% 95 Locked Locked
#134 DePaul University

Chicago, IL

$32,295 25,398 64.1% 86% 66 Locked Locked
#83 Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

$36,090 18,489 57.5% 84% 68 Locked Locked
#8 Duke University

Durham, NC

$43,623 15,427 14.0% 97% 94 Locked Locked
#120 Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

$30,034 9,933 70.1% 87% 73 Locked Locked
#199 East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

in-state: $5,318, out-of-state: $17,896 27,386 60.7% 79% 59 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

N/A 15,250 85.1% 70% 44 Locked Locked
#179 Edgewood College

Madison, WI

$23,740 2,658 71.9% 78% 51 Locked Locked
#20 Emory University

Atlanta, GA

$42,980 13,893 26.7% 95% 90 Locked Locked

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