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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
#23	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$45,124	12,058	30.4%	96%	87	Locked	Locked
#51	Tulane University New Orleans, LA	$45,240	13,359	25.0%	90%	72 ⁸	Locked	Locked
#4	Columbia University New York, NY	$47,246	22,885	7.0%	99%	96	Locked	Locked
#83	Indiana University–Bloomington Bloomington, IN	in-state: $10,033, out-of-state: $31,483	42,731	72.3%	90%	72	Locked	Locked
#120	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	in-state: $10,035, out-of-state: $26,231	39,236	71.4%	78%	61	Locked	Locked
#56	Ohio State University–Columbus Columbus, OH	in-state: $10,037, out-of-state: $25,445	56,867	63.4%	93%	80	Locked	Locked
#36	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	in-state: $10,098, out-of-state: $29,402	20,941	51.2%	94%	79	Locked	Locked
#131	Ohio University Athens, OH	in-state: $10,216, out-of-state: $19,180	26,201	86.1%	81%	65	Locked	Locked
#41	University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI	in-state: $10,384, out-of-state: $26,634	42,441	50.5%	94%	83	Locked	Locked
#184	Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH	in-state: $10,520, out-of-state: $17,828	17,577	75.5%	74%	58	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
#139	University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	in-state: $10,784, out-of-state: $25,816	32,264	64.8%	85%	59	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	Oakland University Rochester, MI	in-state: $10,860, out-of-state: $23,190	19,379	67.6%	73%	40	Locked	Locked
#72	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	in-state: $10,930, out-of-state: $25,320	30,936	66.6%	91%	82	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
#179	Southern Illinois University–Carbondale Carbondale, IL	in-state: $11,153, out-of-state: $22,844	19,817	44.1%	68%	44	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
#170	University of Massachusetts–Lowell Lowell, MA	in-state: $11,852, out-of-state: $18,965	15,431	65.0%	79%	50	Locked	Locked
#24	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	in-state: $12,006, out-of-state: $38,018	24,297	33.3%	97%	94	Locked	Locked
#125	Washington State University Pullman, WA	in-state: $12,300, out-of-state: $25,382	27,327	82.5%	83%	67	Locked	Locked
#115	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark Newark, NJ	in-state: $12,590, out-of-state: $25,910	11,804	54.0%	86%	68	Locked	Locked
#68	Clemson University Clemson, SC	in-state: $12,674, out-of-state: $29,600	19,914	63.3%	91%	80	Locked	Locked
#24	University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	in-state: $12,692, out-of-state: $35,570	40,675	25.5%	97%	90	Locked	Locked
#156	Illinois State University Normal, IL	in-state: $12,726, out-of-state: $20,016	21,310	63.4%	85%	71	Locked	Locked
#101	University of California–Riverside Riverside, CA	in-state: $12,923, out-of-state: $35,801	20,901	69.0%	86%	70	Locked	Locked
#189	Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL	in-state: $13,044, out-of-state: $22,510	22,990	52.5%	73%	56	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
#68	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ	in-state: $13,073, out-of-state: $26,393	39,950	61.1%	92%	77	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
#120	Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI	in-state: $13,353, out-of-state: $27,258	7,034	75.3%	82%	65	Locked	Locked
#77	University of California–Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	in-state: $13,416, out-of-state: $36,294	17,454	67.4%	90%	77	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
#125	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	in-state: $13,508, out-of-state: $23,334	36,855	62.8%	88%	68	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
#89	Miami University–Oxford Oxford, OH	in-state: $13,595, out-of-state: $29,158	17,395	74.1%	89%	81	Locked	Locked
#41	University of California–Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	in-state: $13,671, out-of-state: $36,549	21,685	45.7%	91%	86	Locked	Locked
#38	University of California–Davis Davis, CA	in-state: $13,877, out-of-state: $36,755	31,732	46.0%	92%	86	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
#139	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	in-state: $14,740, out-of-state: $27,140	9,558	68.5%	83%	54	Locked	Locked
#92	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	in-state: $15,254, out-of-state: $35,582	13,478	75.4%	86%	72	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
#106	University of New Hampshire Durham, NH	in-state: $16,424, out-of-state: $28,884	15,172	74.2%	88%	77	Locked	Locked
#46	Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA	in-state: $16,444, out-of-state: $28,746	45,628	52.4%	92%	87	Locked	Locked
#58	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	in-state: $16,590, out-of-state: $26,280	28,766	57.9%	92%	79	Locked	Locked
#156	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	in-state: $4,278, out-of-state: $13,428	12,925	96.0%	73%	53	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL	in-state: $5,187, out-of-state: $17,127	13,204	48.4%	80%	40	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC	in-state: $5,199, out-of-state: $15,797	10,881	66.4%	75%	43	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
#199	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	in-state: $5,318, out-of-state: $17,896	27,386	60.7%	79%	59	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

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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

#23

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

$45,124

12,058

30.4%

96%

Locked

#51

Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

$45,240

13,359

25.0%

90%

72 ⁸

Locked

Columbia University

New York, NY

$47,246

22,885

7.0%

99%

Locked

#83

Indiana University–Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

in-state: $10,033, out-of-state: $31,483

42,731

72.3%

90%

Locked

#120

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

in-state: $10,035, out-of-state: $26,231

39,236

71.4%

78%

Locked

#56

Ohio State University–Columbus

Columbus, OH

in-state: $10,037, out-of-state: $25,445

56,867

63.4%

93%

Locked

#36

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

in-state: $10,098, out-of-state: $29,402

20,941

51.2%

94%

Locked

#131

Ohio University

Athens, OH

in-state: $10,216, out-of-state: $19,180

26,201

86.1%

81%

Locked

#41

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Madison, WI

in-state: $10,384, out-of-state: $26,634

42,441

50.5%

94%

Locked

#184

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH

in-state: $10,520, out-of-state: $17,828

17,577

75.5%

74%

Locked

#156

University of Maine

Orono, ME

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

11,168

77.7%

78%

Locked

#139

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

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

32,264

64.8%

85%

Locked

Rank Not Published

Oakland University

Rochester, MI

in-state: $10,860, out-of-state: $23,190

19,379

67.6%

73%

Locked

#72

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

in-state: $10,930, out-of-state: $25,320

30,936

66.6%

91%

Locked

Rank Not Published

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

in-state: $10,950, out-of-state: $23,670

28,194

68.5%

78%

Locked

#179

Southern Illinois University–Carbondale

Carbondale, IL

in-state: $11,153, out-of-state: $22,844

19,817

44.1%

68%

Locked

#63

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

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

25,868

47.3%

93%

Locked

#170

University of Massachusetts–Lowell

Lowell, MA

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

15,431

65.0%

79%

Locked

#24

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

in-state: $12,006, out-of-state: $38,018

24,297

33.3%

97%

Locked

#125

Washington State University

Pullman, WA

in-state: $12,300, out-of-state: $25,382

27,327

82.5%

83%

Locked

#115

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark

Newark, NJ

in-state: $12,590, out-of-state: $25,910

11,804

54.0%

86%

Locked

#68

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

in-state: $12,674, out-of-state: $29,600

19,914

63.3%

91%

Locked

#24

University of California–Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

in-state: $12,692, out-of-state: $35,570

40,675

25.5%

97%

Locked

#156

Illinois State University

Normal, IL

in-state: $12,726, out-of-state: $20,016

21,310

63.4%

85%

Locked

#101

University of California–Riverside

Riverside, CA

in-state: $12,923, out-of-state: $35,801

20,901

69.0%

86%

Locked

#189

Northern Illinois University

DeKalb, IL

in-state: $13,044, out-of-state: $22,510

22,990

52.5%

73%

Locked

#147

University of Illinois–Chicago

Chicago, IL

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

28,091

62.8%

80%

Locked

#68

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick

Piscataway, NJ

in-state: $13,073, out-of-state: $26,393

39,950

61.1%

92%

Locked

#97

University of Massachusetts–Amherst

Amherst, MA

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

28,084

65.6%

88%

Locked

#120

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

in-state: $13,353, out-of-state: $27,258

7,034

75.3%

82%

Locked

#77

University of California–Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

in-state: $13,416, out-of-state: $36,294

17,454

67.4%

90%

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

#125

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

in-state: $13,508, out-of-state: $23,334

36,855

62.8%

88%

Locked

#33

College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

in-state: $13,570, out-of-state: $36,753

8,200

34.6%

95%

Locked

#89

Miami University–Oxford

Oxford, OH

in-state: $13,595, out-of-state: $29,158

17,395

74.1%

89%

Locked

#41

University of California–Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

in-state: $13,671, out-of-state: $36,549

21,685

45.7%

91%

Locked

#38

University of California–Davis

Davis, CA

in-state: $13,877, out-of-state: $36,755

31,732

46.0%

92%

Locked

#46

University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

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

44,407

67.6%

94%

Locked

#139

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ

in-state: $14,740, out-of-state: $27,140

9,558

68.5%

83%

Locked

#92

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

in-state: $15,254, out-of-state: $35,582

13,478

75.4%

86%

Locked

#77

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO

in-state: $15,654, out-of-state: $30,684

5,346

44.6%

88%

Locked

#106

University of New Hampshire

Durham, NH

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

15,172

74.2%

88%

Locked

#46

Pennsylvania State University–University Park

University Park, PA

in-state: $16,444, out-of-state: $28,746

45,628

52.4%

92%

Locked

#58

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

in-state: $16,590, out-of-state: $26,280

28,766

57.9%

92%

Locked

#156

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

in-state: $4,278, out-of-state: $13,428

12,925

96.0%

73%

Locked

Rank Not Published

Florida A&M University

Tallahassee, FL

in-state: $5,187, out-of-state: $17,127

13,204

48.4%

80%

Locked

Rank Not Published

North Carolina A&T State University

Greensboro, NC

in-state: $5,199, out-of-state: $15,797

10,881

66.4%

75%

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

#199

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

in-state: $5,318, out-of-state: $17,896

27,386

60.7%

79%

Locked

#199

University of North Carolina–Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

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

25,277

69.6%

78%

Locked

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