National University Rankings
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- Tuition and fees:
- $20,400 (2011-12)
- Setting:
- urban
Chicago, IL
Argosy University--Chicago was founded as a proprietary institution.
- Tuition and fees:
- $23,010 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 79
- Setting:
- urban
San Francisco, CA
California Institute of Integral Studies has a total undergraduate enrollment of 79, with a gender distribution of 20.3 percent male students and 79.7 percent female students. 100.0 percent of students live off campus.
- Tuition and fees:
- $11,700 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 7,487
- Setting:
- urban
Minneapolis, MN
Founded in 1993, Capella University is a proprietary institution. Capella University follows a quarter-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered selective.
- Tuition and fees:
- $10,665 (2011-12)
- Setting:
- city
Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Technical University is a proprietary institution that was founded in 1965.
- Tuition and fees:
- $43,747 (2012-13)
- Enrollment:
- 10,406
- Setting:
- urban
Washington, DC
George Washington University was established in 1821 as a private institution. George Washington University follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered most selective.
- Tuition and fees:
- $11,010 (2011-12)
- Setting:
- suburban
Prescott Valley, AZ
A proprietary institution, Northcentral University was founded in 1996.
- Tuition and fees:
- $6,120 (2011-12)
- Setting:
- urban
Cypress, CA
Trident University International is a proprietary institution. Trident University International admissions are considered selective.
- Tuition and fees:
- $14,190 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 1,162
- Setting:
- urban
Cincinnati, OH
Union Institute and University is a private institution that was founded in 1964. The student-faculty ratio at Union Institute and University is 9:1.
- Tuition and fees:
- $18,525 (2011-12)
- Setting:
- urban
Phoenix, AZ
University of Phoenix was established as a proprietary institution. University of Phoenix admissions are considered selective.
- Tuition and fees:
- $12,810 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 8,741
- Setting:
- urban
Minneapolis, MN
Walden University was founded as a proprietary institution.
