Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
- Undergrads
- 44.5k
- Admit rate
- 50%
- Net price
- $14.6k
- Grad rate
- 83%
- Specialty: Engineering 25%
- Specialty: Business 16%
- Specialty: Computer Science 12%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL 61820City: SmallUNITID 145637
Public 4-yearDoctoral Universities: Very High Research ActivitySpecialty: Engineering 21%
Undergraduates
36,258
Graduate students
22,098
Admit rate
42%
Average net price
$14.4k
Graduation rate
85%
Retention rate
95%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$81.1k
Median debt
$19.5k
Student : faculty
20:1
Value score*
86th pct.
Programs offered
318
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Public 4-year
- Region
- Midwest · East North Central
- Setting
- City: Small (population less than 100,000)
- Carnegie
- Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
- Size & setting
- Four-year, large, primarily residential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- None reported
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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- Undergrads
- 36.9k
- Admit rate
- 45%
- Net price
- $17.4k
- Grad rate
- 90%
- Specialty: Business 16%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
- Undergrads
- 31.9k
- Admit rate
- 39%
- Net price
- $14.1k
- Grad rate
- 85%
- AANAPI-serving
- Specialty: Computer Science 13%
- Specialty: Biology 12%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
- Undergrads
- 27.4k
- Admit rate
- 42%
- Net price
- $17.3k
- Grad rate
- 85%
- Specialty: Engineering 24%
- Specialty: Business 16%
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
- Undergrads
- 32.3k
- Admit rate
- 42%
- Net price
- $14.7k
- Grad rate
- 86%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
- Specialty: Biology 18%
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
- Undergrads
- 30.8k
- Admit rate
- 45%
- Net price
- $15.7k
- Grad rate
- 89%
- Specialty: Computer Science 25%
- Specialty: Business 12%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 11%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.