University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
- Undergrads
- 8,818
- Admit rate
- 11%
- Net price
- $26.8k
- Grad rate
- 95%
- Roman Catholic
- Specialty: Business 27%
- Specialty: Engineering 15%
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208City: SmallUNITID 147767
Private nonprofit 4-yearDoctoral Universities: Very High Research ActivitySpecialty: Social Sciences 16%Specialty: Communication & Journalism 14%Specialty: Engineering 14%
Undergraduates
9,201
Graduate students
14,457
Admit rate
8%
Average net price
$29.2k
Graduation rate
95%
Retention rate
98%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$89.4k
Median debt
$15k
Student : faculty
6:1
Value score*
61th pct.
Programs offered
336
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 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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St. Louis, MO
- Undergrads
- 7,857
- Admit rate
- 12%
- Net price
- $21.8k
- Grad rate
- 94%
- Specialty: Engineering 14%
- Specialty: Biology 13%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 13%
Duke University
Durham, NC
- Undergrads
- 6,442
- Admit rate
- 6%
- Net price
- $29.6k
- Grad rate
- 97%
- United Methodist
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
- Undergrads
- 10.7k
- Admit rate
- 5%
- Net price
- $28.7k
- Grad rate
- 97%
- Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 17%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 11%
- Specialty: Biology 10%
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
- Undergrads
- 4,541
- Admit rate
- 5%
- Net price
- $29.5k
- Grad rate
- 96%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 24%
- Specialty: Engineering 18%
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Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
- Undergrads
- 16k
- Admit rate
- 9%
- Net price
- $28.7k
- Grad rate
- 95%
- Specialty: Computer Science 19%
- Specialty: Engineering 15%
- Specialty: Business 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.