Rice University
Houston, TX
- Undergrads
- 4,776
- Admit rate
- 8%
- Net price
- $13.4k
- Grad rate
- 95%
- Specialty: Biology 16%
- Specialty: Engineering 16%
- Specialty: Computer Science 15%
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218City: LargeUNITID 162928
Private nonprofit 4-yearDoctoral Universities: Very High Research ActivitySpecialty: Biology 23%Specialty: Engineering 20%Specialty: Computer Science 10%
Undergraduates
5,693
Graduate students
23,854
Admit rate
6%
Average net price
$18.8k
Graduation rate
94%
Retention rate
98%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$87.6k
Median debt
$10.3k
Student : faculty
6:1
Value score*
81th pct.
Programs offered
282
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- South · South Atlantic
- Setting
- City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)
- 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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Nashville, TN
- Undergrads
- 7,208
- Admit rate
- 6%
- Net price
- $15.8k
- Grad rate
- 94%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 31%
- Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 16%
- Specialty: Engineering 12%
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
- Undergrads
- 7,298
- Admit rate
- 11%
- Net price
- $22.6k
- Grad rate
- 91%
- United Methodist
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- Specialty: Biology 17%
Washington University in St Louis
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%
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
- Undergrads
- 7,601
- Admit rate
- 4%
- Net price
- $19.1k
- Grad rate
- 98%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 27%
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- Specialty: Math & Statistics 11%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
- Undergrads
- 4,535
- Admit rate
- 5%
- Net price
- $20.1k
- Grad rate
- 96%
- Specialty: Computer Science 35%
- Specialty: Engineering 27%
- Specialty: Math & Statistics 10%
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.