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%
Boston University
Boston, MA 02215City: LargeUNITID 164988
Private nonprofit 4-yearDoctoral Universities: Very High Research ActivitySpecialty: Business 16%Specialty: Social Sciences 14%Specialty: Communication & Journalism 14%
Undergraduates
18,248
Graduate students
18,932
Admit rate
11%
Average net price
$24.4k
Graduation rate
89%
Retention rate
95%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$83.2k
Median debt
$23.3k
Student : faculty
10:1
Value score*
67th pct.
Programs offered
314
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- Northeast · New England
- Setting
- City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)
- Carnegie
- Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
- Size & setting
- Four-year, large, highly 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
- 17.3k
- Admit rate
- 5%
- Net price
- $30.9k
- Grad rate
- 91%
- Specialty: Business 21%
- Specialty: Computer Science 16%
- Specialty: Engineering 15%
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%
Brown University
Providence, RI
- Undergrads
- 7,226
- Admit rate
- 5%
- Net price
- $25.2k
- Grad rate
- 96%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 25%
- Specialty: Computer Science 16%
- Specialty: Biology 12%
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
- Undergrads
- 8,973
- Admit rate
- 4%
- Net price
- $21.6k
- Grad rate
- 96%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 27%
- Specialty: Computer Science 16%
- Specialty: Engineering 12%
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%
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.