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%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139City: MidsizeUNITID 166683
Private nonprofit 4-yearDoctoral Universities: Very High Research ActivitySpecialty: Computer Science 35%Specialty: Engineering 27%Specialty: Math & Statistics 10%
Undergraduates
4,535
Graduate students
7,351
Admit rate
5%
Average net price
$20.1k
Graduation rate
96%
Retention rate
99%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$143k
Median debt
$14.8k
Student : faculty
3:1
Value score*
92th pct.
Programs offered
112
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- Northeast · New England
- Setting
- City: Midsize (population of at least 100,000 but less than 250,000)
- 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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Cambridge, MA
- Undergrads
- 7,601
- Admit rate
- 4%
- Net price
- $19.1k
- Grad rate
- 98%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 27%
- Specialty: Biology 13%
- Specialty: Math & Statistics 11%
Yale University
New Haven, CT
- Undergrads
- 6,758
- Admit rate
- 4%
- Net price
- $23.8k
- Grad rate
- 96%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 23%
- Specialty: Biology 11%
- Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 11%
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
- Undergrads
- 5,693
- Admit rate
- 6%
- Net price
- $18.8k
- Grad rate
- 94%
- Specialty: Biology 23%
- Specialty: Engineering 20%
- Specialty: Computer Science 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%
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
- Undergrads
- 1,613
- Admit rate
- 7%
- Net price
- $23.1k
- Grad rate
- 92%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 25%
- Specialty: Computer Science 11%
- Specialty: Biology 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.