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%
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115City: LargeUNITID 167358
Private nonprofit 4-yearDoctoral Universities: Very High Research ActivitySpecialty: Business 21%Specialty: Computer Science 16%Specialty: Engineering 15%
Undergraduates
17,326
Graduate students
15,121
Admit rate
5%
Average net price
$30.9k
Graduation rate
91%
Retention rate
97%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$92.5k
Median debt
$24.3k
Student : faculty
16:1
Value score*
59th pct.
Programs offered
237
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
- 10.7k
- Admit rate
- 5%
- Net price
- $28.7k
- Grad rate
- 97%
- Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 17%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 11%
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Boston University
Boston, MA
- Undergrads
- 18.2k
- Admit rate
- 11%
- Net price
- $24.4k
- Grad rate
- 89%
- Specialty: Business 16%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 14%
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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
- Undergrads
- 7,304
- Admit rate
- 12%
- Net price
- $31.9k
- Grad rate
- 94%
- Specialty: Engineering 23%
- Specialty: Computer Science 18%
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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
- Undergrads
- 20.4k
- Admit rate
- 10%
- Net price
- $32.7k
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- 92%
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- Specialty: Social Sciences 11%
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New York University
New York, NY
- Undergrads
- 28.7k
- Admit rate
- 9%
- Net price
- $37k
- Grad rate
- 88%
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 16%
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- Specialty: Business 12%
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.