Northeastern University
Boston, MA
- Undergrads
- 17.3k
- Admit rate
- 5%
- Net price
- $30.9k
- Grad rate
- 91%
- Specialty: Business 21%
- Specialty: Computer Science 16%
- Specialty: Engineering 15%
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853City: SmallUNITID 190415
Private nonprofit 4-yearDoctoral Universities: Very High Research ActivitySpecialty: Computer Science 19%Specialty: Engineering 15%Specialty: Business 11%
Undergraduates
15,995
Graduate students
10,665
Admit rate
9%
Average net price
$28.7k
Graduation rate
95%
Retention rate
98%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$104k
Median debt
$14k
Student : faculty
9:1
Value score*
70th pct.
Programs offered
269
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- Northeast · Middle Atlantic
- 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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Boston, MA
- Undergrads
- 18.2k
- Admit rate
- 11%
- Net price
- $24.4k
- Grad rate
- 89%
- Specialty: Business 16%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 14%
- Specialty: Communication & Journalism 14%
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%
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%
- Specialty: Math & Statistics 12%
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%
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
- Undergrads
- 4,541
- Admit rate
- 5%
- Net price
- $29.5k
- Grad rate
- 96%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 24%
- Specialty: Engineering 18%
- Specialty: Computer Science 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.