University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
- Undergrads
- 7,569
- Admit rate
- 4%
- Net price
- $14.9k
- Grad rate
- 96%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 40%
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37240City: LargeUNITID 221999
Private nonprofit 4-yearDoctoral Universities: Very High Research ActivitySpecialty: Social Sciences 31%Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 16%Specialty: Engineering 12%
Undergraduates
7,208
Graduate students
6,354
Admit rate
6%
Average net price
$15.8k
Graduation rate
94%
Retention rate
96%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$91.6k
Median debt
$14k
Student : faculty
8:1
Value score*
87th pct.
Programs offered
181
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- South · East South Central
- 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
- 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
- Undergrads
- 5,693
- Admit rate
- 6%
- Net price
- $18.8k
- Grad rate
- 94%
- Specialty: Biology 23%
- Specialty: Engineering 20%
- Specialty: Computer Science 10%
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
- Undergrads
- 7,554
- Admit rate
- 4%
- Net price
- $13.8k
- Grad rate
- 92%
- Specialty: Computer Science 21%
- Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 19%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 15%
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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Davidson College
Davidson, NC
- Undergrads
- 1,867
- Admit rate
- 13%
- Net price
- $17.4k
- Grad rate
- 91%
- Presbyterian Church (USA)
- Specialty: Social Sciences 23%
- Specialty: Biology 16%
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.