Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
- Undergrads
- 7,208
- Admit rate
- 6%
- Net price
- $15.8k
- Grad rate
- 94%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 31%
- Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 16%
- Specialty: Engineering 12%
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305Suburb: LargeUNITID 243744
Private nonprofit 4-yearDoctoral Universities: Very High Research ActivitySpecialty: Computer Science 21%Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 19%Specialty: Social Sciences 15%
Undergraduates
7,554
Graduate students
10,721
Admit rate
4%
Average net price
$13.8k
Graduation rate
92%
Retention rate
98%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$124k
Median debt
$12k
Student : faculty
6:1
Value score*
95th pct.
Programs offered
186
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- West · Pacific
- Setting
- Suburb: Large (outside principal city, in urbanized area with 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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University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
- Undergrads
- 7,569
- Admit rate
- 4%
- Net price
- $14.9k
- Grad rate
- 96%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 40%
Rice University
Houston, TX
- Undergrads
- 4,776
- Admit rate
- 8%
- Net price
- $13.4k
- Grad rate
- 95%
- Specialty: Biology 16%
- Specialty: Engineering 16%
- Specialty: Computer Science 15%
Pomona College
Claremont, CA
- Undergrads
- 1,666
- Admit rate
- 7%
- Net price
- $19.3k
- Grad rate
- 93%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 20%
- Specialty: Computer Science 17%
- Specialty: Biology 14%
Harvard University
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%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
- Undergrads
- 4,535
- Admit rate
- 5%
- Net price
- $20.1k
- Grad rate
- 96%
- Specialty: Computer Science 35%
- Specialty: Engineering 27%
- Specialty: Math & Statistics 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.