Rank
College Name
Median SAT/ACT score
Est. price 2019-20 without aid
Est. price 2019-20 with avg. grant
% of students who get any grants
Average student debt
Early career earnings
1
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
1260/29
$35,400
$14,900
66%
$16,500
$57,700
2
CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
New York, NY
1270/NA
$33,200
$4,900
55%
$10,720
$57,100
3
Princeton, NJ
1500/33
$69,100
$17,400
58%
$7,500
$72,700
4
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
1340/32
$35,400
$15,800
59%
$15,000
$60,000
5
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
1250/29
$37,300
$17,600
67%
$14,000
$59,400
6
Stanford, CA
1470/34
$72,200
$17,700
60%
$11,450
$76,500
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
1530/34
$70,400
$23,700
68%
$17,130
$83,600
8
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
1420/32
$30,800
$17,500
52%
$19,150
$62,000
9
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
1310/30
$33,600
$15,600
58%
$17,500
$61,300
10
Charlottesville, VA
1410/31
$33,600
$17,700
42%
$19,000
$62,300
11
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
1370/32
$38,600
$19,400
57%
$13,200
$68,300
12
University of California-Riverside
Riverside, CA
1200/26
$36,200
$13,200
81%
$19,000
$54,000
13
California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
1130/23
$25,100
$10,300
70%
$15,000
$51,100
14
Cambridge, MA
1530/34
$72,700
$18,200
43%
$6,100
$72,600
15
Nashville, TN
1510/34
$70,400
$24,900
65%
$14,500
$63,800
16
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
1560/35
$72,000
$26,100
61%
$12,180
$83,400
17
New Haven, CT
1520/34
$74,500
$19,300
52%
$12,000
$68,300
18
Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
1250/28
$29,700
$20,900
54%
$18,520
$59,000
19
Durham, NC
1460/33
$75,000
$23,500
53%
$9,200
$68,700
20
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
1420/29
$31,400
$17,800
51%
$20,130
$61,000
21
Gainesville, FL
1320/30
$22,100
$16,300
83%
$16,200
$54,200
22
California State University-Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
1100/22
$28,600
$9,100
65%
$14,800
$49,400
22
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
1310/30
$27,800
$10,100
44%
$15,000
$59,900
24
Houston, TX
1540/34
$66,000
$25,800
61%
$11,200
$69,200
25
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, MA
1120/23
$26,800
$15,500
48%
$26,930
$67,200
26
Lexington, VA
1420/32
$68,900
$26,700
57%
$19,920
$63,200
27
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
1310/32
$30,000
$16,900
62%
$23,750
$70,800
28
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
1340/30
$26,600
$15,300
50%
$21,500
$59,100
29
California State University-Northridge
Northridge, CA
1020/20
$23,100
$6,400
70%
$13,830
$49,600
30
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
1300/31
$37,700
$17,200
62%
$16,300
$57,300
30
Notre Dame, IN
1450/33
$72,500
$29,300
62%
$21,430
$64,700
32
Philadelphia, PA
1490/34
$74,900
$26,200
53%
$12,990
$70,100
33
Vestal, NY
1360/30
$27,300
$17,900
51%
$19,500
$58,900
34
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
1270/28
$27,400
$20,000
49%
$23,250
$60,900
35
Brooklyn, NY
1130/NA
$36,500
$4,400
61%
$10,500
$50,100
36
California State University-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
990/18
$26,000
$4,200
83%
$12,500
$49,200
37
Swarthmore, PA
1460/33
$71,900
$21,800
58%
$19,500
$63,800
38
Lewiston, ME
NA/NA
$71,900
$24,900
46%
$14,120
$57,500
39
Williamstown, MA
1480/33
$73,800
$20,800
54%
$14,490
$64,000
40
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
1310/29
$24,800
$14,300
53%
$20,710
$55,800
41
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA
1120/24
$27,200
$13,500
67%
$18,500
$56,000
42
Storrs, CT
1300/29
$32,400
$20,000
61%
$21,500
$57,700
43
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
1380/31
$27,700
$18,400
49%
$19,500
$60,000
43
Worcester, MA
NA/NA
$69,200
$28,800
56%
$28,000
$58,800
45
Williamsburg, VA
1390/31
$39,000
$18,600
46%
$19,340
$57,100
46
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
1370/29
$26,800
$17,000
41%
$22,240
$55,700
47
Stony Brook, NY
1310/29
$26,600
$15,300
57%
$18,960
$57,000
48
Ewing, NJ
1250/NA
$36,000
$24,400
39%
$23,250
$57,200
49
Lexington, VA
1190/26
$32,000
$17,200
72%
$23,900
$63,900
50
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
1300/NA
$33,000
$17,100
50%
$22,250
$57,800