Top Ranking Colleges
Choosing the right college can be a stressful decision for high school students and their families. Gerald Bradshaw helps his clients choose the college that is right for them and their future plans. below you will find examples of the top ranking universities in the nation according to US News statistics.
| Rank | Costs | Total enrollment | Acceptance rate | |
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| Rank 1 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | |||
| 100 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,012 | 19,230 | 7.9% | |
| Rank 1 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ |
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| 100 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $35,340 | 7,497 | 9.9% | |
| Rank 3 | Yale University New Haven, CT | |||
| 98 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $36,500 | 11,446 | 8.6% | |
| Rank 4 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA |
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| 93 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $34,584 | 2,126 | 17.4% | |
| Rank 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA |
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| 93 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,782 | 10,299 | 11.9% | |
| Rank 4 | Stanford University Stanford, CA |
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| 93 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,881 | 17,833 | 9.5% | |
| Rank 4 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
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| 93 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,970 | 19,018 | 16.9% | |
| Rank 8 | Columbia University New York, NY | |||
| 91 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $41,316 | 23,196 | 10.0% | |
| Rank 8 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
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| 91 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,381 | 12,386 | 27.9% | |
| Rank 10 | Duke University Durham, NC |
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| 90 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,975 | 14,060 | 22.4% | |
| Rank 11 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH |
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| 89 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,679 | 5,848 | 13.5% | |
| Rank 12 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL |
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| 87 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,461 | 18,431 | 26.2% | |
| Rank 12 | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO | |||
| 87 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,864 | 13,338 | 21.7% | |
| Rank 14 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | |||
| 86 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,150 | 19,858 | 25.4% | |
| Rank 15 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
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| 85 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,954 | 20,273 | 20.7% | |
| Rank 16 | Brown University Providence, RI | |||
| 84 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,848 | 8,318 | 13.7% | |
| Rank 17 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | |||
| 80 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,036 | 12,755 | 26.6% | |
| Rank 17 | Rice University Houston, TX |
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| 80 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $31,248 | 5,456 | 23.0% | |
| Rank 17 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | |||
| 80 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,579 | 12,093 | 25.3% | |
| Rank 20 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN |
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| 78 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,477 | 11,731 | 26.7% | |
| Rank 21 | University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA | |||
| 76 | 2009-2010 In-state: $8,352; Out-of-state: $30,022 | 35,409 | 21.6% | |
| Rank 22 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
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| 75 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,833 | 11,064 | 37.9% | |
| Rank 23 | Georgetown University Washington, DC |
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| 74 | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,212 | 15,318 | 18.8% | |
| Rank 24 | University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | |||
| 73 | 2009-2010 In-state: $8,228; Out-of-state: $29,897 | 39,650 | 22.8% | |
| Rank 24 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
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| 73 | 2009-2010 In-state: $9,870; Out-of-state: $31,870 | 24,541 | 36.7% | |
