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🏛️ Ivy League

Harvard University~3%

Cambridge, MA

Yale University~4.6%

New Haven, CT

Princeton University~5.8%

Princeton, NJ

Columbia University~3.9%

New York, NY

University of Pennsylvania~5.8%

Philadelphia, PA

Brown University~5.5%

Providence, RI

Dartmouth College~6.2%

Hanover, NH

Cornell University~7.4%

Ithaca, NY

⭐ Elite Research Universities

Cambridge, MA

Stanford University~3.7%

Stanford, CA

Pasadena, CA

University of Chicago~5.4%

Chicago, IL

Duke University~6.3%

Durham, NC

Northwestern University~6.8%

Evanston, IL

Vanderbilt University~8.7%

Nashville, TN

Johns Hopkins University~7%

Baltimore, MD

Georgetown University~11%

Washington, D.C.

University of Notre Dame~12.4%

Notre Dame, IN

Rice University~8.7%

Houston, TX

Emory University~11.4%

Atlanta, GA

Carnegie Mellon University~11%

Pittsburgh, PA

Tufts University~10.5%

Medford, MA

Washington University in St. Louis~14%

St. Louis, MO

Northeastern University~7%

Boston, MA

📚 Top Liberal Arts Colleges

Amherst College~9%

Amherst, MA

Williams College~8%

Williamstown, MA

Swarthmore College~7%

Swarthmore, PA

Bowdoin College~8.9%

Brunswick, ME

Middlebury College~12.5%

Middlebury, VT

Colby College~12%

Waterville, ME

Davidson College~13%

Davidson, NC

Colgate University~14.4%

Hamilton, NY

Hamilton College~14%

Clinton, NY

Barnard College~10%

New York, NY

Kenyon College~29%

Gambier, OH

Oberlin College~32%

Oberlin, OH

Trinity College (CT)~33%

Hartford, CT

Occidental College~37%

Los Angeles, CA

Pitzer College~13%

Claremont, CA

Pomona College~7%

Claremont, CA

Claremont McKenna~9%

Claremont, CA

Harvey Mudd College~13%

Claremont, CA

Elon University~71%

Elon, NC

Vassar College~24%

Poughkeepsie, NY

Smith College~32%

Northampton, MA

Scripps College~26%

Claremont, CA

Lafayette College~37%

Easton, PA

Denison University~31%

Granville, OH

Wesleyan University~16%

Middletown, CT

Carleton College~18%

Northfield, MN

Grinnell College~11%

Grinnell, IA

Bates College~13%

Lewiston, ME

Macalester College~33%

St. Paul, MN

Reed College~35%

Portland, OR

St. Lawrence University~57%

Canton, NY

College of the Holy Cross~32%

Worcester, MA

University of Richmond~25%

Richmond, VA

Bucknell University~35%

Lewisburg, PA

🏫 Top Public Universities

UC Berkeley~11.4%

Berkeley, CA

Los Angeles, CA

University of Michigan~17.7%

Ann Arbor, MI

University of Virginia~18%

Charlottesville, VA

UNC Chapel Hill~19%

Chapel Hill, NC

Georgia Tech~17%

Atlanta, GA

Austin, TX

Ohio State University~53%

Columbus, OH

Penn State University~54%

University Park, PA

Purdue University~53%

West Lafayette, IN

Indiana University Bloomington~80%

Bloomington, IN

William & Mary~33%

Williamsburg, VA

UC Santa Cruz~47%

Santa Cruz, CA

University of Missouri~78%

Columbia, MO

🌆 Strong Private Universities

New York University~12.2%

New York, NY

Boston University~19%

Boston, MA

University of Southern California~11.4%

Los Angeles, CA

Tulane University~13%

New Orleans, LA

Wake Forest University~20.7%

Winston-Salem, NC

Boston College~15.5%

Chestnut Hill, MA

Lehigh University~27%

Bethlehem, PA

University of Rochester~29%

Rochester, NY

Syracuse University~60%

Syracuse, NY

Southern Methodist University~52%

Dallas, TX

Case Western Reserve University~27%

Cleveland, OH

University of Miami~19%

Coral Gables, FL

Fordham University~46%

New York, NY

✝️ Catholic & Jesuit Universities

Boston College~15.5%

Chestnut Hill, MA

University of Notre Dame~12.4%

Notre Dame, IN

Georgetown University~11%

Washington, D.C.

Villanova University~23%

Villanova, PA

Fordham University~46%

New York, NY

Gonzaga University~67%

Spokane, WA

Santa Clara University~50%

Santa Clara, CA

Loyola Marymount University~44%

Los Angeles, CA

Pepperdine University~37%

Malibu, CA

Univ. of San Francisco~64%

San Francisco, CA

Loyola University Chicago~71%

Chicago, IL

University of San Diego~52%

San Diego, CA

Marquette University~80%

Milwaukee, WI

Baylor University~51%

Waco, TX

Texas Christian University~47%

Fort Worth, TX

Brigham Young University~67%

Provo, UT

🎓 More Great Schools

UC Santa Barbara~29%

Santa Barbara, CA

UC San Diego~24%

La Jolla, CA

Irvine, CA

Davis, CA

UC Riverside~66%

Riverside, CA

Merced, CA

University of Florida~31%

Gainesville, FL

Florida State University~25%

Tallahassee, FL

U Illinois Urbana-Champaign~45%

Champaign, IL

University of Wisconsin~51%

Madison, WI

University of Washington~49%

Seattle, WA

University of Georgia~40%

Athens, GA

University of Maryland~44%

College Park, MD

Rutgers University~65%

New Brunswick, NJ

University of Connecticut~49%

Storrs, CT

University of Vermont~67%

Burlington, VT

UMass Amherst~63%

Amherst, MA

University of Minnesota~52%

Minneapolis, MN

Texas A&M University~58%

College Station, TX

Michigan State University~83%

East Lansing, MI

NC State University~47%

Raleigh, NC

Virginia Tech~57%

Blacksburg, VA

University of Arizona~85%

Tucson, AZ

Boulder, CO

University of Denver~74%

Denver, CO

Colorado School of Mines~42%

Golden, CO

George Washington University~40%

Washington, D.C.

American University~29%

Washington, D.C.

Stony Brook University~49%

Stony Brook, NY

U Illinois Chicago~76%

Chicago, IL

Brandeis University~32%

Waltham, MA

Troy, NY

Worcester Polytechnic Institute~49%

Worcester, MA

Stevens Institute of Technology~49%

Hoboken, NJ

Drexel University~77%

Philadelphia, PA

Babson College~23%

Babson Park, MA

Ithaca College~66%

Ithaca, NY

US Air Force Academy~12%

Colorado Springs, CO

US Naval Academy~9%

Annapolis, MD

West Point, NY

Johns Hopkins University~7%

Baltimore, MD

Wellesley College~14%

Wellesley, MA

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