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Using our unique InfluenceRanking™ engine as well as data from the National Center for Educational Statistics

Welcome to your Custom College Rankings page! Just select the values you want and generate your own personal list of the best colleges and universities for you.

Personalize your college ranking list based on the factors that matter most to you — affordability, test scores, preferred locations, student body size, and of course, the subject you want to study.

Most college rankings are based on what others think is important. Your Custom College Rankings Generator ranks colleges based on what matters to you!

Select the college stats that you care about, and view results based on our unique InfluenceRanking™ engine as well as data from the National Center for Educational Statistics. Once you’ve created your own unique college ranking, you can sort your list using any of our key data points.

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Schools with a median SAT of 400-1600, a median ACT of 1-36, with a graduation rate of greater than 0%, an acceptance rate of greater than 0%, with stated tuition between $0k-$100k, and a student population between 0k-100k, sorted by Influence.

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Harvard University

#1 institution's overall influence

#2 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$50K

Acceptance

Graduation

97%

Student body

25K

Median SAT/ACT

1520/34

Cambridge, MA

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Stanford University

#10 institution's overall influence

#1 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$51K

Acceptance

Graduation

94%

Student body

14K

Median SAT/ACT

1495/33

Stanford, CA

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#9 institution's overall influence

#3 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$52K

Acceptance

Graduation

93%

Student body

14K

Median SAT/ACT

1535/35

Cambridge, MA

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University of California, Berkeley

#6 institution's overall influence

#29 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$14K

Acceptance

15%

Graduation

92%

Student body

41K

Median SAT/ACT

1425/33

Berkeley, CA

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Columbia University

#3 institution's overall influence

#6 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$53K

Acceptance

Graduation

95%

Student body

28K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

New York, NY

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Yale University

#7 institution's overall influence

#4 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$53K

Acceptance

Graduation

98%

Student body

15K

Median SAT/ACT

1515/34

New Haven, CT

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Princeton University

#8 institution's overall influence

#5 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$50K

Acceptance

Graduation

97%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1505/33

Princeton, NJ

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University of Chicago

#5 institution's overall influence

#8 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$57K

Acceptance

Graduation

94%

Student body

12K

Median SAT/ACT

1520/34

Chicago, IL

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New York University

#16 institution's overall influence

#44 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$52K

Acceptance

20%

Graduation

85%

Student body

47K

Median SAT/ACT

1410/31

New York, NY

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#10

Cornell University

#14 institution's overall influence

#14 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

11%

Graduation

94%

Student body

24K

Median SAT/ACT

1465/33

Ithaca, NY

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#11

University of Michigan

#15 institution's overall influence

#37 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$16K

Acceptance

23%

Graduation

91%

Student body

42K

Median SAT/ACT

1420/32

Ann Arbor, MI

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#12

University of Pennsylvania

#17 institution's overall influence

#10 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

Graduation

95%

Student body

27K

Median SAT/ACT

1485/33

Philadelphia, PA

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#13

University of California, Los Angeles

#23 institution's overall influence

#31 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$13K

Acceptance

14%

Graduation

91%

Student body

44K

Median SAT/ACT

1405/32

Los Angeles, CA

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#14

Johns Hopkins University

#20 institution's overall influence

#21 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

11%

Graduation

92%

Student body

24K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

Baltimore, MD

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#15

Northwestern University

#28 institution's overall influence

#24 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

Graduation

94%

Student body

19K

Median SAT/ACT

1490/34

Evanston, IL

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#16

Duke University

#31 institution's overall influence

#12 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

Graduation

95%

Student body

15K

Median SAT/ACT

1510/34

Durham, NC

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#17

University of California, San Diego

#48 institution's overall influence

#71 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$14K

Acceptance

30%

Graduation

87%

Student body

36K

Median SAT/ACT

1365/30

La Jolla, CA

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#18

University of Southern California

#39 institution's overall influence

#30 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

13%

Graduation

92%

Student body

37K

Median SAT/ACT

1440/32

Los Angeles, CA

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#19

California Institute of Technology

#27 institution's overall influence

#9 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$52K

Acceptance

Graduation

94%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1555/35

Pasadena, CA

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#20

University of Washington

#42 institution's overall influence

#69 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

49%

Graduation

84%

Student body

46K

Median SAT/ACT

1340/29

Seattle, WA

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#21

Boston University

#37 institution's overall influence

#56 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

22%

Graduation

87%

Student body

30K

Median SAT/ACT

1415/31

Boston, MA

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#22

Carnegie Mellon University

#46 institution's overall influence

#35 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

17%

Graduation

90%

Student body

16K

Median SAT/ACT

1500/34

Pittsburgh, PA

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#23

University of Texas at Austin

#43 institution's overall influence

#43 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

39%

Graduation

81%

Student body

45K

Median SAT/ACT

1355/30

Austin, TX

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#24

Brown University

#36 institution's overall influence

#7 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

Graduation

96%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1485/33

Providence, RI

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#25

University of Wisconsin–Madison

#25 institution's overall influence

#216 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

52%

Graduation

85%

Student body

36K

Median SAT/ACT

1365/29

Madison, WI

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#26

University of Minnesota

#33 institution's overall influence

#890 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$15K

Acceptance

52%

Graduation

78%

Student body

44K

Median SAT/ACT

1375/28

Minneapolis, MN

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#27

George Washington University

#62 institution's overall influence

#76 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$53K

Acceptance

42%

Graduation

84%

Student body

21K

Median SAT/ACT

1370/30

Washington, DC

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#28

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

#45 institution's overall influence

#162 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$17K

Acceptance

62%

Graduation

85%

Student body

52K

Median SAT/ACT

1330/29

Champaign, IL

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#29

University of Virginia

#44 institution's overall influence

#40 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$17K

Acceptance

26%

Graduation

94%

Student body

24K

Median SAT/ACT

1415/32

Charlottesville, VA

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#30

Georgetown University

#70 institution's overall influence

#19 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

15%

Graduation

94%

Student body

14K

Median SAT/ACT

1450/32

Washington, DC

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#31

Purdue University

#54 institution's overall influence

#1204 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$10K

Acceptance

58%

Graduation

77%

Student body

40K

Median SAT/ACT

1295/28

West Lafayette, IN

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#32

University of Maryland

#77 institution's overall influence

#214 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

47%

Graduation

87%

Student body

35K

Median SAT/ACT

1380/31

College Park, MD

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#33

Tufts University

#69 institution's overall influence

#25 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

15%

Graduation

92%

Student body

11K

Median SAT/ACT

1455/32

Medford, MA

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#34

University of Arizona

#84 institution's overall influence

#605 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$12K

Acceptance

84%

Graduation

60%

Student body

39K

Median SAT/ACT

1190/24

Tucson, AZ

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#35

Rice University

#90 institution's overall influence

#15 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$47K

Acceptance

11%

Graduation

93%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

Houston, TX

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#36

University of Iowa

#56 institution's overall influence

#369 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$9K

Acceptance

83%

Graduation

72%

Student body

27K

Median SAT/ACT

1225/25

Iowa City, IA

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#37

University of California, Santa Barbara

#94 institution's overall influence

#100 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$14K

Acceptance

32%

Graduation

82%

Student body

26K

Median SAT/ACT

1345/30

Santa Barbara, CA

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#38

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#75 institution's overall influence

#38 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$9K

Acceptance

23%

Graduation

91%

Student body

25K

Median SAT/ACT

1375/31

Chapel Hill, NC

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#39

Washington University in St. Louis

#61 institution's overall influence

#20 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$53K

Acceptance

15%

Graduation

94%

Student body

12K

Median SAT/ACT

1520/33

Saint Louis, MO

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#40

University of California, Davis

#117 institution's overall influence

#163 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$14K

Acceptance

41%

Graduation

85%

Student body

35K

Median SAT/ACT

1280/28

Davis, CA

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#41

Dartmouth College

#55 institution's overall influence

#11 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

Graduation

97%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1490/33

Hanover, NH

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#42

Syracuse University

#87 institution's overall influence

#1450 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$52K

Acceptance

50%

Graduation

82%

Student body

23K

Median SAT/ACT

1275/27

Syracuse, NY

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#43

University of Pittsburgh

#71 institution's overall influence

#987 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$19K

Acceptance

59%

Graduation

81%

Student body

27K

Median SAT/ACT

1350/30

Pittsburgh, PA

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#44

Brandeis University

#86 institution's overall influence

#167 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

31%

Graduation

90%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1390/31

Waltham, MA

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#45

University of Utah

#74 institution's overall influence

#1235 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$9K

Acceptance

67%

Graduation

65%

Student body

27K

Median SAT/ACT

1240/25

Salt Lake City, UT

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#46

Pennsylvania State University

#108 institution's overall influence

Tuition + fees

$18K

Acceptance

56%

Graduation

86%

Student body

47K

Median SAT/ACT

1260/27

University Park, PA

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#47

Michigan State University

#103 institution's overall influence

#1461 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$16K

Acceptance

78%

Graduation

78%

Student body

43K

Median SAT/ACT

1210/26

East Lansing, MI

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#48

Vanderbilt University

#115 institution's overall influence

#16 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$50K

Acceptance

10%

Graduation

92%

Student body

11K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

Nashville, TN

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#49

Arizona State University

#148 institution's overall influence

#1312 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

85%

Graduation

67%

Student body

50K

Median SAT/ACT

1245/25

Tempe, AZ

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#50

University of California, Irvine

#102 institution's overall influence

#87 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$14K

Acceptance

29%

Graduation

87%

Student body

36K

Median SAT/ACT

1300/29

Irvine, CA

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