Custom College Rankings

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 and other publicly available databases. 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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#1

Harvard University

Cambridge , MA

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

5%

Graduation

98%

Student body

25K

Median SAT/ACT

1515/34

Private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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#2

Stanford University

Stanford , CA

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

5%

Graduation

95%

Student body

15K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/33

Private research university located in Stanford, California, United States
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#3

Yale University

New Haven , CT

Tuition + fees

$58K

Acceptance

7%

Graduation

96%

Student body

16K

Median SAT/ACT

1515/34

Private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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#4

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge , MA

Tuition + fees

$53K

Acceptance

7%

Graduation

96%

Student body

14K

Median SAT/ACT

1540/35

Research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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#5

Columbia University

New York , NY

Tuition + fees

$61K

Acceptance

7%

Graduation

96%

Student body

28K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

Private Ivy League research university in New York City
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#6

Princeton University

Princeton , NJ

Tuition + fees

$49K

Acceptance

6%

Graduation

98%

Student body

7K

Median SAT/ACT

1515/34

Private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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#7

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley , CA

Tuition + fees

$14K

Acceptance

17%

Graduation

92%

Student body

43K

Median SAT/ACT

1430/33

Public research university in Berkeley, California, United States
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#8

University of Chicago

Chicago , IL

Tuition + fees

$59K

Acceptance

7%

Graduation

96%

Student body

13K

Median SAT/ACT

1535/34

Private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States
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#9

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia , PA

Tuition + fees

$60K

Acceptance

9%

Graduation

96%

Student body

28K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

Private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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#10

Cornell University

Ithaca , NY

Tuition + fees

$59K

Acceptance

11%

Graduation

95%

Student body

26K

Median SAT/ACT

1480/33

Private university in Ithaca
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#11

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor , MI

Tuition + fees

$17K

Acceptance

26%

Graduation

93%

Student body

45K

Median SAT/ACT

1435/32

Public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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#12

Duke University

Durham , NC

Tuition + fees

$58K

Acceptance

8%

Graduation

96%

Student body

15K

Median SAT/ACT

1525/34

Private university in Durham, North Carolina, United States
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#13

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles , CA

Tuition + fees

$13K

Acceptance

14%

Graduation

91%

Student body

45K

Median SAT/ACT

1415/32

Public research university in Los Angeles, California, United States
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#14

New York University

New York , NY

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

21%

Graduation

88%

Student body

49K

Median SAT/ACT

1440/32

Private research university in New York City
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#15

Brown University

Providence , RI

Tuition + fees

$61K

Acceptance

8%

Graduation

95%

Student body

10K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

Private university in Providence, Rhode Island
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#16

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore , MD

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

11%

Graduation

94%

Student body

26K

Median SAT/ACT

1510/34

University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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#17

Georgetown University

Washington , DC

Tuition + fees

$58K

Acceptance

17%

Graduation

94%

Student body

14K

Median SAT/ACT

1465/33

Private university in Washington, D.C., United States
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#18

University of Southern California

Los Angeles , CA

Tuition + fees

$60K

Acceptance

16%

Graduation

92%

Student body

40K

Median SAT/ACT

1445/32

Private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States
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#19

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena , CA

Tuition + fees

$57K

Acceptance

7%

Graduation

92%

Student body

2K

Median SAT/ACT

1545/35

Private research university located in Pasadena, California
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#20

Northwestern University

Evanston , IL

Tuition + fees

$59K

Acceptance

9%

Graduation

95%

Student body

19K

Median SAT/ACT

1495/34

Private research university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, United States
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#21

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh , PA

Tuition + fees

$58K

Acceptance

17%

Graduation

93%

Student body

17K

Median SAT/ACT

1510/34

Private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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#22

University of Texas at Austin

Austin , TX

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

32%

Graduation

88%

Student body

44K

Median SAT/ACT

1355/30

Public research university in Austin, Texas, United States
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#23

University of Virginia

Charlottesville , VA

Tuition + fees

$19K

Acceptance

23%

Graduation

94%

Student body

25K

Median SAT/ACT

1430/32

Public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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#24

Dartmouth College

Hanover , NH

Tuition + fees

$59K

Acceptance

9%

Graduation

95%

Student body

7K

Median SAT/ACT

1500/33

University and liberal arts college in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
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#25

Washington University in St. Louis

Saint Louis , MO

Tuition + fees

$57K

Acceptance

16%

Graduation

94%

Student body

13K

Median SAT/ACT

1520/34

University in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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#26

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill , NC

Tuition + fees

$9K

Acceptance

25%

Graduation

91%

Student body

25K

Median SAT/ACT

1405/30

Public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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#27

Tufts University

Medford , MA

Tuition + fees

$61K

Acceptance

16%

Graduation

94%

Student body

10K

Median SAT/ACT

1465/33

Private research university in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts
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#28

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame , IN

Tuition + fees

$58K

Acceptance

19%

Graduation

97%

Student body

13K

Median SAT/ACT

1475/33

Catholic university located in South Bend, Indiana, United States
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#29

University of Washington

Seattle , WA

Tuition + fees

$12K

Acceptance

56%

Graduation

82%

Student body

44K

Median SAT/ACT

1345/30

Public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States
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#30

Vanderbilt University

Nashville , TN

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

12%

Graduation

93%

Student body

11K

Median SAT/ACT

1510/34

Private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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#31

Rice University

Houston , TX

Tuition + fees

$51K

Acceptance

11%

Graduation

94%

Student body

8K

Median SAT/ACT

1520/34

University in Houston, Texas, USA
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#32

Boston University

Boston , MA

Tuition + fees

$58K

Acceptance

20%

Graduation

89%

Student body

32K

Median SAT/ACT

1425/32

Private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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#33

University of Florida

Gainesville , FL

Tuition + fees

$6K

Acceptance

31%

Graduation

89%

Student body

47K

Median SAT/ACT

1390/30

Public research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States
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#34

Emory University

Atlanta , GA

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

19%

Graduation

90%

Student body

13K

Median SAT/ACT

1445/32

Private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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#35

University of California, San Diego

La Jolla , CA

Tuition + fees

$15K

Acceptance

37%

Graduation

87%

Student body

39K

Median SAT/ACT

1370/30

Public university in La Jolla, California, United States
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#36

Wesleyan University

Middletown , CT

Tuition + fees

$59K

Acceptance

21%

Graduation

91%

Student body

4K

Private liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut
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#37

Georgia Tech

Atlanta , GA

Tuition + fees

$13K

Acceptance

21%

Graduation

91%

Student body

31K

Median SAT/ACT

1405/31

Public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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#38

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore , PA

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

9%

Graduation

97%

Student body

2K

Median SAT/ACT

1460/33

Liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
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#39

University of Rochester

Rochester , NY

Tuition + fees

$58K

Acceptance

35%

Graduation

86%

Student body

12K

Median SAT/ACT

1405/32

Private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States
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#40

Ohio State University

Columbus , OH

Tuition + fees

$12K

Acceptance

68%

Graduation

87%

Student body

56K

Median SAT/ACT

1355/30

Public research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States
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#41

Amherst College

Amherst , MA

Tuition + fees

$61K

Acceptance

12%

Graduation

95%

Student body

2K

Median SAT/ACT

1415/32

Liberal arts college in Massachusetts
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#42

George Washington University

Washington , DC

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

43%

Graduation

85%

Student body

21K

Median SAT/ACT

1375/31

University in Washington, D.C.
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#43

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Madison , WI

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

57%

Graduation

88%

Student body

38K

Median SAT/ACT

1390/29

Public research university in Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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#44

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign , IL

Tuition + fees

$17K

Acceptance

63%

Graduation

86%

Student body

54K

Median SAT/ACT

1340/29

Public research university in Urbana and Champaign, Illinois, United States
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#45

Williams College

Williamstown , MA

Tuition + fees

$50K

Acceptance

15%

Graduation

96%

Student body

2K

Median SAT/ACT

1480/33

Liberal arts college in Massachusetts
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#46

University of Georgia

Athens , GA

Tuition + fees

$12K

Acceptance

48%

Graduation

87%

Student body

38K

Median SAT/ACT

1330/29

Public university located in Athens, Georgia, United States
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#47

Boston College

Chestnut Hill , MA

Tuition + fees

$60K

Acceptance

26%

Graduation

92%

Student body

13K

Median SAT/ACT

1420/32

Private research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States
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#48

Wellesley College

Wellesley , MA

Tuition + fees

$58K

Acceptance

20%

Graduation

94%

Student body

3K

Median SAT/ACT

1445/32

Private women's liberal arts college in Massachusetts
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#49

Pomona College

Claremont , CA

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

9%

Graduation

94%

Student body

2K

Median SAT/ACT

1465/33

Private liberal arts college in Claremont, California, United States
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#50

University of Maryland, College Park

College Park , MD

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

51%

Graduation

87%

Student body

37K

Median SAT/ACT

1375/31

Public research university in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland
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