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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

$52K

Acceptance

Graduation

96%

Student body

25K

Median SAT/ACT

1515/34

Cambridge, MA

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Stanford University

#10 institution's overall influence

#1 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

Graduation

94%

Student body

15K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/33

Stanford, CA

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Columbia University

#3 institution's overall influence

#6 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$61K

Acceptance

Graduation

95%

Student body

28K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

New York, NY

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Yale University

#5 institution's overall influence

#4 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

Graduation

97%

Student body

16K

Median SAT/ACT

1515/34

New Haven, CT

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#9 institution's overall influence

#3 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

Graduation

94%

Student body

14K

Median SAT/ACT

1540/35

Cambridge, MA

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University of California, Berkeley

#6 institution's overall influence

#29 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$14K

Acceptance

17%

Graduation

91%

Student body

42K

Median SAT/ACT

1430/33

Berkeley, CA

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Princeton University

#11 institution's overall influence

#5 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$53K

Acceptance

Graduation

97%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1515/34

Princeton, NJ

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New York University

#14 institution's overall influence

#44 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$53K

Acceptance

21%

Graduation

84%

Student body

48K

Median SAT/ACT

1440/32

New York, NY

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University of Chicago

#7 institution's overall influence

#8 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$59K

Acceptance

Graduation

93%

Student body

13K

Median SAT/ACT

1535/34

Chicago, IL

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#10

University of Michigan

#12 institution's overall influence

#37 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$17K

Acceptance

26%

Graduation

92%

Student body

43K

Median SAT/ACT

1435/32

Ann Arbor, MI

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#11

University of Pennsylvania

#17 institution's overall influence

#10 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$58K

Acceptance

Graduation

96%

Student body

28K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

Philadelphia, PA

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#12

Cornell University

#15 institution's overall influence

#14 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$57K

Acceptance

11%

Graduation

93%

Student body

25K

Median SAT/ACT

1480/33

Ithaca, NY

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#13

University of California, Los Angeles

#21 institution's overall influence

#31 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$13K

Acceptance

14%

Graduation

91%

Student body

44K

Median SAT/ACT

1415/32

Los Angeles, CA

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#14

Duke University

#29 institution's overall influence

#12 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$58K

Acceptance

Graduation

95%

Student body

15K

Median SAT/ACT

1525/34

Durham, NC

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#15

Georgetown University

#39 institution's overall influence

#19 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

17%

Graduation

95%

Student body

14K

Median SAT/ACT

1465/33

Washington, DC

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#16

University of Southern California

#31 institution's overall influence

#30 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$58K

Acceptance

16%

Graduation

92%

Student body

40K

Median SAT/ACT

1445/32

Los Angeles, CA

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#17

Johns Hopkins University

#22 institution's overall influence

#21 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

11%

Graduation

93%

Student body

25K

Median SAT/ACT

1510/34

Baltimore, MD

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#18

University of Washington

#28 institution's overall influence

#69 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

56%

Graduation

84%

Student body

47K

Median SAT/ACT

1345/30

Seattle, WA

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#19

University of Texas at Austin

#33 institution's overall influence

#43 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

32%

Graduation

83%

Student body

45K

Median SAT/ACT

1355/30

Austin, TX

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#20

Northwestern University

#30 institution's overall influence

#24 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$57K

Acceptance

Graduation

94%

Student body

19K

Median SAT/ACT

1495/34

Evanston, IL

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#21

Brown University

#34 institution's overall influence

#7 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$58K

Acceptance

Graduation

95%

Student body

10K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

Providence, RI

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#22

Carnegie Mellon University

#36 institution's overall influence

#35 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$57K

Acceptance

17%

Graduation

89%

Student body

16K

Median SAT/ACT

1510/34

Pittsburgh, PA

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#23

University of Minnesota

#27 institution's overall influence

#890 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$15K

Acceptance

70%

Graduation

80%

Student body

44K

Median SAT/ACT

1370/28

Minneapolis, MN

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#24

University of Virginia

#37 institution's overall influence

#40 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$18K

Acceptance

23%

Graduation

95%

Student body

25K

Median SAT/ACT

1430/32

Charlottesville, VA

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#25

California Institute of Technology

#32 institution's overall influence

#9 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

Graduation

89%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1545/35

Pasadena, CA

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#26

University of Wisconsin–Madison

#25 institution's overall influence

#216 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

57%

Graduation

87%

Student body

36K

Median SAT/ACT

1390/29

Madison, WI

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#27

Boston University

#46 institution's overall influence

#56 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

20%

Graduation

87%

Student body

33K

Median SAT/ACT

1425/32

Boston, MA

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#28

University of California, San Diego

#52 institution's overall influence

#71 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$14K

Acceptance

37%

Graduation

85%

Student body

38K

Median SAT/ACT

1370/30

La Jolla, CA

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#29

Indiana University Bloomington

#53 institution's overall influence

#875 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

80%

Graduation

77%

Student body

40K

Median SAT/ACT

1255/27

Bloomington, IN

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#30

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

#49 institution's overall influence

#162 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$17K

Acceptance

63%

Graduation

85%

Student body

52K

Median SAT/ACT

1340/29

Champaign, IL

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#31

University of Pittsburgh

#59 institution's overall influence

#987 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$20K

Acceptance

64%

Graduation

82%

Student body

27K

Median SAT/ACT

1350/30

Pittsburgh, PA

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#32

University of Florida

#60 institution's overall influence

#45 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$6K

Acceptance

31%

Graduation

88%

Student body

46K

Median SAT/ACT

1390/30

Gainesville, FL

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#33

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#66 institution's overall influence

#38 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$9K

Acceptance

25%

Graduation

91%

Student body

25K

Median SAT/ACT

1405/30

Chapel Hill, NC

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#34

Pennsylvania State University

#73 institution's overall influence

Tuition + fees

$18K

Acceptance

76%

Graduation

69%

Student body

47K

Median SAT/ACT

1190/26

University Park, PA

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#35

University of Maryland, College Park

#79 institution's overall influence

#214 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

51%

Graduation

85%

Student body

35K

Median SAT/ACT

1375/31

College Park, MD

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#36

Purdue University

#62 institution's overall influence

#1204 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$10K

Acceptance

67%

Graduation

78%

Student body

42K

Median SAT/ACT

1315/28

West Lafayette, IN

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#37

Dartmouth College

#61 institution's overall influence

#11 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$57K

Acceptance

Graduation

96%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1500/33

Hanover, NH

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#38

Michigan State University

#90 institution's overall influence

#1461 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$16K

Acceptance

76%

Graduation

79%

Student body

43K

Median SAT/ACT

1210/26

East Lansing, MI

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#39

Tufts University

#87 institution's overall influence

#25 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$59K

Acceptance

16%

Graduation

93%

Student body

10K

Median SAT/ACT

1465/33

Medford, MA

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#40

Ohio State University

#58 institution's overall influence

#77 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

68%

Graduation

83%

Student body

56K

Median SAT/ACT

1355/30

Columbus, OH

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#41

George Washington University

#71 institution's overall influence

#76 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

43%

Graduation

81%

Student body

21K

Median SAT/ACT

1375/31

Washington, DC

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#42

Emory University

#104 institution's overall influence

#41 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

19%

Graduation

91%

Student body

13K

Median SAT/ACT

1445/32

Atlanta, GA

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#43

University of Arizona

#86 institution's overall influence

#605 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$12K

Acceptance

85%

Graduation

63%

Student body

39K

Median SAT/ACT

1235/25

Tucson, AZ

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#44

University of Notre Dame

#85 institution's overall influence

#23 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

19%

Graduation

95%

Student body

13K

Median SAT/ACT

1475/33

Notre Dame, IN

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#45

Washington University in St. Louis

#69 institution's overall influence

#20 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

16%

Graduation

94%

Student body

13K

Median SAT/ACT

1520/34

Saint Louis, MO

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#46

Syracuse University

#83 institution's overall influence

#1450 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$52K

Acceptance

69%

Graduation

83%

Student body

23K

Median SAT/ACT

1280/28

Syracuse, NY

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#47

University of Utah

#78 institution's overall influence

#1235 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$9K

Acceptance

79%

Graduation

67%

Student body

28K

Median SAT/ACT

1261/25

Salt Lake City, UT

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#48

University of Rochester

#82 institution's overall influence

#61 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

35%

Graduation

85%

Student body

11K

Median SAT/ACT

1405/32

Rochester, NY

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#49

Arizona State University

#139 institution's overall influence

#1312 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

88%

Graduation

63%

Student body

51K

Median SAT/ACT

1240/25

Tempe, AZ

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#50

University of Iowa

#76 institution's overall influence

#369 overall school desirability

Tuition + fees

$10K

Acceptance

84%

Graduation

74%

Student body

27K

Median SAT/ACT

1235/25

Iowa City, IA

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