National universities rankings USA

#	Title	City	Out state	In state	Total	Fall	Retention	graduation
1	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	41,820 USD		8,014	7%	98%	97%
2	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	43,938 USD		19,882	6%	97%	97%
3	Yale University	New Haven, CT	45,800 USD		12,109	7%	99%	98%
4	Columbia University	New York, NY	51,008 USD		23,606	7%	99%	96%
4	Stanford University	Stanford, CA	44,757 USD		18,136	6%	98%	96%
4	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	48,253 USD		12,539	9%	99%	93%
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	45,016 USD		11,301	8%	98%	93%
8	Duke University	Durham, NC	47,488 USD		15,465	12%	97%	94%
8	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	47,668 USD		21,358	12%	98%	96%
10	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, CA	43,362 USD		2,181	11%	97%	93%
11	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH	48,108 USD		6,342	10%	98%	95%
12	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	47,060 USD		21,052	17%	97%	93%
13	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	47,251 USD		20,997	14%	97%	94%
14	Washington University in St. Louis	St. Louis, MO	46,467 USD		14,032	16%	97%	94%
15	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	47,286 USD		21,593	16%	97%	93%
16	Brown University	Providence, RI	47,434 USD		8,943	9%	98%	94%
16	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN	46,237 USD		12,124	22%	98%	95%
16	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN	43,838 USD		12,757	13%	97%	93%
19	Rice University	Houston, TX	40,566 USD		6,628	17%	97%	91%
20	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	25,064 USD	13,844 USD	36,204	18%	97%	91%
21	Emory University	Atlanta, GA	45,008 USD		14,513	27%	95%	91%
21	Georgetown University	Washington, DC	46,744 USD		17,849	17%	96%	92%
23	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	35,580 USD	12,702 USD	42,190	20%	97%	90%
23	University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	42,184 USD	12,998 USD	23,464	30%	97%	93%
25	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	48,786 USD		12,991	26%	95%	88%
25	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	48,280 USD		41,368	20%	97%	91%
27	Tufts University	Medford, MA	48,643 USD		10,872	19%	97%	92%
27	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, NC	46,200 USD		7,602	35%	94%	86%
29	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	41,811 USD	13,977 USD	43,710	33%	97%	90%
30	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC	33,624 USD	8,374 USD	29,127	27%	97%	90%
31	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	47,436 USD		13,525	32%	95%	91%
32	New York University	New York, NY	46,170 USD		44,599	32%	92%	84%
33	College of William and Mary	Williamsburg, VA	39,360 USD	17,656 USD	8,376	33%	96%	90%
33	University of Rochester	Rochester, NY	46,960 USD		11,020	36%	96%	85%
35	Brandeis University	Waltham, MA	47,833 USD		5,825	37%	93%	90%
35	Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta, GA	30,698 USD	11,394 USD	21,471	41%	95%	82%
37	University of California, San Diego	La Jolla, CA	36,180 USD	13,302 USD	28,731	37%	95%	86%
38	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	43,158 USD		10,325	42%	93%	80%
38	University of California, Davis	Davis, CA	36,774 USD	13,896 USD	33,307	41%	93%	84%
40	Lehigh University	Bethlehem, PA	44,890 USD		7,096	31%	94%	86%
40	University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA	36,624 USD	13,746 USD	22,225	40%	92%	86%
42	Boston University	Boston, MA	46,664 USD		32,411	37%	92%	84%
42	Northeastern University	Boston, MA	43,440 USD		20,034	32%	95%	83%
42	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY	47,908 USD		6,995	41%	93%	85%
42	University of California, Irvine	Irvine, CA	37,635 USD	14,757 USD	28,895	41%	94%	86%
42	University of Illinois, Urbana-?Champaign	Champaign, IL	30,228 USD	15,602 USD	44,942	62%	94%	84%
47	University of Wisconsin, Madison	Madison, WI	26,660 USD	10,410 USD	43,275	51%	95%	84%
48	Pennsylvania State University, University Park	University Park, PA	30,452 USD	17,502 USD	46,615	56%	92%	85%
48	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	28,591 USD	6,313 USD	49,878	47%	96%	87%
48	University of Miami	Coral Gables, FL	44,350 USD		16,935	41%	91%	82%
48	University of Washington	Seattle, WA	33,513 USD	12,394 USD	43,762	55%	93%	82%
48	Yeshiva University	New York, NY	38,730 USD		6,744	82%	91%	89%
53	University of Texas, Austin	Austin, TX	34,722 USD	9,798 USD	52,059	40%	93%	79%
54	George Washington University	Washington, DC	48,760 USD		25,264	34%	93%	81%
54	Ohio State University, Columbus	Columbus, OH	26,537 USD	10,037 USD	57,466	56%	93%	83%
54	Pepperdine University	Malibu, CA	46,692 USD		7,315	37%	91%	80%
54	Tulane University	New Orleans, LA	48,305 USD		13,462	26%	90%	76%
58	Fordham University	New York, NY	43,577 USD		15,097	47%	89%	80%
58	Southern Methodist University	Dallas, TX	45,940 USD		10,929	51%	90%	79%
58	Syracuse University	Syracuse, NY	41,886 USD		21,267	50%	92%	81%
58	University of Connecticut	Storrs, CT	32,880 USD	12,700 USD	25,911	54%	93%	83%
62	Brigham Young University, Provo	Provo, UT	5,000 USD		31,123	49%	87%	77%
62	Clemson University	Clemson, SC	30,816 USD	13,382 USD	21,303	57%	91%	82%
62	Purdue University, West Lafayette	West Lafayette, IN	28,804 USD	10,002 USD	38,788	60%	90%	71%
62	University of Georgia	Athens, GA	29,046 USD	10,836 USD	34,536	55%	94%	83%
62	University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, MD	29,720 USD	9,427 USD	37,272	47%	95%	84%
62	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	28,168 USD	17,772 USD	28,649	55%	92%	80%
68	Texas A&M University, College Station	College Station, TX	26,356 USD	9,180 USD	57,795	69%	92%	81%
68	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester, MA	42,778 USD		6,296	52%	96%	81%
70	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick	Piscataway, NJ	28,591 USD	13,813 USD	48,036	60%	92%	79%
71	American University	Washington, DC	41,833 USD		12,819	43%	90%	80%
71	Baylor University	Waco, TX	38,290 USD		15,616	58%	86%	75%
71	University of Iowa	Iowa City, IA	27,409 USD	8,079 USD	31,065	80%	86%	70%
71	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Minneapolis, MN	20,876 USD	13,626 USD	51,526	44.40%	90%	75%
71	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	27,444 USD	12,017 USD	31,205	70%	92%	83%
76	Clark University	Worcester, MA	40,730 USD		3,551	62%	90%	81%
76	Indiana University, Bloomington	Bloomington, IN	33,241 USD	10,388 USD	46,817	72%	89%	77%
76	Marquette University	Milwaukee, WI	35,930 USD		11,782	58%	89%	78%
76	Miami University, Oxford	Oxford, OH	30,394 USD	14,287 USD	17,901	67%	89%	81%
76	Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken, NJ	44,490 USD		5,784	38%	94%	79%
76	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	Syracuse, NY	16,953 USD	7,303 USD	2,373	51%	86%	72%
76	Texas Christian University	Fort Worth, TX	38,600 USD		9,925	47%	88%	76%
76	University of Delaware	Newark, DE	30,692 USD	12,342 USD	21,308	63%	92%	82%
76	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	Amherst, MA	28,813 USD	13,258 USD	28,518	63%	89%	73%
85	Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI	34,980 USD	13,200 USD	49,343	69%	91%	78%
85	University of California, Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, CA	36,276 USD	13,398 USD	17,203	52%	90%	76%
85	University of Vermont	Burlington, VT	37,874 USD	16,226 USD	12,723	78%	86%	76%
88	Binghamton University, SUNY	Binghamton, NY	20,259 USD	8,619 USD	16,077	42%	91%	81%
88	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO	33,598 USD	16,918 USD	5,608	36%	90%	70%
88	Stony Brook University, SUNY	Stony Brook, NY	21,850 USD	8,430 USD	24,143	40%	90%	66%
88	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL	24,950 USD	9,826 USD	34,752	57%	86%	67%
88	University of Colorado, Boulder	Boulder, CO	33,151 USD	10,789 USD	31,702	88%	85%	70%
88	University of Denver	Denver, CO	42,090 USD		11,778	77%	87%	78%
88	University of Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	34,704 USD		4,597	41%	88%	69%
95	Drexel University	Philadelphia, PA	47,051 USD		23,620	82%	85%	70%
95	Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL	21,673 USD	6,507 USD	40,909	57%	92%	77%
95	North Carolina State University, Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	23,551 USD	8,296 USD	34,009	47%	92%	74%
95	University of San Diego	San Diego, CA	42,908 USD		8,321	49%	89%	75%
99	St. Louis University	St. Louis, MO	37,966 USD		13,505	64%	86%	70%
99	University of Missouri	Columbia, MO	24,460 USD	9,433 USD	34,658	79%	84%	70%
99	University of Nebraska, Lincoln	Lincoln, NE	21,388 USD	8,060 USD	24,445	64%	84%	67%
99	University of New Hampshire	Durham, NH	29,532 USD	16,552 USD	14,942	78%	87%	80%
103	Auburn University	Auburn University, AL	27,384 USD	10,200 USD	24,864	83%	89%	68%
103	University at Buffalo, SUNY	Buffalo, NY	20,366 USD	8,426 USD	29,850	57%	88%	72%
103	University of Dayton	Dayton, OH	37,230 USD		10,835	52%	88%	77%
106	Iowa State University	Ames, IA	20,617 USD	7,731 USD	32,955	86%	87%	68%
106	Loyola University Chicago	Chicago, IL	37,412 USD		15,957	91%	86%	71%
106	University of Kansas	Lawrence, KS	25,731 USD	10,448 USD	26,968	88%	80%	62%
106	University of Oklahoma	Norman, OK	20,469 USD	7,695 USD	30,597	80%	84%	66%
106	University of Oregon	Eugene, OR	30,888 USD	9,918 USD	24,473	74%	86%	67%
106	University of San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	41,450 USD		10,130	61%	86%	69%
106	University of Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	29,696 USD	11,246 USD	30,030	73%	86%	68%
113	University of California, Riverside	Riverside, CA	36,286 USD	13,408 USD	21,285	60%	88%	69%
113	University of South Carolina	Columbia, SC	29,440 USD	11,158 USD	31,964	64%	87%	73%
113	University of St. Thomas	St. Paul, MN	34,442 USD		10,221	86%	88%	75%
116	The Catholic University of America	Washington, DC	39,726 USD		6,725	60%	82%	69%
116	Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, PA	32,636 USD		9,904	74%	87%	76%
116	Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago, IL	41,335 USD		7,850	57%	93%	63%
116	Michigan Technological University	Houghton, MI	29,520 USD	14,040 USD	6,979	78%	82%	66%
116	University of the Pacific	Stockton, CA	41,342 USD		6,421	73%	86%	63%
121	Clarkson University	Potsdam, NY	42,530 USD		3,726	64%	87%	75%
121	Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	26,077 USD	9,897 USD	31,256	77%	85%	64%
121	DePaul University	Chicago, IL	35,071 USD		24,414	60%	86%	70%
121	Temple University	Philadelphia, PA	25,450 USD	14,770 USD	37,270	64%	88%	66%
121	University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ	28,379 USD	10,581 USD	40,621	78%	79%	61%
126	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark	Newark, NJ	28,075 USD	13,297 USD	11,212	54%	85%	67%
126	Seton Hall University	South Orange, NJ	36,926 USD		9,903	79%	82%	64%
126	University at Albany, SUNY	Albany, NY	20,167 USD	8,527 USD	17,338	56%	84%	66%
129	Arizona State University, Tempe	Tempe, AZ	23,312 USD	9,811 USD	48,739	80%	83%	59%
129	Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	26,467 USD	8,750 USD	30,478	75%	84%	69%
129	Ohio University	Athens, OH	19,500 USD	10,536 USD	28,786	73%	80%	67%
129	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	26,334 USD	11,000 USD	32,857	73%	85%	64%
129	University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY	22,888 USD	10,616 USD	28,435	69%	82%	60%
129	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	25,267 USD	7,935 USD	32,077	82%	87%	60%
135	Hofstra University	Hempstead, NY	38,900 USD		10,928	59%	78%	62%
135	New School	New York, NY	41,836 USD		10,401	67%	82%	65%
135	University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, AR	20,300 USD	8,210 USD	25,341	59%	82%	60%
138	George Mason University	Fairfax, VA	29,960 USD	10,382 USD	33,917	62%	87%	67%
138	Missouri University of Science & Technology	Rolla, MO	25,404 USD	9,537 USD	8,130	82%	84%	63%
138	Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR	23,540 USD	8,276 USD	27,925	79%	83%	61%
138	Washington State University	Pullman, WA	25,510 USD	12,428 USD	27,642	82%	82%	65%
142	Illinois State University	Normal, IL	20,420 USD	12,830 USD	20,272	69%	84%	72%
142	Kansas State University	Manhattan, KS	22,624 USD	9,034 USD	24,581	96%	81%	60%
142	St. John Fisher College	Rochester, NY	29,550 USD		3,987	63%	83%	73%
145	Howard University	Washington, DC	23,970 USD		10,297	57%	82%	61%
145	Oklahoma State University	Stillwater, OK	20,027 USD	7,442 USD	25,939	76%	79%	61%
145	St. John's University	Queens, NY	38,680 USD		20,729	53%	78%	55%
145	University of Texas, Dallas	Richardson, TX	30,378 USD	11,806 USD	21,193	59%	86%	63%
149	Adelphi University	Garden City, NY	32,340 USD		7,645	68%	82%	63%
149	New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark, NJ	28,274 USD	15,602 USD	10,130	66%	83%	58%
149	San Diego State University	San Diego, CA	18,026 USD	6,866 USD	32,759	37%	88%	67%
149	University of Alabama, Birmingham	Birmingham, AL	21,220 USD	9,280 USD	18,568	87%	80%	53%
149	University of Illinois, Chicago	Chicago, IL	26,030 USD	13,640 USD	27,589	71%	80%	57%
149	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Baltimore, MD	21,642 USD	10,068 USD	13,908	63%	86%	65%
149	University of Mississippi	University, MS	19,144 USD	7,096 USD	19,431	59%	83%	58%
156	Maryville University of St. Louis	St Louis, MO	25,884 USD		5,033	76%	85%	67%
156	Mississippi State University	Mississippi State, MS	16,960 USD	6,772 USD	20,161	71%	81%	59% 6
156	Texas Tech University	Lubbock, TX	20,168 USD	9,308 USD	33,111	66%	82%	59%
156	University of Massachusetts, Lowell	Lowell, MA	19,560 USD	12,447 USD	16,932	64%	81%	54%
156	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, VA	29,847 USD	12,398 USD	31,288	64%	86%	57%
161	Biola University	La Mirada, CA	33,322 USD		6,323	75%	86%	69%
161	University of Louisville	Louisville, KY	24,320 USD	10,432 USD	21,447	71%	78%	53%
161	University of Rhode Island	Kingston, RI	28,072 USD	12,506 USD	16,387	76%	81%	60%
161	University of South Florida	Tampa, FL	17,325 USD	6,410 USD	41,428	45%	89%	63%
161	University of Wyoming	Laramie, WY	14,876 USD	4,646 USD	12,778	96%	74%	54%
166	University of Idaho	Moscow, ID	20,314 USD	6,784 USD	11,834	65%	79%	54%
166	University of La Verne	La Verne, CA	36,744 USD		5,111	34%	85%	59%
168	Andrews University	Berrien Springs, MI	26,262 USD		3,516	39%	79%	60%
168	University of Hawaii, Manoa	Honolulu, HI	29,412 USD	10,620 USD	20,006	80%	78%	57%
168	University of North Dakota	Grand Forks, ND	17,794 USD	7,508 USD	15,143	71%	76%	55%
168	University of South Dakota	Vermillion, SD	10,104 USD	8,022 USD	10,235	88%	76%	56%
168	West Virginia University	Morgantown, WV	20,424 USD	6,960 USD	29,466	85%	78%	57%
173	Azusa Pacific University	Azusa, CA	33,096 USD		10,755	82%	85%	65%
173	Ball State University	Muncie, IN	24,610 USD	9,344 USD	20,503	61%	79%	60%
173	Bowling Green State University	Bowling Green, OH	18,034 USD	10,726 USD	16,958	73%	72%	54%
173	Florida Institute of Technology	Melbourne, FL	37,990 USD		5,644	61%	79%	54%
173	Pace University	New York, NY	39,747 USD		12,624	81%	77%	51%
173	University of Central Florida	Orlando, FL	22,467 USD	6,368 USD	59,740	49%	87%	67%
173	University of Maine	Orono, ME	28,484 USD	10,604 USD	11,247	83%	79%	56%
173	Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo, MI	24,917 USD	10,685 USD	24,294	83%	74%	55%
181	Edgewood College	Madison, WI	25,590 USD		2,894	77%	80%	57%
181	Immaculata University	Immaculata, PA	30,740 USD		3,675	82%	82%	48%
181	North Dakota State University	Fargo, ND	18,242 USD	7,660 USD	14,629	84%	78%	53%
181	South Dakota State University	Brookings, SD	9,795 USD	7,713 USD	12,554	91.90%	75%	57%
181	Spalding University 1	Louisville, KY	22,425 USD		N/A	29.3%	73%	42%
181	St. Mary's University of Minnesota	Winona, MN	30,315 USD		5,528	75%	77%	55%
181	University of Alabama, Huntsville	Huntsville, AL	21,232 USD	9,158 USD	7,376	81%	79%	48%
181	University of North Carolina, Greensboro	Greensboro, NC	21,304 USD	6,442 USD	17,707	58%	76%	55%
189	Southern Illinois University, Carbondale	Carbondale, IL	24,874 USD	12,251 USD	17,964	79%	65%	44%
189	University of Houston	Houston, TX	24,378 USD	10,518 USD	39,540	58%	83%	48%
189	University of Missouri, Kansas City	Kansas City, MO	22,641 USD	9,582 USD	15,746	65%	73%	51%
189	University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	20,688 USD	6,846 USD	27,337	57%	77%	48%
189	Widener University	Chester, PA	39,830 USD		6,311	67%	73%	56%
194	Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, MI	23,670 USD	11,550 USD	26,902	63%	77%	59%
194	Indiana University-?Purdue University, Indianapolis	Indianapolis, IN	30,089 USD	8,909 USD	30,488	70%	72%	42%
194	Kent State University	Kent, OH	17,972 USD	10,012 USD	28,998	83%	77%	51%
194	Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, IL	22,914 USD	13,636 USD	21,138	52%	70%	51%
194	University of Montana	Missoula, MT	23,146 USD	6,330 USD	12,058	96%	73%	48%
194	University of Nevada, Reno	Reno, NV	20,325 USD	6,415 USD	18,776	84%	79%	51%
194	Utah State University	Logan, UT	18,491 USD	6,384 USD	27,812	99%	70%	51%
201	Louisiana Tech University	Ruston, LA	22,635 USD	8,052 USD	11,015	67%	77%	50%
201	University of North Carolina, Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	18,708 USD	6,179 USD	26,571	62.70%	78%	54%

Source: National Universities Rankings — U.S. News

Last updated: July 27, 2021