| #10 | | Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | New York | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $287,380 payback (10% salary) : 28.04 years | $71,845 | $71,845 | 4.0% | 1553 | 35 | 96.1% | Sign in |
| #6 | | Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | MA | Needham | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $265,592 payback (10% salary) : 20.52 years | $66,398 | $66,398 | 25.2% | 1520 | 35 | 96.4% | Sign in |
| #13 | | Harvard University | MA | Cambridge | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $246,704 payback (10% salary) : 24.23 years | $61,676 | $61,676 | 3.6% | 1553 | 35 | 97.6% | Sign in |
| #5 | | Harvey Mudd College | CA | Claremont | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $274,452 payback (10% salary) : 19.79 years | $68,613 | $68,613 | 12.7% | 1545 | 35 | 91.9% | Sign in |
| #29 | | Northwestern University | IL | Evanston | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $273,288 payback (10% salary) : 30.58 years | $68,322 | $68,322 | 7.7% | 1533 | 35 | 95.1% | Sign in |
| #30 | | Rice University | TX | Houston | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $256,576 payback (10% salary) : 28.60 years | $64,144 | $64,144 | 8.0% | 1553 | 35 | 94.6% | Sign in |
| #3 | | Stanford University | CA | Stanford | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $263,640 payback (10% salary) : 21.25 years | $65,910 | $65,910 | 3.6% | 1553 | 35 | 91.9% | Sign in |
| #26 | | Vanderbilt University | TN | Nashville | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $269,992 payback (10% salary) : 29.49 years | $67,498 | $67,498 | 5.9% | 1549 | 35 | 93.5% | Sign in |
| #20 | | Boston College | MA | Chestnut Hill | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $282,808 payback (10% salary) : 27.21 years | $70,702 | $70,702 | 16.4% | 1507 | 34 | 90.8% | Sign in |
| #23 | | Brown University | RI | Providence | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $285,648 payback (10% salary) : 30.55 years | $71,412 | $71,412 | 5.4% | 1546 | 34 | 95.7% | Sign in |
| #8 | | Carnegie Mellon University | PA | Pittsburgh | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $264,984 payback (10% salary) : 23.07 years | $66,246 | $66,246 | 11.7% | 1546 | 34 | 94.1% | Sign in |
| #71 | | Case Western Reserve University | OH | Cleveland | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $266,432 payback (10% salary) : 30.28 years | $66,608 | $66,608 | 36.5% | 1513 | 34 | 87.2% | Sign in |
| #14 | | Claremont McKenna College | CA | Claremont | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $271,920 payback (10% salary) : 25.96 years | $67,980 | $67,980 | 9.6% | 1527 | 34 | 91.4% | Sign in |
| #11 | | Cornell University | NY | Ithaca | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $277,256 payback (10% salary) : 26.65 years | $69,314 | $69,314 | 8.8% | 1535 | 34 | 95.4% | Sign in |
| #21 | | Dartmouth College | NH | Hanover | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $273,072 payback (10% salary) : 28.03 years | $68,268 | $68,268 | 5.4% | 1534 | 34 | 95.5% | Sign in |
| #18 | | Duke University | NC | Durham | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $275,032 payback (10% salary) : 28.12 years | $68,758 | $68,758 | 5.7% | 1548 | 34 | 96.8% | Sign in |
| #15 | | Georgetown University | DC | Washington | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $272,068 payback (10% salary) : 26.29 years | $68,017 | $68,017 | 12.9% | 1487 | 34 | 94.8% | Sign in |
| #68 | | Hamilton College | NY | Clinton | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $275,840 payback (10% salary) : 35.18 years | $68,960 | $68,960 | 13.6% | 1506 | 34 | 90.6% | Sign in |
| #69 | | Haverford College | PA | Haverford | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $282,752 payback (10% salary) : 35.36 years | $70,688 | $70,688 | 12.4% | 1513 | 34 | 89.6% | Sign in |
| #55 | | New York University | NY | New York | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $251,184 payback (10% salary) : 30.44 years | $62,796 | $62,796 | 9.2% | 1520 | 34 | 87.6% | Sign in |
| #28 | | Northeastern University | MA | Boston | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $264,648 payback (10% salary) : 28.60 years | $66,162 | $66,162 | 5.2% | 1497 | 34 | 90.5% | Sign in |
| #64 | | Pomona College | CA | Claremont | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $261,680 payback (10% salary) : 33.64 years | $65,420 | $65,420 | 7.1% | 1534 | 34 | 93.2% | Sign in |
| #9 | | Princeton University | NJ | Princeton | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $250,752 payback (10% salary) : 22.78 years | $62,688 | $62,688 | 4.6% | 1553 | 34 | 97.6% | Sign in |
| #56 | | Swarthmore College | PA | Swarthmore | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $261,976 payback (10% salary) : 32.64 years | $65,494 | $65,494 | 7.5% | 1534 | 34 | 92.3% | Sign in |
| #47 | | Tufts University | MA | Medford | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $282,816 payback (10% salary) : 33.99 years | $70,704 | $70,704 | 11.5% | 1513 | 34 | 93.5% | Sign in |
| #25 | | University of Chicago | IL | Chicago | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $282,648 payback (10% salary) : 30.76 years | $70,662 | $70,662 | 4.5% | 1554 | 34 | 95.9% | Sign in |
| #22 | | University of Notre Dame | IN | Notre Dame | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $260,100 payback (10% salary) : 26.02 years | $65,025 | $65,025 | 11.3% | 1520 | 34 | 95.2% | Sign in |
| #7 | | University of Pennsylvania | PA | Philadelphia | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $274,744 payback (10% salary) : 24.67 years | $68,686 | $68,686 | 5.4% | 1553 | 34 | 96.5% | Sign in |
| #32 | | University of Southern California | CA | Los Angeles | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $288,388 payback (10% salary) : 31.18 years | $72,097 | $72,097 | 9.8% | 1495 | 34 | 91.8% | Sign in |
| #40 | | University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | Charlottesville | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $238,048 payback (10% salary) : 27.40 years | $21,803 | $59,512 | 16.8% | 1480 | 34 | 95.6% | Sign in |
| #27 | | Washington and Lee University | VA | Lexington | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $272,180 payback (10% salary) : 28.71 years | $68,045 | $68,045 | 14.0% | 1498 | 34 | 93.9% | Sign in |
| #41 | | Washington University in St Louis | MO | St. Louis | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $263,160 payback (10% salary) : 30.54 years | $65,790 | $65,790 | 12.1% | 1530 | 34 | 94.3% | Sign in |
| #16 | | Yale University | CT | New Haven | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $269,000 payback (10% salary) : 26.76 years | $67,250 | $67,250 | 3.9% | 1534 | 34 | 95.7% | Sign in |
| #57 | | Amherst College | MA | Amherst | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $281,920 payback (10% salary) : 36.31 years | $70,480 | $70,480 | 9.0% | 1533 | 33 | 93.9% | Sign in |
| #52 | | Barnard College | NY | New York | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $279,552 payback (10% salary) : 34.72 years | $69,888 | $69,888 | 8.8% | 1520 | 33 | 93.0% | Sign in |
| #53 | | Boston University | MA | Boston | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $272,408 payback (10% salary) : 32.73 years | $68,102 | $68,102 | 11.1% | 1480 | 33 | 88.7% | Sign in |
| #119 | | Brandeis University | MA | Waltham | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $272,320 payback (10% salary) : 35.26 years | $68,080 | $68,080 | 40.5% | 1462 | 33 | 86.0% | Sign in |
| #81 | | Carleton College | MN | Northfield | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $275,568 payback (10% salary) : 36.49 years | $68,892 | $68,892 | 20.4% | 1517 | 33 | 89.6% | Sign in |
| #60 | | Colby College | ME | Waterville | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $278,400 payback (10% salary) : 34.59 years | $69,600 | $69,600 | 7.1% | 1501 | 33 | 88.8% | Sign in |
| #45 | | Colgate University | NY | Hamilton | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $281,224 payback (10% salary) : 33.03 years | $70,306 | $70,306 | 13.9% | 1508 | 33 | 91.2% | Sign in |
| #62 | | Emory University | GA | Atlanta | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $257,120 payback (10% salary) : 32.09 years | $64,280 | $64,280 | 10.7% | 1520 | 33 | 91.1% | Sign in |
| #70 | | Jewish Theological Seminary of America | NY | New York | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $269,428 payback (10% salary) : 29.05 years | $67,357 | $67,357 | 48.6% | 1500 | 33 | 90.3% | Sign in |
| #152 | | Kenyon College | OH | Gambier | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $286,080 payback (10% salary) : 39.83 years | $71,520 | $71,520 | 31.0% | 1429 | 33 | 82.3% | Sign in |
| #75 | | Middlebury College | VT | Middlebury | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $270,400 payback (10% salary) : 35.43 years | $67,600 | $67,600 | 10.8% | 1508 | 33 | 91.4% | Sign in |
| #252 | | Mount Holyoke College | MA | South Hadley | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $268,072 payback (10% salary) : 45.89 years | $67,018 | $67,018 | 36.0% | 1463 | 33 | 84.4% | Sign in |
| #76 | | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | NY | Troy | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $256,324 payback (10% salary) : 25.12 years | $64,081 | $64,081 | 63.5% | 1456 | 33 | 83.6% | Sign in |
| #124 | | Scripps College | CA | Claremont | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $263,800 payback (10% salary) : 34.02 years | $65,950 | $65,950 | 38.3% | 1492 | 33 | 82.5% | Sign in |
| #143 | | Smith College | MA | Northampton | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $260,712 payback (10% salary) : 40.72 years | $65,178 | $65,178 | 21.0% | 1500 | 33 | 89.0% | Sign in |
| #170 | | Southern Methodist University | TX | Dallas | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $268,160 payback (10% salary) : 34.22 years | $67,040 | $67,040 | 63.3% | 1428 | 33 | 84.3% | Sign in |
| #36 | | Stevens Institute of Technology | NJ | Hoboken | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $253,848 payback (10% salary) : 23.34 years | $63,462 | $63,462 | 47.6% | 1446 | 33 | 86.9% | Sign in |