| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #101 | | Vassar College | NY | Poughkeepsie | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $284,120 payback (10% salary) : 39.81 years | $71,030 | $71,030 | 18.6% | 1494 | 33 | 91.1% | Sign in |
| #103 | | Franklin and Marshall College | PA | Lancaster | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $283,176 payback (10% salary) : 37.20 years | $70,794 | $70,794 | 28.2% | 1392 | N/A | 83.8% | Sign in |
| #67 | | Trinity College | CT | Hartford | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $283,080 payback (10% salary) : 31.18 years | $70,770 | $70,770 | 29.3% | 1415 | 31 | 83.8% | Sign in |
| #132 | | Colorado College | CO | Colorado Springs | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $282,936 payback (10% salary) : 43.38 years | $70,734 | $70,734 | 18.5% | 1365 | N/A | 87.7% | 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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #88 | | Wesleyan University | CT | Middletown | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $281,368 payback (10% salary) : 38.08 years | $70,342 | $70,342 | 16.5% | 1501 | 33 | 92.6% | 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 |
| #154 | | Pepperdine University | CA | Malibu | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $279,672 payback (10% salary) : 33.72 years | $69,918 | $69,918 | 62.9% | 1384 | 28 | 83.4% | 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 |
| #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 |
| #236 | | Reed College | OR | Portland | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $277,400 payback (10% salary) : 44.08 years | $69,350 | $69,350 | 24.6% | 1437 | N/A | 71.5% | 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 |
| #91 | | Union College | NY | Schenectady | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $276,156 payback (10% salary) : 31.17 years | $69,039 | $69,039 | 43.9% | 1395 | 30 | 80.4% | 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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #145 | | Tulane University of Louisiana | LA | New Orleans | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $274,712 payback (10% salary) : 43.42 years | $68,678 | $68,678 | 14.0% | 1448 | 32 | 86.1% | 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 |
| #37 | | Williams College | MA | Williamstown | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $274,240 payback (10% salary) : 30.93 years | $68,560 | $68,560 | 8.3% | 1533 | N/A | 93.6% | 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 |
| #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 |
| #138 | | Grinnell College | IA | Grinnell | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $272,424 payback (10% salary) : 43.36 years | $68,106 | $68,106 | 14.5% | 1486 | 32 | 88.1% | Sign in |
| #167 | | Macalester College | MN | Saint Paul | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $272,416 payback (10% salary) : 42.65 years | $68,104 | $68,104 | 28.5% | 1440 | 31 | 87.1% | 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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #39 | | Bowdoin College | ME | Brunswick | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $271,328 payback (10% salary) : 32.79 years | $67,832 | $67,832 | 7.1% | 1520 | N/A | 95.3% | Sign in |
| #44 | | Bucknell University | PA | Lewisburg | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $271,248 payback (10% salary) : 28.92 years | $67,812 | $67,812 | 28.9% | 1410 | 31 | 86.3% | Sign in |
| #33 | | Villanova University | PA | Villanova | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $271,104 payback (10% salary) : 27.00 years | $67,776 | $67,776 | 27.0% | 1460 | 33 | 91.9% | Sign in |
| #83 | | George Washington University | DC | Washington | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $270,840 payback (10% salary) : 29.80 years | $67,710 | $67,710 | 47.1% | 1433 | 32 | 84.0% | Sign in |
| #87 | | Wake Forest University | NC | Winston-Salem | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $270,568 payback (10% salary) : 34.62 years | $67,642 | $67,642 | 21.7% | 1475 | N/A | 89.1% | 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 |
| #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 |
| #254 | | Oberlin College | OH | Oberlin | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $269,464 payback (10% salary) : 46.19 years | $67,366 | $67,366 | 34.2% | 1447 | 32 | 80.9% | 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 |
| #142 | | Skidmore College | NY | Saratoga Springs | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $269,160 payback (10% salary) : 38.80 years | $67,290 | $67,290 | 21.1% | 1405 | 31 | 82.6% | 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 |
| #133 | | Connecticut College | CT | New London | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $268,968 payback (10% salary) : 35.86 years | $67,242 | $67,242 | 37.0% | 1432 | 32 | 82.0% | Sign in |
| #50 | | Wellesley College | MA | Wellesley | 4-year tuition (Out-of-state) : $268,704 payback (10% salary) : 31.69 years | $67,176 | $67,176 | 14.1% | 1520 | 33 | 91.5% | Sign in |