| Rank | School | Score | Tuition and Fees | Total enrollment | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate |
| #1 | University of Pennsylvania | 4.8 | $49,536 | 21,296 | 98% | 96% |
| Philadelphia, PA | ||||||
| #2Tie | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4.6 | $46,704 | 11,319 | 98% | 91% |
| Cambridge, MA | ||||||
| #2Tie | University of California—Berkeley | 4.6 | in-state: $13,432, out-of-state: $38,140 | 37,581 | 97% | 91% |
| Berkeley, CA | ||||||
| #4 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor | 4.5 | in-state: $14,336, out-of-state: $43,377 | 43,625 | 97% | 91% |
| Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| #5 | New York University | 4.4 | $46,170 | 49,274 | 92% | 82% |
| New York, NY | ||||||
| #6 | University of Virginia | 4.3 | in-state: $14,526, out-of-state: $43,822 | 23,732 | 97% | 94% |
| Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
| #7Tie | Carnegie Mellon University | 4.2 | $50,410 | 13,285 | 95% | 88% |
| Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
| #7Tie | University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill | 4.2 | in-state: $8,562, out-of-state: $33,644 | 29,135 | 97% | 90% |
| Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| #7Tie | University of Texas—Austin | 4.2 | in-state: $9,830, out-of-state: $34,836 | 51,313 | 94% | 81% |
| Austin, TX | ||||||
| #10Tie | Cornell University | 4.1 | $49,116 | 21,850 | 97% | 93% |
| Ithaca, NY | ||||||
| #10Tie | Indiana University—Bloomington | 4.1 | in-state: $10,388, out-of-state: $33,741 | 46,416 | 89% | 78% |
| Bloomington, IN | ||||||
| #10Tie | University of Notre Dame | 4.1 | $47,929 | 12,179 | 98% | 96% |
| Notre Dame, IN | ||||||
| #10Tie | University of Southern California | 4.1 | $50,210 | 42,469 | 97% | 91% |