See who gets in and what it really costs at every U.S. college

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

3.6% admitted · $12,307/yr after grants

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

3.7% admitted · $19,148/yr after grants

Yale University

New Haven, CT

3.9% admitted · $11,340/yr after grants

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

4.0% admitted · $15,370/yr after grants

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

4.5% admitted · $16,776/yr after grants

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

4.6% admitted · $14,815/yr after grants

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

4.6% admitted · $7,815/yr after grants

Northeastern University

Boston, MA

5.2% admitted · $29,060/yr after grants

Highest earnings for under $20k a year

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

2.6% admitted · $8,509/yr after grants

FWO

Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Needham, MA

25% admitted · $17,057/yr after grants

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA

14% admitted · $12,028/yr after grants

Cal Poly Maritime Academy

Vallejo, CA

95% admitted · $17,793/yr after grants

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

6.4% admitted · $18,431/yr after grants

United States Merchant Marine Academy

Kings Point, NY

34% admitted · $1,516/yr after grants

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

11% admitted · $14,538/yr after grants

CTU

Capitol Technology University

Laurel, MD

74% admitted · $19,881/yr after grants

Liberal arts colleges

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

14% admitted · $29,409/yr after grants

Colby College

Waterville, ME

7.1% admitted · $19,835/yr after grants

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA

22% admitted · $34,256/yr after grants

United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, MD

9.3% admitted

Denison University

Granville, OH

17% admitted · $40,163/yr after grants

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

17% admitted · $23,014/yr after grants

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

7.5% admitted · $17,392/yr after grants

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

11% admitted · $32,102/yr after grants

Test-optional colleges for 2026-27

New York University

New York, NY

9.2% admitted · $35,737/yr after grants

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

16% admitted · $14,362/yr after grants

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

University Park, PA

61% admitted · $33,675/yr after grants

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

9.8% admitted · $33,056/yr after grants

Boston University

Boston, MA

11% admitted · $36,503/yr after grants

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

42% admitted · $13,042/yr after grants

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

45% admitted · $16,600/yr after grants

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

38% admitted · $22,032/yr after grants

Largest public universities

Arizona State University Campus Immersion

Tempe, AZ

90% admitted · $14,694/yr after grants

Texas A&M University-College Station

College Station, TX

57% admitted · $21,527/yr after grants

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

40% admitted · $11,516/yr after grants

University of Maryland Global Campus

Adelphi, MD

$23,144/yr after grants

Ohio State University-Main Campus

Columbus, OH

61% admitted · $17,269/yr after grants

Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

50% admitted · $14,851/yr after grants

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

27% admitted · $18,554/yr after grants

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

86% admitted · $17,125/yr after grants

Historically Black colleges and universities

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, NC

50% admitted · $9,884/yr after grants

Howard University

Washington, DC

41% admitted · $33,002/yr after grants

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

82% admitted · $14,653/yr after grants

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, TX

79% admitted · $13,638/yr after grants