Rank

University

State

Cost

Freshman Class Size

1

United States Military Academy

NY

0

1,263

2

Princeton University

NJ

49,830

1,243

3

California Institute of Technology

CA

48,990

236

4

Williams College

MA

49,530

540

5

Harvard University

MA

50,250

1,666

6

Wellesley College

MA

50,026

596

7

United States Air Force Academy

CO

0

1,286

8

Amherst College

MA

50,230

439

9

Yale University

CT

51,400

1,318

10

Stanford University

CA

51,760

1,703

11

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MA

50,100

1,048

12

Swarthmore College

PA

50,381

372

13

Columbia University

NY

51,406

1,356

14

Centre College

KY

39,200

336

15

Haverford College

PA

51,637

327

16

Boston College

MA

52,060

2,167

17

Northwestern University

IL

52,120

2,078

18

Bowdoin College

ME

50,570

488

19

Vassar College

NY

51,370

638

20

Whitman College

WA

46,212

401

21

University of Chicago

IL

53,310

1,306

22

Kenyon College

OH

49,260

456

23

Carleton College

MN

50,000

489

24

Colby College

ME

50,120

482

25

Middlebury College

VT

52,460

576

26

Union College

NY

50060

580

27

Claremont McKenna College

CA

50990

320

28

Pomona College

CA

49745

382

29

Colgate University

NY

51090

738

30

United States Naval Academy

MD

1000

1232

31

Smith College

MA

50588

643

32

Wabash College

IN

37750

253

33

Harvey Mudd College

CA

50073

202

34

Washington and Lee University

VA

49268

454

35

Bryn Mawr College

PA

50060

366

36

Franklin and Marshall College

PA

50100

588

37

Wesleyan University

CT

51935

715

38

Brandeis University

MA

50148

754

39

Tufts University

MA

51400

1297

40

Barnard College

NY

51976

567

41

Lawrence University

WI

42301

382

42

DePauw University

IN

42175

600

43

Rice University

TX

43586

789

44

Reed College

OR

49960

330

45

Washington University, St. Louis

MO

52464

1426

46

Bucknell University

PA

50250

957

47

Mount Holyoke College

MA

51516

518

48

College of William and Mary

VA

20806

1387

49

Hamilton College

NY

50210

462

50

University of Notre Dame

IN

49030

2000