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America's Best Colleges
*Cost / Year includes tuition, room and board, books, fees, and other expenses.
**SAT and ACT Range for Critical Reading and Mathematics sections. Does not include writing score.
Rank Name Website Address State Cost / Year Freshman
Class Size		 Student to
Faculty Ratio		 SAT
Range		 ACT
Range		 % of Applicants
Admitted		 Application
Deadline		 Early
Admission
1 Princeton University www.princeton.edu  NJ $47,975 1,242 5 to 1 1390-1580 30-34  10% Jan. 1  
2 California Institute of Technology www.caltech.edu  CA $46,560 231 3 to 1 1470-1580 32-35 17% Jan. 1 Nov. 1
3 Harvard University www.harvard.edu  MA $48,550 1,668 8 to 1 1400-1590 31-35 9% Jan. 1 Dec. 1
4 Swarthmore College www.swarthmore.edu  PA $48,215 365 8 to 1 1360 - 1540 27 - 33  18% Jan. 1 Nov. 14 
5 Williams College www.williams.edu  MA $47,140 540 7 to 1 1340-1520 29-33 18.50% Jan. 1 Nov. 10
6 United States Military Academy www.usma.edu  NY NA 1,272 1 to 6 1160-1360 26-29 12.75% Feb. 28  
7 Amherst College www.amherst.edu  MA $48,352 NA 8 to 1 1330-1530   18% Jan. 15 Nov. 15
8 Wellesley College www.wellesley.edu  MA $47,870 590 9 to 1 1300-1480 29-32 35% Jan. 15 Nov. 1
9 Yale University www.yale.edu  CT $50,350 1,318 5 to 1 1400-1590 30-34 10% Dec. 31  
10 Columbia University www.columbia.edu  NY $49,260 1,333 7 to 1 1330-1540 28-33 8.68% Jan. 2 Nov. 1
11 Northwestern University www.northwestern.edu  IL $49,779 1,981 7 to 1 1350-1520 30-34 27% Jan. 1 Nov. 1
12 Wabash College www.wabash.edu  IN $35,550 250 10 to 1 1060-1290 21-27 47% Mar. 31  
13 Centre College www.centre.edu  KY $37,000 316 11 to 1 1140-1340 26-30 60% Feb. 1 Dec. 1
14 Massachusetts Institute of Technology www.mit.edu  MA $48,200 1,067 6 to 1 1380-1560  31-34 11.90% Jan. 1 Nov. 1
15 Bowdoin College www.bowdoin.edu  ME $48,260 476 10 to 1 1300-1470   19% Jan. 1  
16 United States Air Force Academy www.usafa.edu  CO $0 1,214 8 to 1 1170-1340 27 - 31 14% Jan. 30  
17 Middlebury College www.middlebury.edu  VT $50,160 644 9 to 1 1300-1490 29-33 18% Jan. 1 Nov. 1
18 University of Chicago www.uchicago.edu  IL $49,976 1,300 6 to 1 1330-1530 28-33 35% Jan. 1  
19 Smith College www.smith.edu  MA $47,976 656 10 to 1 1150-1380   52% Jan. 15 Nov. 15
20 Pomona College www.pomona.edu  CA $47,580 375 8 to 1 1380-1530   16% Jan. 2 Nov. 1
21 Wesleyan University www.wesleyan.edu  CT $49,346 733 9 to 1 1300-1490 27-32 27% Jan. 1  
22 Haverford College www.haverford.edu PA $48,932 315 8 to 1 1290-1490   25% Jan. 15  
23 Stanford University www.stanford.edu  CA $49,227 1,721 6 to 1 1340 - 1550 29 - 33 10% Dec. 31 Oct. 31
24 Hamilton College www.hamilton.edu  NY $47,900 468 9.7 to 1 1280-1460   28% Jan. 1  
25 Sarah Lawrence College www.sarahlawrence.edu NY $52,210 363 6 to 1     45% Jan. 1 Nov. 15 
26 Barnard College www.barnard.edu  NY $49,174 559 10 to 1 1260-1440   29% Jan. 1 Nov. 15 
27 Brown University www.brown.edu  RI $48,660 1,479 9 to 1 1330-1530   14% Jan. 1 Nov. 1
28 Whitman College www.whitman.edu  WA $43,490 400 10 to 1 1240-1430 27-32 44.90% Jan. 15 Nov. 15 
29 New College of Florida www.ncf.edu  FL $15,430 202 10 to 1 1230-1420   57% April. 15 Feb.15
30 Brandeis University www.brandeis.edu  MA $47,310 701 8 to 1 1280-1460   34% Jan. 15 Nov. 15
31 Vassar College www.vassar.edu  NY $48,565 678 9 to 1 1300-1460 29-32 25% Jan. 1 Nov. 15
32 Boston College www.bc.edu MA $48,384 2,291 13 to 1 1240-1420   27% Jan. 1 Nov. 1
33 Bryn Mawr College www.brynmawr.edu  PA $47,674 352 8 to 1 1200-1420   45% Jan. 15 Nov. 15
34 Kenyon College www.kenyon.edu  OH $46,690 458 10 to 1 1240-1420 28-32 29% Jan. 15 Nov. 15
35 Franklin and Marshall College www.fandm.edu  PA $47,254 569 10 to 1 1210-1380   37% Feb. 1  
36 United States Naval Academy www.usna.edu  MD NA 1,161   1160-1350   12% Jan. 31  
37 Colby College www.colby.edu  ME $47,700 467 10 to 1 1280-1440 28-31 32% Jan. 1 Nov. 15
38 Washington and Lee University www.wlu.edu  VA $47,096 463 10 to 1 1300-1470 28-31 27.40% Jan. 15  
39 Westminster College www.westminster-mo.edu  MO $25,316 224 14 to 1 980-1230 23-28 70% Rolling  
40 Claremont McKenna College www.claremontmckenna.edu CA $48,520 268 9 to 1 1290-1480   16% Jan. 2 Nov. 15
41 Rice University www.rice.edu  TX $41,775 742 5 to 1 1330-1530 29-34 25% Jan. 2 Nov. 1
42 Cooper Union www.cooper.edu  NY $50,225 219 8 to 1 1250-1470 29-33 11% Jan. 1  
43 University of Virginia www.virginia.edu  VA $19,325 3,248 15 to 1 1200-1420   35% Jan. 2  
44 Colgate University www.colgate.edu  NY $48,710 744 10 to 1 1260-1430 29-32 24% Jan. 15 Nov. 15
45 Bates College www.bates.edu  ME $48,850 442 10 to 1 1270-1410   30% Jan. 1 Nov. 15
46 Knox College www.knox.edu IL $36,678 307 12 to 1 1190-1380 27-31 61% Feb. 1 Dec. 1
47 DePauw University www.depauw.edu  IN $39,400 664 10 to 1 1130-1320 25-29 69% Feb. 1  
48 Tufts University www.tufts.edu  MA $48,900 1,370 9 to 1 1340 - 1490 29 - 32 28% Dec. 31 Oct. 31
49 College of William and Mary www.wm.edu  VA $37,119 1,346 11 to 1 1250-1450 27-32 34% Jan. 1 Nov. 1
50 Hampden-Sydney College www.hsc.edu  VA $38,603 334 11 to 1 1020-1230 20-26 67% Mar. 1 Mar. 1
Source: Forbes (2008).
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