As damaging as our national obsession with prestige in higher education can be, the real scandal of elite academia is the fact that a huge proportion of the most talented, qualified low-income students don’t even apply to selective colleges—often because they don’t think they can afford to go. That’s why we’ve brought back our “affordable elite” ranking. We took the 208 most selective colleges and universities in the country, according to Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges, and ranked them according to a combination of metrics, including net price and students’ future earnings, that track how well they promote income equality and upward social mobility.
Click here for detailed methodology, here for the rest of our rankings, and here for the full data set.
| Rank | Name | Pell/non-Pell grad rate gap | Number of Pell graduates | First-gen students | Median earnings | Predicted median earnings | Net price of attendance | Loan repayment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CUNY Baruch College (NY)* | 8% | 475 | 49% | $57,188 | $61,422 | $4,128 | 71% |
| 2 | University of California–Davis (CA)* | -6% | 1523 | 38% | $58,469 | $56,945 | $11,361 | 83% |
| 3 | Stanford University (CA) | -4% | 250 | 25% | $91,782 | $74,710 | $2,800 | 90% |
| 4 | University of California–Los Angeles (CA)* | -5% | 1584 | 35% | $61,385 | $62,510 | $9,389 | 81% |
| 5 | Washington and Lee University (VA) | -1% | 57 | N/A | $76,011 | $58,014 | $3,841 | 92% |
| 6 | University of Florida (FL)* | -6% | 1652 | 30% | $54,609 | $53,973 | $7,461 | 72% |
| 7 | College of the Holy Cross (MA) | 2% | 129 | 16% | $68,358 | $56,087 | $13,546 | 94% |
| 8 | Harvard University (MA) | -2% | 302 | 22% | $94,579 | $72,994 | $4,137 | 69% |
| 9 | University of California–San Diego (CA)* | -3% | 1443 | 37% | $60,673 | $66,496 | $10,226 | 85% |
| 10 | Georgetown University (DC) | -1% | 222 | 14% | $90,491 | $66,807 | $10,560 | 89% |
| 11 | Brigham Young University (UT) | -1% | 963 | 11% | $59,636 | $45,165 | $10,737 | 85% |
| 12 | Texas A&M University–College Station (TX)* | -11% | 1342 | 30% | $57,067 | $54,268 | $11,579 | 85% |
| 13 | University of CA–Santa Barbara (CA)* | -4% | 1229 | 40% | $54,415 | $57,481 | $11,287 | 76% |
| 14 | Yale University (CT) | 0% | 162 | 22% | $80,238 | $69,564 | $6,576 | 89% |
| 15 | MA Institute of Technology (MA) | -8% | 170 | 23% | $98,799 | $84,659 | $7,347 | 93% |
| 16 | Vassar College (NY) | 2% | 154 | 15% | $52,972 | $54,415 | $9,596 | 93% |
| 17 | CA Poly. State University–San Luis Obispo (CA)* | -9% | 478 | 24% | $65,631 | $60,074 | $13,495 | 88% |
| 18 | Barnard College (NY) | 1% | 116 | 17% | $58,527 | $55,469 | $9,618 | 94% |
| 19 | University of Pennsylvania (PA) | -4% | 346 | 18% | $84,452 | $71,857 | $9,110 | 90% |
| 20 | Duke University (NC) | 2% | 227 | 12% | $82,140 | $73,774 | $5,211 | 92% |
| 21 | University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign (IL)* | -6% | 1195 | 23% | $60,223 | $59,133 | $11,446 | 82% |
| 22 | Princeton University (NJ) | -3% | 143 | 25% | $77,915 | $71,843 | $3,857 | 87% |
| 23 | Rutgers University–New Brunswick (NJ)* | -5% | 1345 | 32% | $57,330 | $60,425 | $14,515 | 74% |
| 24 | University of California–Berkeley (CA)* | -3% | 965 | 33% | $64,010 | $68,627 | $9,804 | 79% |
| 25 | Colgate University (NY) | 0% | 82 | 17% | $63,200 | $56,928 | $11,136 | 90% |
| 26 | University of Richmond (VA) | 3% | 104 | 17% | $63,442 | $57,666 | $11,669 | 79% |
| 27 | Bentley University (MA) | -3% | 124 | 17% | $83,494 | $66,691 | $22,411 | 95% |
| 28 | Wesleyan University (CT) | -2% | 132 | 19% | $52,553 | $55,435 | $9,388 | 92% |
| 29 | Trinity College (CT) | 10% | 64 | 15% | $61,534 | $55,651 | $11,813 | 85% |
| 30 | Purdue University–Main (IN)* | -9% | 929 | 20% | $55,825 | $55,200 | $7,182 | 83% |
| 31 | Williams College (MA) | -4% | 99 | 18% | $57,723 | $57,744 | $6,255 | 89% |
| 32 | University of Texas–Austin (TX)* | -11% | 1463 | 26% | $56,698 | $61,449 | $13,315 | 82% |
| 33 | Columbia University in the City of NY (NY) | -3% | 97 | 23% | $80,809 | $71,615 | $7,317 | 81% |
| 34 | Stony Brook University (NY)* | 2% | 685 | 34% | $57,440 | $64,054 | $10,732 | 77% |
| 35 | Amherst College (MA) | -4% | 63 | 19% | $61,817 | $57,085 | $7,485 | 87% |
| 36 | Claremont McKenna College (CA) | 5% | 38 | N/A | $71,026 | $62,471 | $12,737 | N/A |
| 37 | Florida State University (FL)* | -6% | 1293 | 27% | $46,112 | $50,713 | $12,570 | 71% |
| 38 | Bowdoin College (ME) | -3% | 67 | 15% | $61,546 | $57,558 | $8,896 | 90% |
| 39 | Bates College (ME) | 4% | 66 | 13% | $56,469 | $55,976 | $9,262 | 95% |
| 40 | Union College (NY) | -1% | 79 | 12% | $66,026 | $58,349 | $14,225 | 89% |
| 41 | Lafayette College (PA) | -3% | 59 | 13% | $70,126 | $59,579 | $14,140 | 91% |
| 42 | Hamilton College (NY) | -1% | 66 | 14% | $58,636 | $55,587 | $9,637 | 94% |
| 43 | Brescia University (KY) | -30% | 15 | 45% | $39,577 | $25,352 | $10,784 | 62% |
| 44 | Dartmouth College (NH) | -2% | 136 | 15% | $73,055 | $68,581 | $8,747 | 91% |
| 45 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (MI)* | -7% | 832 | 17% | $61,590 | $64,262 | $6,153 | 80% |
| 46 | Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) | 0% | 116 | 15% | $51,314 | $50,291 | $14,899 | 88% |
| 47 | University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (NC)* | -5% | 683 | 19% | $54,357 | $58,319 | $7,286 | 85% |
| 48 | Milwaukee School of Engineering (WI) | -12% | 69 | 25% | $69,914 | $57,800 | $16,652 | 84% |
| 49 | Fairfield University (CT) | -2% | 142 | 17% | $71,720 | $56,358 | $27,566 | 88% |
| 50 | Boston College (MA) | -2% | 297 | 13% | $70,982 | $66,380 | $12,267 | 93% |
| 51 | Cornell University (NY) | -1% | 473 | 14% | $76,144 | $73,509 | $13,619 | 89% |
| 52 | Harvey Mudd College (CA) | -1% | 23 | N/A | $79,393 | $66,123 | $16,215 | N/A |
| 53 | Wellesley College (MA) | -2% | 97 | 13% | $59,821 | $60,007 | $11,229 | 92% |
| 54 | Franklin and Marshall College (PA) | -2% | 75 | 17% | $56,892 | $54,044 | $13,458 | 90% |
| 55 | Pomona College (CA) | 4% | 61 | 25% | $55,815 | $62,295 | $6,860 | N/A |
| 56 | Bucknell University (PA) | -2% | 82 | 12% | $71,382 | $59,570 | $23,015 | 94% |
| 57 | Lehigh University (PA) | -6% | 152 | 17% | $80,890 | $69,497 | $17,395 | 92% |
| 58 | Middlebury College (VT) | -3% | 55 | 18% | $57,792 | $56,495 | $8,971 | 88% |
| 59 | University of Georgia (GA)* | -6% | 922 | 19% | $49,880 | $50,745 | $11,352 | 72% |
| 60 | SUNY Binghamton (NY)* | -3% | 473 | 25% | $60,690 | $60,257 | $13,575 | 80% |
| 61 | Smith College (MA) | 4% | 124 | 15% | $46,220 | $51,417 | $12,556 | 81% |
| 62 | Haverford College (PA) | -2% | 45 | 16% | $59,823 | $57,466 | $10,327 | 92% |
| 63 | Georgia Institute of Technology–Main (GA)* | -6% | 370 | 15% | $78,344 | $76,515 | $9,427 | 88% |
| 64 | Gettysburg College (PA) | -1% | 83 | 14% | $55,440 | $53,293 | $15,348 | 93% |
| 65 | University of Notre Dame (IN) | -4% | 225 | 10% | $75,703 | $70,288 | $12,203 | 95% |
| 66 | University of Maryland–College Park (MD)* | -6% | 481 | 22% | $62,954 | $63,295 | $11,022 | 83% |
| 67 | DePauw University (IN) | -9% | 96 | 17% | $51,839 | $46,139 | $16,446 | 87% |
| 68 | VA Polytechnic Institute & State University (VA)* | -7% | 602 | 17% | $61,973 | $58,351 | $15,140 | 84% |
| 69 | Davidson College (NC) | -5% | 63 | 14% | $56,424 | $55,367 | $9,374 | 91% |
| 70 | University of Connecticut (CT)* | -8% | 469 | 26% | $57,319 | $57,219 | $14,180 | 85% |
| 71 | Northwestern University (IL) | 0% | 285 | 14% | $68,035 | $68,220 | $11,220 | 90% |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin–Madison (WI)* | -7% | 724 | 17% | $54,969 | $57,422 | $12,750 | 88% |
| 73 | Villanova University (PA) | 3% | 215 | 13% | $77,432 | $67,008 | $25,089 | 92% |
| 74 | Illinois Institute of Technology (IL) | -6% | 94 | 32% | $70,636 | $66,484 | $17,234 | 85% |
| 75 | Dickinson College (PA) | 3% | 65 | 12% | $56,455 | $54,000 | $14,635 | 89% |
| 76 | Illinois Wesleyan University (IL) | -4% | 94 | 17% | $57,878 | $52,782 | $20,760 | 90% |
| 77 | College of New Jersey (NJ)* | -8% | 197 | 22% | $58,411 | $54,923 | $16,694 | 87% |
| 78 | Rowan University (NJ)* | -12% | 315 | 35% | $50,568 | $43,725 | $17,389 | 73% |
| 79 | University of Virginia (VA)* | -3% | 378 | 16% | $61,896 | $62,960 | $11,809 | 88% |
| 80 | Tufts University (MA) | -2% | 126 | 14% | $71,747 | $70,249 | $12,205 | 93% |
| 81 | Vanderbilt University (TN) | -4% | 195 | 12% | $66,108 | $66,108 | $6,907 | 89% |
| 82 | College of Mount Saint Vincent (NY) | -7% | 122 | 36% | $53,549 | $50,554 | $15,146 | 66% |
| 83 | Bryn Mawr College (PA) | 2% | 54 | 14% | $55,211 | $50,972 | $15,692 | 86% |
| 84 | Willamette University (OR) | 2% | 93 | 18% | $51,222 | $47,555 | $23,580 | 88% |
| 85 | Brown University (RI) | -2% | 223 | 17% | $64,837 | $68,597 | $8,798 | 91% |
| 86 | Cooper Union Advance. of Science & Art (NY) | 5% | 28 | 24% | $60,465 | $62,395 | $9,776 | 76% |
| 87 | Connecticut College (CT) | 5% | 65 | 14% | $54,372 | $53,370 | $17,296 | 92% |
| 88 | Mount Holyoke College (MA) | -1% | 94 | 18% | $47,264 | $48,602 | $14,533 | 82% |
| 89 | George Washington University (DC) | 2% | 253 | 15% | $68,856 | $62,818 | $21,543 | 86% |
| 90 | University of Evansville (IN) | -10% | 122 | 25% | $42,041 | $44,044 | $16,983 | 83% |
| 91 | Thomas Aquinas College (CA) | 7% | 26 | N/A | $36,776 | $30,440 | $17,700 | 90% |
| 92 | Truman State University (MO)* | -10% | 194 | 20% | $44,641 | $45,256 | $9,860 | 84% |
| 93 | University of Delaware (DE)* | -9% | 314 | 18% | $57,088 | $53,411 | $12,360 | 83% |
| 94 | St. Olaf College (MN) | 1% | 103 | 12% | $48,633 | $54,367 | $13,093 | 91% |
| 95 | University of Rochester (NY) | 10% | 239 | 18% | $59,969 | $64,977 | $16,809 | 84% |
| 96 | University of MA–Amherst (MA)* | -8% | 782 | 21% | $51,372 | $56,531 | $12,893 | 79% |
| 97 | Skidmore College (NY) | -1% | 98 | 15% | $47,241 | $54,368 | $11,499 | 91% |
| 98 | MO University of Science & Technology (MO)* | -15% | 163 | 22% | $68,979 | $62,879 | $12,078 | 87% |
| 99 | University of Chicago (IL) | -4% | 167 | 14% | $67,376 | $72,359 | $4,788 | 90% |
| 100 | University of Southern California (CA) | -5% | 93 | 23% | $72,253 | $67,210 | $17,650 | 85% |
| 101 | NM Inst. of Mining and Tech (NM)* | -10% | 38 | 29% | $53,275 | $53,649 | $10,834 | 83% |
| 102 | Denison University (OH) | -6% | 98 | 19% | $50,176 | $51,157 | $15,620 | 83% |
| 103 | North Carolina State University (NC)* | -8% | 767 | 19% | $51,037 | $59,263 | $9,693 | 81% |
| 104 | Beloit College (WI) | -2% | 60 | 15% | $40,936 | $44,695 | $8,423 | 84% |
| 105 | Wake Forest University (NC) | -5% | 118 | 13% | $63,039 | $60,010 | $13,592 | 91% |
| 106 | Muhlenberg College (PA) | 0% | 39 | 16% | $59,017 | $53,147 | $18,785 | 87% |
| 107 | Occidental College (CA) | 1% | 104 | 17% | $50,555 | $57,222 | $16,402 | 91% |
| 108 | Kettering University (MI) | -17% | 41 | 18% | $80,554 | $59,386 | $32,015 | 89% |
| 109 | Michigan Technological University (MI)* | -13% | 176 | 18% | $65,173 | $61,269 | $10,394 | 84% |
| 110 | University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (MN)* | -12% | 859 | 18% | $51,101 | $57,644 | $9,805 | 78% |
| 111 | Ohio State University–Main (OH)* | -9% | 1074 | 26% | $45,389 | $56,429 | $12,303 | 69% |
| 112 | Colorado School of Mines (CO)* | -8% | 108 | 17% | $81,869 | $75,665 | $18,593 | 89% |
| 113 | Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) | -5% | 103 | 19% | $88,185 | $77,927 | $26,861 | 91% |
| 114 | Wheaton College (IL) | 0% | 109 | N/A | $46,331 | $52,803 | $17,302 | 95% |
| 115 | New York University (NY) | -4% | 807 | 21% | $61,569 | $61,789 | $27,003 | 82% |
| 116 | SUNY Geneseo (NY)* | -8% | 150 | 20% | $48,458 | $49,340 | $14,152 | 86% |
| 117 | Swarthmore College (PA) | -3% | 53 | 19% | $53,605 | $61,160 | $9,241 | 90% |
| 118 | Colby College (ME) | -5% | 44 | 9% | $56,284 | $57,099 | $9,782 | 92% |
| 119 | Trinity University (TX) | -7% | 80 | 18% | $55,569 | $56,505 | $14,062 | 92% |
| 120 | Grinnell College (IA) | -7% | 87 | 15% | $46,993 | $51,338 | $13,673 | 91% |
| 121 | Boston University (MA) | -2% | 545 | 17% | $63,633 | $64,792 | $24,521 | 87% |
| 122 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) | -5% | 157 | 13% | $82,450 | $75,342 | $24,809 | 94% |
| 123 | Kalamazoo College (MI) | -3% | 57 | 13% | $51,272 | $51,162 | $14,718 | 84% |
| 124 | Carnegie Mellon University (PA) | -6% | 173 | 9% | $81,479 | $75,630 | $20,185 | 93% |
| 125 | University of Missouri–Columbia (MO)* | -17% | 740 | 20% | $48,103 | $48,141 | $13,833 | 75% |
| 126 | College of William and Mary (VA)* | -5% | 118 | 12% | $57,890 | $63,402 | $7,280 | 89% |
| 127 | Hobart William Smith Colleges (NY) | -1% | 84 | 9% | $52,057 | $50,916 | $20,275 | 87% |
| 128 | University of Tennessee (TN)* | -14% | 751 | 25% | $44,577 | $48,213 | $15,206 | 74% |
| 129 | Carleton College (MN) | -4% | 60 | 14% | $52,876 | $56,836 | $14,195 | 93% |
| 130 | Kenyon College (OH) | 4% | 33 | N/A | $47,626 | $50,926 | $12,115 | 90% |
| 131 | Rice University (TX) | -5% | 140 | 13% | $66,287 | $74,277 | $7,624 | 91% |
| 132 | Emory University (GA) | -5% | 224 | 17% | $63,931 | $67,000 | $14,798 | 85% |
| 133 | Pepperdine University (CA) | 0% | 155 | 19% | $63,577 | $57,853 | $26,795 | 80% |
| 134 | Scripps College (CA) | 9% | 31 | N/A | $51,941 | $56,297 | $16,545 | 91% |
| 135 | Christian Brothers University (TN) | -18% | 60 | 35% | $46,001 | $46,056 | $8,262 | 59% |
| 136 | Drake University (IA) | -5% | 104 | 15% | $58,154 | $52,595 | $23,277 | 86% |
| 137 | Northeastern University (MA) | -2% | 325 | 18% | $65,829 | $73,536 | $15,320 | 83% |
| 138 | Santa Clara University (CA) | -4% | 154 | 18% | $71,501 | $71,992 | $21,361 | 89% |
| 139 | California Institute of Technology (CA) | -8% | 19 | N/A | $83,463 | $93,475 | $7,288 | N/A |
| 140 | Colorado College (CO) | 3% | 48 | 13% | $43,373 | $55,785 | $7,831 | 89% |
| 141 | Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) | -9% | 480 | 20% | $62,079 | $59,801 | $23,870 | 79% |
| 142 | Westmont College (CA) | -1% | 63 | 18% | $50,070 | $49,890 | $24,348 | 89% |
| 143 | University of Colorado–Boulder (CO)* | -8% | 566 | 20% | $50,239 | $55,693 | $16,517 | 77% |
| 144 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) | -7% | 120 | 14% | $84,264 | $74,978 | $29,567 | 93% |
| 145 | Macalester College (MN) | -4% | 75 | 11% | $48,014 | $52,908 | $16,130 | 91% |
| 146 | University of Vermont (VT)* | -7% | 366 | 13% | $46,510 | $53,308 | $13,330 | 88% |
| 147 | University of Texas–Dallas (TX)* | -6% | 303 | 31% | $52,430 | $64,517 | $10,721 | 71% |
| 148 | Johns Hopkins University (MD) | 1% | 156 | 12% | $70,916 | $77,412 | $13,228 | 83% |
| 149 | Brandeis University (MA) | 0% | 149 | 15% | $58,527 | $65,219 | $16,920 | 86% |
| 150 | Marquette University (WI) | -15% | 255 | 18% | $60,461 | $54,716 | $22,376 | 85% |
| 151 | Loyola University–Chicago (IL) | -6% | 438 | 26% | $53,451 | $54,856 | $28,342 | 81% |
| 152 | New College of Florida (FL)* | -7% | 35 | 13% | N/A | $32,000 | $7,784 | 72% |
| 153 | Endicott College (MA) | -2% | 113 | 19% | $49,972 | $50,258 | $27,958 | 90% |
| 154 | Rollins College (FL) | 9% | 109 | 23% | $45,085 | $45,266 | $26,511 | 62% |
| 155 | Pitzer College (CA) | 4% | 30 | 19% | $47,835 | $55,230 | $13,888 | 77% |
| 156 | Sarah Lawrence College (NY) | -2% | 49 | N/A | $40,767 | $35,396 | $24,682 | 84% |
| 157 | Lawrence University (WI) | -8% | 63 | 17% | $43,452 | $45,702 | $18,691 | 84% |
| 158 | Case Western Reserve University (OH) | -3% | 150 | 12% | $73,022 | $73,286 | $22,810 | 88% |
| 159 | University of South Carolina–Columbia (SC)* | -12% | 600 | 20% | $44,425 | $51,316 | $15,534 | 73% |
| 160 | Taylor University (IN) | -11% | 78 | 14% | $38,007 | $39,658 | $20,371 | 87% |
| 161 | Transylvania University (KY) | -10% | 55 | 18% | $42,723 | $44,150 | $18,837 | 82% |
| 162 | Centre College (KY) | -3% | 51 | 16% | $45,297 | $51,360 | $17,518 | 86% |
| 163 | Clemson University (SC)* | -13% | 350 | 17% | $52,653 | $58,595 | $14,292 | 83% |
| 164 | University of Denver (CO) | -1% | 149 | 19% | $55,172 | $59,431 | $21,788 | 79% |
| 165 | Furman University (SC) | -9% | 75 | 12% | $49,918 | $51,752 | $20,795 | 88% |
| 166 | University of San Diego (CA) | 0% | 144 | 23% | $59,629 | $64,725 | $26,181 | 82% |
| 167 | St. John's College (NM) | -8% | 14 | N/A | $31,122 | $26,975 | $18,198 | 78% |
| 168 | Southern Methodist University (TX) | -5% | 163 | 18% | $58,782 | $60,263 | $22,079 | 80% |
| 169 | Sewanee: The University of the South (TN) | -8% | 53 | 15% | $43,891 | $48,244 | $16,475 | 85% |
| 170 | American University (DC) | -6% | 219 | 15% | $59,609 | $58,102 | $25,351 | 83% |
| 171 | Clark University (MA) | -2% | 87 | 19% | $46,837 | $55,677 | $19,817 | 88% |
| 172 | Auburn University (AL)* | -13% | 370 | 18% | $48,197 | $49,675 | $19,871 | 78% |
| 173 | Rhodes College (TN) | -11% | 67 | 11% | $53,774 | $56,074 | $18,970 | 89% |
| 174 | Gonzaga University (WA) | -4% | 160 | 14% | $55,648 | $55,686 | $27,755 | 89% |
| 175 | Loyola Marymount University (CA) | -5% | 185 | 20% | $58,821 | $58,967 | $29,467 | 84% |
| 176 | Miami University–Oxford (OH)* | -12% | 401 | 26% | $47,243 | $51,385 | $16,868 | 63% |
| 177 | Fordham University (NY) | -6% | 261 | 19% | $58,865 | $60,151 | $26,093 | 81% |
| 178 | Saint Louis University–Main (MO) | -10% | 241 | 23% | $56,265 | $58,644 | $23,413 | 78% |
| 179 | Oberlin College (OH) | 1% | 64 | 7% | $41,385 | $50,474 | $17,307 | 89% |
| 180 | Bard College (NY) | -7% | 61 | 11% | $40,002 | $43,238 | $20,096 | 85% |
| 181 | Yeshiva University (NY) | -8% | 92 | 10% | $58,411 | $55,894 | $24,571 | 86% |
| 182 | William Jewell College (MO) | -11% | 46 | 21% | $44,877 | $50,214 | $18,606 | 81% |
| 183 | University of Puget Sound (WA) | -5% | 98 | 12% | $52,074 | $51,584 | $32,414 | 88% |
| 184 | Mount St. Mary's University (MD) | -11% | 74 | 23% | $52,284 | $52,907 | $25,780 | 83% |
| 185 | University of Miami (FL) | -6% | 302 | 18% | $58,430 | $64,517 | $23,250 | 80% |
| 186 | Texas Christian University (TX) | -12% | 161 | 19% | $52,436 | $53,119 | $24,397 | 84% |
| 187 | University of Pittsburgh–Pittsburgh (PA)* | -11% | 427 | 22% | $52,361 | $59,053 | $23,752 | 80% |
| 188 | Reed College (OR) | -3% | 49 | 12% | $39,430 | $50,625 | $15,308 | 88% |
| 189 | Loyola University–New Orleans (LA) | -13% | 124 | 20% | $46,097 | $47,887 | $19,149 | 74% |
| 190 | Lewis & Clark College (OR) | -1% | 113 | 15% | $44,502 | $55,272 | $22,041 | 89% |
| 191 | Tulane University (LA) | -9% | 145 | 20% | $58,396 | $63,466 | $20,003 | 75% |
| 192 | Bennington College (VT) | 12% | 32 | N/A | $27,560 | $36,281 | $24,611 | 85% |
| 193 | Elon University (NC) | -9% | 108 | 7% | $50,164 | $50,080 | $24,637 | 91% |
| 194 | Earlham College (IN) | -13% | 46 | 19% | $34,892 | $43,632 | $16,300 | 84% |
| 195 | Belmont University (TN) | -9% | 115 | 17% | $43,816 | $46,136 | $27,420 | 82% |
| 196 | Hampshire College (MA) | -3% | 46 | 11% | $34,903 | $39,508 | $22,277 | 76% |
| 197 | Seattle University (WA) | -10% | 143 | 20% | $57,307 | $59,149 | $29,203 | 80% |
| 198 | Emerson College (MA) | -3% | 108 | 13% | $46,681 | $47,171 | $35,249 | 86% |
| 199 | College of the Atlantic (ME) | -31% | 15 | N/A | $26,047 | $24,052 | $16,614 | 83% |
| 200 | Hofstra University (NY) | -15% | 197 | 24% | $54,201 | $54,138 | $30,010 | 74% |
| 201 | Baylor University (TX) | -13% | 467 | 19% | $50,899 | $57,228 | $28,484 | 78% |
| 202 | Hendrix College (AR) | -13% | 57 | 16% | $40,939 | $49,510 | $19,386 | 79% |
| 203 | St. John's College (MD) | -19% | 16 | N/A | $36,780 | $34,818 | $19,625 | 83% |
| 204 | Whitman College (WA) | -12% | 35 | 11% | $48,458 | $53,842 | $22,509 | 93% |
| 205 | University of Alabama–Huntsville (AL)* | -14% | 79 | 31% | $47,043 | $55,689 | $17,632 | 60% |
| 206 | University of Dallas (TX) | -20% | 57.5 | 15% | $47,029 | $49,813 | $20,192 | 80% |
| 207 | Chapman University (CA) | -3% | 176 | 16% | $53,338 | $57,575 | $31,685 | 70% |
| 208 | University of Tulsa (OK) | -15% | 76 | 21% | $46,954 | $61,319 | $20,787 | 77% |