| Rank | School | Location | Tuition and Fees | Total enrollment | Fall 2013 acceptance rate | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate |
| #1 | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $41,820 | 8,014 | 7.4% | 98% | 97% |
| #2 | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $43,938 | 19,882 | 5.8% | 97% | 97% |
| #3 | Yale University | New Haven, CT | $45,800 | 12,109 | 6.9% | 99% | 98% |
| #4 | Columbia University | New York, NY | $51,008 | 23,606 | 6.9% | 99% | 96% |
| #4 | Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $44,757 | 18,136 | 5.7% | 98% | 96% |
| #4 | University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $48,253 | 12,539 | 8.8% | 99% | 93% |
| #7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $45,016 | 11,301 | 8.2% | 98% | 93% |
| #8 | Duke University | Durham, NC | $47,488 | 15,465 | 12.4% | 97% | 94% |
| #8 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $47,668 | 21,358 | 12.2% | 98% | 96% |
| #10 | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $43,362 | 2,181 | 10.6% | 97% | 93% |
| #11 | Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $48,108 | 6,342 | 10.4% | 98% | 95% |
| #12 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $47,060 | 21,052 | 17.1% | 97% | 93% |
| #13 | Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $47,251 | 20,997 | 14% | 97% | 94% |
| #14 | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis, MO | $46,467 | 14,032 | 15.6% | 97% | 94% |
| #15 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $47,286 | 21,593 | 15.6% | 97% | 93% |
| #16 | Brown University | Providence, RI | $47,434 | 8,943 | 9.2% | 98% | 94% |
| #16 | University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $46,237 | 12,124 | 22.3% | 98% | 95% |
| #16 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $43,838 | 12,757 | 12.7% | 97% | 93% |
| #19 | Rice University | Houston, TX | $40,566 | 6,628 | 16.7% | 97% | 91% |
| #20 | University of California—Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | in-state: $13,844, out-of-state: $25,064 | 36,204 | 17.7% | 97% | 91% |
| #21 | Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $45,008 | 14,513 | 26.5% | 95% | 91% |
| #21 | Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $46,744 | 17,849 | 17.1% | 96% | 92% |
| #23 | University of California—Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | in-state: $12,702, out-of-state: $35,580 | 42,190 | 20.4% | 97% | 90% |
| #23 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | in-state: $12,998, out-of-state: $42,184 | 23,464 | 30.1% | 97% | 93% |
| #25 | Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $48,786 | 12,991 | 25.5% | 95% | 88% |
| #25 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $48,280 | 41,368 | 19.8% | 97% | 91% |
| #27 | Tufts University | Medford, MA | $48,643 | 10,872 | 18.9% | 97% | 92% |
| #27 | Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem, NC | $46,200 | 7,602 | 35.2% | 94% | 86% |
| #29 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | in-state: $13,977, out-of-state: $41,811 | 43,710 | 33.3% | 97% | 90% |
| #30 | University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | in-state: $8,374, out-of-state: $33,624 | 29,127 | 26.7% | 97% | 90% |
| #31 | Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $47,436 | 13,525 | 32.2% | 95% | 91% |
| #32 | New York University | New York, NY | $46,170 | 44,599 | 32.4% | 92% | 84% |
| #33 | College of William and Mary | Williamsburg, VA | in-state: $17,656, out-of-state: $39,360 | 8,376 | 33.2% | 96% | 90% |
| #33 | University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $46,960 | 11,020 | 35.7% | 96% | 85% |
| #35 | Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $47,833 | 5,825 | 37% | 93% | 90% |
| #35 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | in-state: $11,394, out-of-state: $30,698 | 21,471 | 41.1% | 95% | 82% |
| #37 | University of California—San Diego | La Jolla, CA | in-state: $13,302, out-of-state: $36,180 | 28,731 | 36.8% | 95% | 86% |
| #38 | Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | $43,158 | 10,325 | 41.9% | 93% | 80% |
| #38 | University of California—Davis | Davis, CA | in-state: $13,896, out-of-state: $36,774 | 33,307 | 41.3% | 93% | 84% |
| #40 | Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | $44,890 | 7,096 | 30.8% | 94% | 86% |
| #40 | University of California—Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | in-state: $13,746, out-of-state: $36,624 | 22,225 | 39.8% | 92% | 86% |
| #42 | Boston University | Boston, MA | $46,664 | 32,411 | 36.9% | 92% | 84% |
| #42 | Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $43,440 | 20,034 | 32.3% | 95% | 83% |
| #42 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | $47,908 | 6,995 | 41.2% | 93% | 85% |
| #42 | University of California—Irvine | Irvine, CA | in-state: $14,757, out-of-state: $37,635 | 28,895 | 41.1% | 94% | 86% |
| #42 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL | in-state: $15,602, out-of-state: $30,228 | 44,942 | 62.4% | 94% | 84% |
| #47 | University of Wisconsin—Madison | Madison, WI | in-state: $10,410, out-of-state: $26,660 | 43,275 | 51.1% | 95% | 84% |
| #48 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park | University Park, PA | in-state: $17,502, out-of-state: $30,452 | 46,615 | 55.5% | 92% | 85% |
| #48 | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | in-state: $6,313, out-of-state: $28,591 | 49,878 | 46.6% | 96% | 87% |
| #48 | University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $44,350 | 16,935 | 40.5% | 91% | 82% |
| #48 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | in-state: $12,394, out-of-state: $33,513 | 43,762 | 55.2% | 93% | 82% |
| #48 | Yeshiva University | New York, NY | $38,730 | 6,744 | 82.2% | 91% | 89% |
