Best Value Schools - US National Universities 2016

US News Best Colleges (Undergraduate Rankings)

More US Best College Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank School Average cost after receiving grants based on need Percent receiving need-based grants
#1

Princeton University

(Princeton, NJ)

$16,868 58.8%
#2

Harvard University

(Cambridge, MA)

$17,820 59.2%
#3

Yale University

(New Haven, CT)

$18,260 49.8%
#4

Stanford University

(Stanford, CA)

$19,713 47.4%
#5

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Cambridge, MA)

$21,454 57.4%
#6

Columbia University

(New York, NY)

$21,717 47.6%
#7

Duke University

(Durham, NC)

$22,305 42.7%
#8

California Institute of Technology

(Pasadena, CA)

$23,433 50.4%
#9

Dartmouth College

(Hanover, NH)

$23,522 48.6%
#10

Brown University

(Providence, RI)

$22,256 44.7%
#11

University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA)

$24,156 47.3%
#12

Vanderbilt University

(Nashville, TN)

$22,367 45.2%
#13

University of North Carolina—​Chapel Hill

(Chapel Hill, NC)

$18,069 41%
#14

Rice University

(Houston, TX)

$21,612 38.6%
#15

University of Chicago

(Chicago, IL)

$26,651 45.2%
#16

Brigham Young University—​Provo

(Provo, UT)

$13,097 39%
#17

Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY)

$26,045 46.4%
#18

Emory University

(Atlanta, GA)

$23,687 40.2%
#19

Northwestern University

(Evanston, IL)

$28,245 42.8%
#20

Johns Hopkins University

(Baltimore, MD)

$29,717 43.2%
#21

Texas A&M University—​College Station

(College Station, TX)

$21,248 62%
#22

University of Notre Dame

(Notre Dame, IN)

$29,436 43%
#23

Washington University in St. Louis

(St. Louis, MO)

$29,587 39.1%
#24

Tufts University

(Medford, MA)

$26,453 36.7%
#25

Pepperdine University

(Malibu, CA)

$26,189 54.4%
#26

University of Rochester

(Rochester, NY)

$28,192 51.1%
#27

Brandeis University

(Waltham, MA)

$27,746 49.6%
#28

Georgetown University

(Washington, DC)

$27,982 34.9%
#29

University of California—​Santa Cruz

(Santa Cruz, CA)

$22,152 52.4%
#30

Wake Forest University

(Winston-Salem, NC)

$26,987 32.7%
#31

University of California—​Irvine

(Irvine, CA)

$21,368 21.3%
#32

Clark University

(Worcester, MA)

$24,454 58.7%
#33

University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA)

$26,380 28%
#34

Clarkson University

(Potsdam, NY)

$31,023 83.7%
#35

Boston College

(Chestnut Hill, MA)

$27,740 35.6%
#36

Lehigh University

(Bethlehem, PA)

$25,840 40%
#37

Carnegie Mellon University

(Pittsburgh, PA)

$33,208 43.5%
#38

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Troy, NY)

$35,671 62.7%
#39

University of Southern California

(Los Angeles, CA)

$32,380 35.9%
#40

University of California—​Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, CA)

$24,004 19.8%
#41

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

(Syracuse, NY)

$26,661 70%
#42

Case Western Reserve University

(Cleveland, OH)

$33,101 47.5%
#43

Duquesne University

(Pittsburgh, PA)

$27,145 64.6%
#44

Yeshiva University

(New York, NY)

$31,576 47.6%
#45

Syracuse University

(Syracuse, NY)

$32,548 51.7%
#46

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

(Worcester, MA)

$37,703 63.5%
#47

Illinois Institute of Technology

(Chicago, IL)

$27,202 54.3%
#48

University of California—​San Diego

(La Jolla, CA)

$25,511 16.9%
#49

University of California—​Davis

(Davis, CA)

$27,699 25.8%
#50

North Carolina State University—​Raleigh

(Raleigh, NC)

$23,559 42%

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