Rank

School

Tuition and Fees

Total enrollment

Fall 2013 acceptance rate

Average freshman retention rate

6-year graduation rate

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Cambridge, MA

$45,016 

11,301 

8.2% 

98% 

93% 

#2

Stanford University 
Stanford, CA

$44,757 

18,136 

5.7% 

98% 

96% 

#3

University of California—​Berkeley 
Berkeley, CA

in-state: $13,844, out-of-state: $25,064 

36,204 

17.7% 

97% 

91% 

#4

University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign 
Champaign, IL

in-state: $15,602, out-of-state: $30,228 

44,942 

62.4% 

94% 

84% 

#5

University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor 
Ann Arbor, MI

in-state: $13,977, out-of-state: $41,811 

43,710 

33.3% 

97% 

90% 

#6

Georgia Institute of Technology 
Atlanta, GA

in-state: $11,394, out-of-state: $30,698 

21,471 

41.1% 

95% 

82% 

#7

California Institute of Technology 
Pasadena, CA

$43,362 

2,181 

10.6% 

97% 

93% 

#8

Cornell University 
Ithaca, NY

$47,286 

21,593 

15.6% 

97% 

93% 

#9

Purdue University—​West Lafayette 
West Lafayette, IN

in-state: $10,002, out-of-state: $28,804 

38,788 

60.4% 

90% 

71% 

#10

University of Texas—​Austin 
Austin, TX

in-state: $9,798, out-of-state: $34,722 

52,059 

40.2% 

93% 

79%