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Largest private colleges for "A" students |
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School Name |
Four-year grad rate |
Annual cost of attendance |
% getting grants |
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Notre Dame |
90.0% |
$57,800 |
61% |
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Georgetown |
88.9 |
60,100 |
51 |
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U. of Pennsylvania |
88.6 |
59,600 |
48 |
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Boston College |
87.2 |
59,000 |
47 |
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Harvard |
87.1 |
59,000 |
70 |
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Duke |
86.8 |
59,300 |
54 |
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Northwestern |
86.3 |
60,840 |
56 |
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Cornell |
85.9 |
59,600 |
55 |
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Washington U. (St. Louis) |
85.9 |
62,600 |
48 |
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Vanderbilt |
85.1 |
61,600 |
61 |
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Columbia |
84.6 |
62,600 |
53 |
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Emory |
82.4 |
58,200 |
57 |
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New York University |
79.3 |
62,900 |
55 |
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Stanford |
78.4 |
59,800 |
60 |
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U. of Southern California |
71.7 |
60,000 |
62 |
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Largest private colleges for "B" students |
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School name |
Four-year grad rate |
Annual cost of attendance |
% getting grants |
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Syracuse |
71.6% |
$55,600 |
71% |
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Loyola Marymount |
71.1 |
56,900 |
86 |
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Quinnipiac |
69.9 |
54,000 |
84 |
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Ithaca College |
69.5 |
53,600 |
88 |
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Duquesne |
63.3 |
42,800 |
100 |
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U. of St. Thomas |
61.2 |
46,600 |
97 |
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U. of Dayton |
58.1 |
46,200 |
98 |
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U. of San Francisco |
55.8 |
56,600 |
70 |
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Texas Christian U. |
54.1 |
48,300 |
69 |
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Baylor |
50.4 |
51,200 |
96 |
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Howard |
47.8 |
41,500 |
68 |
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DePaul |
47.6 |
47,000 |
88 |
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The New School |
47.4 |
58,100 |
97 |
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Hofstra |
43.8 |
54,000 |
91 |
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St. John's (New York) |
36.4 |
55,500 |
95 |
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Nation's largest public universities |
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School name |
Four-year grad rate |
Annual cost (in-state) |
% getting grants |
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U. of Ill. Urbana-Champaign |
67.4% |
$29,000 |
46% |
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Penn. State (main campus) |
62.3 |
28,100 |
37 |
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U. of Florida |
59.4 |
20,600 |
98 |
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U. of Wash., Seattle |
53.9 |
26,100 |
33 |
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U. of Texas, Austin |
52.5 |
24,900 |
54 |
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Florida State |
50.2 |
21,000 |
95 |
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U. of Wisconsin, Madison |
49.7 |
24,200 |
55 |
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Indiana U., Bloomington |
49.5 |
23,100 |
53 |
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Ohio State (main campus) |
48.6 |
24,900 |
70 |
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Michigan State |
48.5 |
24,700 |
48 |
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Texas A&M |
46.2 |
20,900 |
61 |
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U. of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
45.8 |
24,700 |
88 |
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Purdue (main campus) |
38.1 |
23,500 |
47 |
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U. of Central Florida |
34.8 |
20,300 |
95 |
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Arizona State |
32.3 |
23,000 |
83 |
NOTES: "A" schools reported their students scored an average of at least 1300 on the math and reading SATs (90th percentile and up); "B" schools reported their students scored 1080 to 1200 (61st to 80th percentiles). Costs are for 2012--13 and include tuition, fees, room, board, books, travel, and miscellaneous expenses; percentage getting grants includes scholarships.
SOURCE: Collegeresults.org, Department of Education, individual colleges
First Published: March 6, 2013: 6:03 AM ET