2025 College Rankings by CollegeRanked

Comprehensive rankings of America's top colleges based on academic excellence, financial value, career outcomes, and campus environment. Compare institutions across multiple metrics to find your perfect fit.

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2025 College Rankings

#1
97.2

Princeton University

Student-Faculty: 5:1

Acceptance Rate

4.5%

10-Yr Salary

$189,400

Grad Rate

98.0%

Retention

99.0%

Academic: 29.5
Financial: 24.8
Outcomes: 28.1
Safety: 14.8
Debt at Graduation: $7,559
Alumni Giving: 46.0%
Per-Student Spending: $4,000K+
Social Mobility: #6
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#2
96.5

Stanford University

Student-Faculty: 5:1

Acceptance Rate

3.9%

10-Yr Salary

$177,500

Grad Rate

96.0%

Retention

98.0%

Academic: 29.1
Financial: 24.5
Outcomes: 28.3
Safety: 14.6
Debt at Graduation: $12,999
Alumni Giving: 30.0%
Per-Student Spending: $2,022K
Social Mobility: #1
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#3
95.8

MIT

Student-Faculty: 3:1

Acceptance Rate

4.8%

10-Yr Salary

$189,400

Grad Rate

96.0%

Retention

99.0%

Academic: 28.8
Financial: 24.2
Outcomes: 28.5
Safety: 14.3
Debt at Graduation: $13,792
Alumni Giving: 23.0%
Per-Student Spending: $2,004K
Social Mobility: #2
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#4
94.9

Yale University

Student-Faculty: 6:1

Acceptance Rate

4.5%

10-Yr Salary

$168,300

Grad Rate

97.0%

Retention

99.0%

Academic: 29.3
Financial: 24.1
Outcomes: 27.5
Safety: 14
Debt at Graduation: $4,926
Alumni Giving: 28.3%
Per-Student Spending: $2,378K
Social Mobility: #23
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#5
94.5

Harvard University

Student-Faculty: 7:1

Acceptance Rate

3.5%

10-Yr Salary

$171,400

Grad Rate

98.0%

Retention

99.0%

Academic: 29
Financial: 23.9
Outcomes: 27.6
Safety: 14
Debt at Graduation: $9,004
Alumni Giving: 33.1%
Per-Student Spending: $1,775K
Social Mobility: #18
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#6
92.8

Duke University

Student-Faculty: 6:1

Acceptance Rate

5.9%

10-Yr Salary

$158,700

Grad Rate

96.0%

Retention

98.0%

Academic: 28.5
Financial: 22.9
Outcomes: 27.8
Safety: 13.6
Debt at Graduation: $6,351
Alumni Giving: 28.0%
Per-Student Spending: $125K
Social Mobility: #35
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#7
92.5

University of Pennsylvania

Student-Faculty: 8:1

Acceptance Rate

5.9%

10-Yr Salary

$171,800

Grad Rate

96.0%

Retention

98.0%

Academic: 28.6
Financial: 23.1
Outcomes: 27.3
Safety: 13.5
Debt at Graduation: $12,499
Alumni Giving: 25.0%
Per-Student Spending: $200K+
Social Mobility: #7
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#8
92.1

Caltech

Student-Faculty: 3:1

Acceptance Rate

3.0%

10-Yr Salary

$168,600

Grad Rate

94.0%

Retention

98.0%

Academic: 28.4
Financial: 22.8
Outcomes: 28.2
Safety: 12.7
Debt at Graduation: $12,553
Alumni Giving: 30.0%
Per-Student Spending: $1,488K
Social Mobility: #13
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#9
91.9

UC Berkeley

Student-Faculty: 19:1

Acceptance Rate

11.4%

10-Yr Salary

$167,000

Grad Rate

94.0%

Retention

97.0%

Academic: 28
Financial: 21.5
Outcomes: 28.6
Safety: 13.8
Debt at Graduation: $7,238
Alumni Giving: 15.0%
Per-Student Spending: $40K+
Social Mobility: #51
Loan Default Rate: 1.5%
#10
91.7

Columbia University

Student-Faculty: 6:1

Acceptance Rate

4.0%

10-Yr Salary

$156,000

Grad Rate

93.0%

Retention

98.0%

Academic: 28.2
Financial: 22.5
Outcomes: 27.4
Safety: 13.6
Debt at Graduation: $16,849
Alumni Giving: 25.0%
Per-Student Spending: $300K+
Social Mobility: #4
Loan Default Rate: 1.7%
#11
91.3

Northwestern University

Student-Faculty: 6:1

Acceptance Rate

7.0%

10-Yr Salary

$141,300

Grad Rate

95.0%

Retention

98.0%

Academic: 28.3
Financial: 22.6
Outcomes: 27
Safety: 13.4
Debt at Graduation: $6,973
Alumni Giving: 25.0%
Per-Student Spending: $200K+
Social Mobility: #32
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#12
91

UCLA

Student-Faculty: 18:1

Acceptance Rate

8.6%

10-Yr Salary

$144,400

Grad Rate

93.0%

Retention

97.0%

Academic: 27.8
Financial: 21.2
Outcomes: 28.3
Safety: 13.7
Debt at Graduation: $6,418
Alumni Giving: 15.0%
Per-Student Spending: $40K+
Social Mobility: #54
Loan Default Rate: 1.5%
#13
90.8

Johns Hopkins University

Student-Faculty: 6:1

Acceptance Rate

7.6%

10-Yr Salary

$142,300

Grad Rate

94.0%

Retention

98.0%

Academic: 28.1
Financial: 22.3
Outcomes: 27.1
Safety: 13.3
Debt at Graduation: $9,843
Alumni Giving: 37.0%
Per-Student Spending: $250K+
Social Mobility: #61
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#14
90.5

Dartmouth College

Student-Faculty: 7:1

Acceptance Rate

6.2%

10-Yr Salary

$173,300

Grad Rate

96.0%

Retention

98.0%

Academic: 28
Financial: 22.8
Outcomes: 26.5
Safety: 13.2
Debt at Graduation: $6,404
Alumni Giving: 36.0%
Per-Student Spending: $400K+
Social Mobility: #31
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#15
90.2

Brown University

Student-Faculty: 6:1

Acceptance Rate

5.5%

10-Yr Salary

$155,000

Grad Rate

96.0%

Retention

98.5%

Academic: 27.9
Financial: 22.1
Outcomes: 26.9
Safety: 13.3
Debt at Graduation: $10,059
Alumni Giving: 25.0%
Per-Student Spending: $300K+
Social Mobility: #58
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#16
89.9

University of Chicago

Student-Faculty: 6:1

Acceptance Rate

4.8%

10-Yr Salary

$150,600

Grad Rate

95.0%

Retention

99.0%

Academic: 28.2
Financial: 22
Outcomes: 26.6
Safety: 13.1
Debt at Graduation: $12,150
Alumni Giving: 20.0%
Per-Student Spending: $300K+
Social Mobility: #84
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#17
89.6

Cornell University

Student-Faculty: 9:1

Acceptance Rate

7.9%

10-Yr Salary

$155,400

Grad Rate

96.0%

Retention

97.0%

Academic: 27.7
Financial: 21.8
Outcomes: 26.8
Safety: 13.3
Debt at Graduation: $8,309
Alumni Giving: 26.1%
Per-Student Spending: $150K+
Social Mobility: #25
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#18
89.1

Rice University

Student-Faculty: 6:1

Acceptance Rate

8.7%

10-Yr Salary

$152,100

Grad Rate

91.0%

Retention

97.0%

Academic: 27.5
Financial: 22
Outcomes: 26.5
Safety: 13.1
Debt at Graduation: $10,818
Alumni Giving: 24.0%
Per-Student Spending: $300K+
Social Mobility: N/A
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#19
88.8

Vanderbilt University

Student-Faculty: 8:1

Acceptance Rate

6.7%

10-Yr Salary

$148,000

Grad Rate

94.0%

Retention

97.0%

Academic: 27.6
Financial: 21.7
Outcomes: 26.4
Safety: 13.1
Debt at Graduation: $8,872
Alumni Giving: 25.0%
Per-Student Spending: $200K+
Social Mobility: #39
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#20
88.5

University of Michigan

Student-Faculty: 15:1

Acceptance Rate

17.9%

10-Yr Salary

$137,500

Grad Rate

93.0%

Retention

97.0%

Academic: 27.2
Financial: 20.9
Outcomes: 27.1
Safety: 13.3
Debt at Graduation: $8,470
Alumni Giving: 18.0%
Per-Student Spending: $50K+
Social Mobility: #56
Loan Default Rate: 1.6%
#21
88.2

University of Notre Dame

Student-Faculty: 10:1

Acceptance Rate

11.9%

10-Yr Salary

$160,200

Grad Rate

97.0%

Retention

98.0%

Academic: 27.8
Financial: 22.1
Outcomes: 25.5
Safety: 12.8
Debt at Graduation: $7,390
Alumni Giving: 33.0%
Per-Student Spending: $150K+
Social Mobility: #21
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#22
87.9

Georgetown University

Student-Faculty: 11:1

Acceptance Rate

12.0%

10-Yr Salary

$163,400

Grad Rate

94.0%

Retention

96.0%

Academic: 27.4
Financial: 21.5
Outcomes: 26.1
Safety: 12.9
Debt at Graduation: $8,982
Alumni Giving: 25.0%
Per-Student Spending: $100K+
Social Mobility: #12
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#23
87.5

University of Virginia

Student-Faculty: 15:1

Acceptance Rate

16.8%

10-Yr Salary

$149,100

Grad Rate

94.0%

Retention

97.0%

Academic: 27.3
Financial: 20.5
Outcomes: 26.6
Safety: 13.1
Debt at Graduation: $8,639
Alumni Giving: 21.0%
Per-Student Spending: $45K+
Social Mobility: #83
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#24
87.1

Carnegie Mellon University

Student-Faculty: 10:1

Acceptance Rate

11.3%

10-Yr Salary

$162,100

Grad Rate

89.0%

Retention

96.0%

Academic: 27
Financial: 21.2
Outcomes: 26.3
Safety: 12.6
Debt at Graduation: $6,525
Alumni Giving: 20.0%
Per-Student Spending: $100K+
Social Mobility: N/A
Loan Default Rate: <1%
#25
86.8

UNC-Chapel Hill

Student-Faculty: 15:1

Acceptance Rate

16.8%

10-Yr Salary

$118,200

Grad Rate

90.0%

Retention

96.0%

Academic: 26.9
Financial: 20.1
Outcomes: 26.8
Safety: 13
Debt at Graduation: $7,953
Alumni Giving: 18.0%
Per-Student Spending: $40K+
Social Mobility: #67
Loan Default Rate: 1.7%
25
Top Colleges
95.2%
Avg Grad Rate
$157k
Avg 10-Yr Salary
8.3%
Avg Acceptance