Best Private Universities

Rank	Name	Acceptance Rate	Avg GPA	Avg SAT
1	California Institute Of Technology	3%	4	1557
2	Massachusetts Institute Of Technology	4%	4	1547
3	Harvard University	3%	4	1529
4	University Of Chicago	5%	4	1528
5	Franklin W Olin College Of Engineering	19%	3.9	1522
6	Washington University In St Louis	12%	4	1520
7	Princeton University	6%	3.9	1517
8	Vanderbilt University	7%	3.9	1515
9	Carnegie Mellon University	11%	3.9	1513
10	Brown University	5%	4	1511
11	University Of Pennsylvania	7%	3.9	1511
12	Columbia University In The City Of New York	4%	3.8	1511
13	Northwestern University	7%	4	1506
14	Dartmouth College	6%	4	1500
15	Stanford University	4%	3.9	1497
16	University Of Notre Dame	13%	4	1490
17	Williams College	8%	4	1488
18	Pomona College	7%	4	1480
19	Northeastern University	7%	4	1478
20	Georgetown University	12%	4	1473
21	Tufts University	10%	4	1472
22	Swarthmore College	7%	4	1469
23	Haverford College	14%	4	1468
24	Webb Institute	21%	3.9	1465
25	Hamilton College	12%	4	1462
26	Middlebury College	13%	4	1460
27	Carleton College	17%	4	1457
28	Grinnell College	11%	4	1457
29	Colby College	8%	4	1456
30	Emory University	11%	3.8	1453
31	Wellesley College	14%	4	1452
32	Bocconi University	17%	3.5	1450
33	Barnard College	9%	4	1445
34	Tulane University Of Louisiana	11%	3.7	1444
35	New York University	12%	3.8	1443
36	Emory Universityoxford College	15%	3.6	1442
37	Hillsdale College	21%	3.9	1440
38	Colgate University	12%	3.9	1437
39	Boston College	17%	3.9	1437
40	Fordham University	59%	3.8	1436
41	Case Western Reserve University	27%	3.8	1436
42	Brandeis University	39%	3.9	1434
43	Reed College	31%	4	1433
44	Boston University	14%	3.9	1433
45	Amherst College	7%	4	1431
46	The Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science And Art	22%	3.7	1430
47	Stevens Institute Of Technology	46%	3.9	1429
48	Villanova University	23%	3.9	1422
49	Bates College	14%	3.9	1420
50	Scripps College	28%	4	1420