Northwestern climbs one spot to #25 after winning NCAA D1 field hockey title.
The Elite 35
1. Princeton University
Location: Northeast (New Jersey); Setting: Small City; Enrollment: 5527; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 5; Tree cover: moderate-low; Endowment per student: $3,832,426; Median SATs: 780M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 93 (Fall 2022); Free speech rating: low; Student to faculty ratio: 5.1:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 87.7; Return on investment: very high; Rate of producing future PhDs: high (science), moderate-high (humanities); Graduation rate: 97.1%; Student satisfaction: high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
2. Stanford University
Location: Far West (California); Setting: Large Suburb; Enrollment: 7761; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 1; Tree cover: moderate; Endowment per student: $2,103,579; Median SATs: 790M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 96.2; Free speech rating: low; Student to faculty ratio: 6.2:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 88.1 (Fall 2022); Return on investment: very high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate (science), moderate-high (humanities); Graduation rate: 93%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 19
3. Yale University
Location: Northeast (Connecticut); Setting: Midsize City; Enrollment: 6639; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 4; Tree cover: moderate-high; Endowment per student: $2,781,928; Median SATs: 780M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 96; Free speech rating: moderate-low; Student to faculty ratio: 5.6:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 89.2; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate (science); high (humanities); Graduation rate: 96.3%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
4. California Institute of Technology
Location: Far West (California); Setting: Midsize City; Enrollment: 982; Architectural beauty: No; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: high; Endowment per student: $1,526,531; Median SATs: 790M/760V(Fall 2020); Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 94.5; Free speech rating: moderate; Student to faculty ratio: 3:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 97.8; Return on investment: very high; Rate of producing future PhDs: highest (science); low (humanities); Graduation rate: 93.2%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: Northeast (Massachusetts); Setting: Midsize City; Enrollment: 4638; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: very low; Endowment per student: $2,004,054; Median SATs: 790M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 97 (Fall 2022); Free speech rating: moderate-low; Student to faculty ratio: 3.1:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 87.6; Return on investment: very high; Rate of producing future PhDs: very high (science), low (humanities); Graduation rate: 96%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 3
6. Swarthmore College
Location: Northeast (Pennsylvania); Setting: Large Suburb; Enrollment: 1619; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 1; Tree cover: very high; Endowment per student: $1,601,135; Median SATs: 780M/750V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 92; Free speech rating: moderate; Student to faculty ratio: 7.8:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 91.1; Return on investment: moderate-high; Rate of producing future PhDs: very high (science), highest (humanities); Graduation rate: 94%; Student satisfaction: moderate; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
7. Harvard University
Location: Northeast (Massachusetts); Setting: Midsize City; Enrollment: 7973; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 5; Tree cover: low; Endowment per student: $2,032,820; Median SATs: 790M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 94.4; Free speech rating: lowest; Student to faculty ratio: 7.2:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 89.4; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate (science), moderate-high (humanities); Graduation rate: 98%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
8. Williams College
Location: Northeast (Massachusetts); Setting: Town; Enrollment: 2138; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: moderate-high; Endowment per student: $1,637,651; Median SATs: 770M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 91.6; Free speech rating: moderate-low; Student to faculty ratio: 6.9:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 94.8; Return on investment: moderate-high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate-high (science), very high (humanities); Graduation rate: 97%; Student satisfaction: high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 2
9. University of Chicago
Location: Great Lakes (Illinois); Setting: Large City; Enrollment: 7511; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 1; Tree cover: low; Endowment per student: $532,836; Median SATs: 790M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 97; Free speech rating: moderate-high; Student to faculty ratio: 5:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 97.1; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate-high (science), high (humanities); Graduation rate: 95%; Student satisfaction: moderate-high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 4
10. Duke University
Location: Southeast (North Carolina); Setting: Large City; Enrollment: 6570; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: high; Endowment per student: $745,885; Median SATs: 790M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 95; Free speech rating: moderate-high; Student to faculty ratio: 5.7:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 96.3; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate (science), moderate-high (humanities); Graduation rate: 96%; Student satisfaction: high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 1
11. Rice University
Location: Southwest (Texas); Setting: Large City; Enrollment: 4480: Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover; moderate; Endowment per student: $886,931; Median SATs: 790M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 91.4; Free speech rating: moderate-low; Student to faculty ratio: 5.8:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 90.3; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate-high (science), moderate-low (humanities); Graduation rate: 95.7%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
12. Johns Hopkins University
Location: Northeast (Maryland); Setting: large city; Enrollment: 5643; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 1; Tree cover: high; Endowment per student: $468,811; Median SATs: 790M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 100; Free speech rating: moderate; Student to faculty ratio: 6:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 96 (Fall 2022); Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate-high (science), low (humanities); Graduation rate: 94.6%; Student satisfaction: moderate; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 5
13. University of Virginia
Location: Southeast (Virginia); Setting: Midsize Suburb; Enrollment: 17,103; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 2; Tree cover: high; Endowment per student: $407,191; Median SATs: 760M/730V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 85; Free speech rating: highest; Student to faculty ratio:14.1:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 98.8; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate-low (science); moderate-low (humanities); Graduation rate: 95.3%; Student satisfaction: high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 9
14. Wellesley College
Location: Northeast (Massachusetts); Setting: Large Suburb; Enrollment: 2353; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: very high; Endowment per student: $1,093,855; Median SATs: 760M/750V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 90.5; Free speech rating: moderate; Student to faculty ratio: 7.4:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 93; Return on investment: moderate-high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate (science), high (humanities); Graduation rate: 91%; Student satisfaction: high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 2
15. Brown University
Location: Northeast (Rhode Island); Setting: Midsize City; Enrollment: 7222; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 2; Tree cover: moderate; Endowment per student: $582,294; Median SATs: 780M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 92; Free speech rating: low; Student to faculty ratio: 5.9:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 92.4; Return on investment: moderate-high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate (science), moderate-high (humanities); Graduation rate: 95.7%; Student satisfaction: high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
16. Dartmouth College
Location: Northeast (New Hampshire); Setting: Town; Enrollment: 4412; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 1; Tree cover: moderate; Endowment per student: $1,175,879; Median SATs: 780M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 93.5; Free speech rating: low; Student to faculty ratio: 6.9:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 93; Return on investment: moderate-high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate (science), moderate (humanities); Graduation rate: 96%; Student satisfaction: high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
17. Vanderbilt University
Location: Southeast (Tennessee); Setting: Large City; Enrollment: 7144; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 1; Tree cover: low; Endowment per student: $751,762; Median SATs: 780M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 92.5; Free speech rating: moderate; Student to faculty ratio: 7.3:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 93.7; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: low (science), moderate-low (humanities); Graduation rate: 92.7%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 2
18. Olin College of Engineering
Location: Northeast (Massachusetts); Setting: Large Suburb; Enrollment: 356; Architectural beauty: No; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: high; Endowment per student: $1,367,978; Median SATs: 780M/750V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 80; Free speech rating: ND; Student to faculty ratio: 8.1:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 85.2; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: high (science), moderate-high (humanities); Graduation rate: 94%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
19. Amherst College
Location: Northeast (Massachusetts); Setting: Small City; Enrollment: 1898; Architectural beauty: No; National Historic Landmarks: 1; Tree cover: moderate; Endowment per student: $1,760,625; Median SATs: 760M/740V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 90; Free speech rating: moderate; Student to faculty ratio: 6.9:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 93; Return on investment: moderate-high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate-high (science), high (humanities); Graduation rate: 93%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 1
20. University of Notre Dame
Location: Great Lakes (Indiana); Setting: Large Suburb; Enrollment: 8917; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: low; Endowment per student: $1,287,304; Median SATs: 760M/740V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 92; Free speech rating: moderate-low; Student to faculty ratio: 8.5:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 85.5; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: low (science), moderate (humanities); Graduation rate: 96%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 5
21. Washington University in St. Louis
Location: Plains (Missouri); Setting: Large Suburb; Enrollment: 7801; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 1; Tree cover: low; Endowment per student: $743,518; Median SATs: 790M/750V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 89; Free speech rating: moderate-low; Student to faculty ratio: 7.1:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 80.7; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate (science), moderate-low (humanities); Graduation rate: 94%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 4
22. University of Pennsylvania
Location: Northeast (Pennsylvania); Setting: Large City; Enrollment: 10,572; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 2; Tree cover: moderate; Endowment per student: $834,978; Median SATs: 790M/750V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 92; Free speech rating: very low; Student to faculty ratio: 7.6:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 89.3; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: low (science), moderate (humanities); Graduation rate: 96.1%; Student satisfaction: high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
23. Pomona College
Location: Far West (California); Setting: Large Suburb; Enrollment: 1699; Architectural beauty: No; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: moderate; Endowment per student: $1,625;259; Median SATs: 770M/750V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 85; Free speech rating: low; Student to faculty ratio: 7.3:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 91.7; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: high (science), moderate-high (humanities); Graduation rate: 93%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 1.5 (3 shared with Pitzer College)
24. Vassar College
Location: Northeast (New York); Setting: Large Suburb; Enrollment: 2430; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 2; Tree cover: very high; Endowment per student: $503,771; Median SATs: 760M/750V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 79; Free speech rating: moderate-low; Student to faculty ratio: 7.6:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 89.5; Return on investment: moderate-low; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate (science), high (humanities); Graduation rate: 89%; Student satisfaction: moderate-high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
25. Northwestern University
Location: Great Lakes (Illinois); Setting: Small City; Enrollment: 8837; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: moderate; Endowment per student: $666,240; Median SATs: 780M/750V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 94; Free speech rating: low; Student to faculty ratio: 6.4:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 95; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: low (science), moderate (humanities); Graduation rate: 96%; Student satisfaction: moderate; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 3
26. Bowdoin College
Location: Northeast (Maine); Setting: Town; Enrollment: 1909; Architectural beauty: No; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: moderate; Endowment per student: $1,268,411; Median SATs: 760M/750V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 86; Free speech rating: moderate; Student to faculty ratio: 8.8:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 95.3; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate (science), moderate (humanities); Graduation rate: 95.6%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
27. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Location: Southeast (North Carolina); Setting: Small City; Enrollment: 19,921: Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 2; Tree cover: high; Endowment per student: $176,856; Median SATs: 750M/720V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 74.9; Free speech rating: moderate; Student to faculty ratio: 14.8:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 87.5; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: low (science), moderate-low (humanities); Graduation rate: 92.1%; Student satisfaction: moderate-high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 8
28. Columbia University
Location: Northeast (New York); Setting: Large City; Enrollment: 8902: Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 3; Tree cover: very low; Endowment per student: $447,066; Median SATs: 780M/760V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 94.5; Free speech rating: lowest; Student to faculty ratio: 6.1:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 76; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate-low (science), moderate-high (humanities); Graduation rate: 95%; Student satisfaction: high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0.5 (1 shared with Barnard College)
29. University of California-Berkeley
Location: Far West (California); Setting: Midsize City; Enrollment: 32,475; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 1; Tree cover: high; Endowment per student: $178,433; Median SATs: 720M/690V (Fall 2020); Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 96 (Fall 2020); Free speech rating: low; Student to faculty ratio: 18.7:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: NA; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate-low (science), moderate-low (humanities); Graduation rate: 93%; Student satisfaction: moderate; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 6
30. Carnegie Mellon University
Location: Northeast (Pennsylvania; Setting: Large City; Enrollment: 7005; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: low; Endowment per student: $241,845; Median SATs: 790M/750V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class: 92.2; Free speech rating: moderate-high; Student to faculty ratio: 6.4:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 91; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate-low (science), very low (humanities); Graduation rate: 92.5%; Student satisfaction: moderate; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 1
31. Haverford College
Location: Northeast (Pennsylvania); Setting: Large Suburb; Enrollment: 1417; Architectural beauty: No; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: high; Endowment per student: $455,579; Median SATs: 760M/730V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class 96.2; Free speech rating: moderate-low; Student to faculty ratio: 8.7:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 96.3; Return on investment: moderate-high; Rate of producing future PhDs: high (science), high (humanities); Graduation rate: 89%; Student satisfaction: high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
32. Cornell University
Location: Northeast (New York); Setting: Small City; Enrollment: 15,676; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 1; Tree cover: moderate-high; Endowment per student: $368,616; Median SATs: 780M/740V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class 81.7; Free speech rating: low; Student to faculty ratio: 9.1:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 89.5; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate (science), moderate-low (humanities); Graduation rate: 95%; Student satisfaction: moderate-high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
33. Harvey Mudd College
Location: Far West (California); Setting: Large Suburb; Enrollment: 906; Architectural beauty: No; National Historic Landmarks: 0; Tree cover: low; Endowment per student: $455,847; Median SATs: 780M/750V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class 83; Free speech rating: moderate-low; Student to faculty ratio: 8.8:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 94.5; Return on investment: high; Rate of producing future PhDs: very high (science), moderate-low (humanities); Graduation rate: 93.8%; Student satisfaction: high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0.67 (2 shared with Claremont McKenna and Scripps Colleges)
34. Washington and Lee University
Location: Southeast (Virginia); Setting: Town; Enrollment: 1861; Architectural beauty: No; National Historic Landmarks: 2; Tree cover: high; Endowment per student: $881,989; Median SATs: 760M/730V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class 81.4; Free speech rating: moderate-high; Student to faculty ratio: 7.6:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 89.7; Return on investment: moderate-high; Rate of producing future PhDs: low (science), moderate-low (humanities); Graduation rate: 95%; Student satisfaction: very high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0
35. Bryn Mawr College
Location: Northeast (Pennsylvania); Setting: Large Suburb; Enrollment: 1402; Architectural beauty: Yes; National Historic Landmarks: 2; Tree cover: high; Endowment per student: $694,053; Median SATs: 710M/690V; Percent of students in top tenth of HS class 69; Free speech rating: ND; Student to faculty ratio: 7.6:1; Percent of instructional faculty with doctorate or terminal degree: 90.1; Return on Investment: moderate-low; Rate of producing future PhDs: moderate (science), very high (humanities); Graduation rate: 86%; Student satisfaction: high; Recent NCAA athletic team titles: 0.