Colleges Like Duke University

If Duke University in Durham, NC is on your list, these 20 colleges are similar in ranking, selectivity, cost, and campus feel — a great way to find strong alternatives and schools you might not have considered, like University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University.

Duke University — Durham, NC · #7 · 5.7% acceptance · $68,758 · SAT 1,548

20 similar colleges

1. University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, PA · #7 · 5.4% acceptance · $68,686 · SAT 1,553
2. Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, MD · #7 · 6.4% acceptance · $65,230 · SAT 1,553
3. Northwestern University — Evanston, IL · #7 · 7.7% acceptance · $68,322 · SAT 1,533
4. Dartmouth College — Hanover, NH · #13 · 5.4% acceptance · $68,268 · SAT 1,534
5. Vanderbilt University — Nashville, TN · #17 · 5.9% acceptance · $67,498 · SAT 1,549
6. Brown University — Providence, RI · #13 · 5.4% acceptance · $71,412 · SAT 1,546
7. Barnard College — New York, NY · #999 · 8.8% acceptance · $69,888 · SAT 1,520
8. Yale University — New Haven, CT · #4 · 3.9% acceptance · $67,250 · SAT 1,534
9. Stanford University — Stanford, CA · #4 · 3.6% acceptance · $65,910 · SAT 1,553
10. Cornell University — Ithaca, NY · #12 · 8.8% acceptance · $69,314 · SAT 1,535
11. Harvard University — Cambridge, MA · #3 · 3.7% acceptance · $61,676 · SAT 1,553
12. Washington and Lee University — Lexington, VA · #999 · 14% acceptance · $68,045 · SAT 1,498
13. University of Chicago — Chicago, IL · #6 · 4.5% acceptance · $70,662 · SAT 1,554
14. Rice University — Houston, TX · #17 · 8% acceptance · $64,144 · SAT 1,553
15. Northeastern University — Boston, MA · #46 · 5.2% acceptance · $66,162 · SAT 1,497
16. University of Southern California — Los Angeles, CA · #28 · 9.8% acceptance · $72,097 · SAT 1,495
17. Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Cambridge, MA · #2 · 4.6% acceptance · $62,396 · SAT 1,560
18. Wake Forest University — Winston-Salem, NC · #31 · 21.7% acceptance · $67,642 · SAT 1,475
19. Princeton University — Princeton, NJ · #1 · 4.6% acceptance · $62,688 · SAT 1,553
20. Amherst College — Amherst, MA · #105 · 9% acceptance · $70,480 · SAT 1,533

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