Smallest Class Sizes

Colleges with the lowest student-to-faculty ratios. This ranking highlights schools like Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University and Yale University, each shown with acceptance rate, tuition, and SAT data.

1. 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Cambridge, MA · 4.6% acceptance · SAT 1,560 · $62,396 tuition · 96% grad rate
2. 2. Princeton University — Princeton, NJ · 4.6% acceptance · SAT 1,553 · $62,688 tuition · 98% grad rate
3. 3. Yale University — New Haven, CT · 3.9% acceptance · SAT 1,534 · $67,250 tuition · 96% grad rate
4. 4. Duke University — Durham, NC · 5.7% acceptance · SAT 1,548 · $68,758 tuition · 97% grad rate
5. 5. University of Chicago — Chicago, IL · 4.5% acceptance · SAT 1,554 · $70,662 tuition · 96% grad rate
6. 6. Carnegie Mellon University — Pittsburgh, PA · 11.7% acceptance · SAT 1,546 · $66,246 tuition · 94% grad rate
7. 7. Stanford University — Stanford, CA · 3.6% acceptance · SAT 1,553 · $65,910 tuition · 92% grad rate
8. 8. Brown University — Providence, RI · 5.4% acceptance · SAT 1,546 · $71,412 tuition · 96% grad rate
9. 9. Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, MD · 6.4% acceptance · SAT 1,553 · $65,230 tuition · 94% grad rate
10. 10. Northwestern University — Evanston, IL · 7.7% acceptance · SAT 1,533 · $68,322 tuition · 95% grad rate
11. 11. Columbia University in the City of New York — New York, NY · 4% acceptance · SAT 1,553 · $71,845 tuition · 96% grad rate
12. 12. Rice University — Houston, TX · 8% acceptance · SAT 1,553 · $64,144 tuition · 95% grad rate
13. 13. Williams College — Williamstown, MA · 8.3% acceptance · SAT 1,533 · $68,560 tuition · 94% grad rate
14. 14. United States Military Academy — West Point, NY · 12.5% acceptance · SAT 1,355 · 87% grad rate
15. 15. Harvard University — Cambridge, MA · 3.7% acceptance · SAT 1,553 · $61,676 tuition · 98% grad rate
16. 16. Dartmouth College — Hanover, NH · 5.4% acceptance · SAT 1,534 · $68,268 tuition · 96% grad rate
17. 17. Washington University in St Louis — St. Louis, MO · 12.1% acceptance · SAT 1,530 · $65,790 tuition · 94% grad rate
18. 18. Tulane University of Louisiana — New Orleans, LA · 14% acceptance · SAT 1,448 · $68,678 tuition · 86% grad rate
19. 19. Wellesley College — Wellesley, MA · 14.1% acceptance · SAT 1,520 · $67,176 tuition · 92% grad rate
20. 20. Vassar College — Poughkeepsie, NY · 18.6% acceptance · SAT 1,494 · $71,030 tuition · 91% grad rate
21. 21. University of Richmond — University of Richmond, VA · 22.2% acceptance · SAT 1,497 · $65,230 tuition · 85% grad rate
22. 22. United States Air Force Academy — USAF Academy, CO · 14.1% acceptance · SAT 1,350 · 88% grad rate
23. 23. Yeshiva University — New York, NY · 55.6% acceptance · SAT 1,426 · $51,800 tuition · 83% grad rate
24. 24. Barry University — Miami, FL · 77.2% acceptance · $34,350 tuition · 38% grad rate
25. 25. Durham Technical Community College — Durham, NC · $6,594 tuition · 45% grad rate

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