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Frequently Compared

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Compare with District Of Columbia Private Colleges

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Georgetown University

$7,242 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$7,238 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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Penn State Main Campus

$34,174 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$45,523 lower in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$40,792 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


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Ohio State University

$41,524 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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University of Maryland College Park

$43,542 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


N
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$46,007 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$36,532 lower in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


A
Appalachian State University

$48,300 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$39,562 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$43,032 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$45,472 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$45,472 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


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University of Massachusetts Amherst

$36,751 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$33,450 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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James Madison University

$45,082 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


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College of William and Mary

$35,108 lower in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

$48,730 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$40,006 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$45,472 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$45,612 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$37,512 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Commonwealth University

$40,448 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$48,099 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


C
Christopher Newport University

$43,442 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$52,542 lower in-state tuition
56% lower acceptance rate


N
The College of New Jersey

$38,939 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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University of Maryland Baltimore County

$43,664 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Military Institute

$42,760 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$37,752 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$45,612 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Mary Washington

$43,864 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$52,542 lower in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$45,472 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$45,472 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

$46,045 lower in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

$45,472 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$52,542 lower in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$40,426 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

$45,472 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica Rome

$45,472 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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New York University

$1,228 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$5,543 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


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Princeton University

$3,468 higher in-state tuition
60% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$6,178 higher in-state tuition
56% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$2,110 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


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Yale University

$7,408 higher in-state tuition
59% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$5,748 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$7,744 higher in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$5,018 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$3,378 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$7,972 higher in-state tuition
60% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$2,188 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


E
Elon University

$14,324 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$2,224 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$6,932 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


D
Davidson College

$1,918 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$9,052 higher in-state tuition
47% lower acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$4,438 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$5,734 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$5,192 higher in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$9,398 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


S
St John's University New York

$8,092 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$8,158 higher in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$3,332 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$6,028 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$3,314 higher in-state tuition
56% lower acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$4,558 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


P
Pace University New York

$5,564 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$4,227 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$8,122 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$1,478 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


O
Oberlin College

$6,842 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$9,892 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$512 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$8,907 higher in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


W
Washington and Lee University

$5,718 higher in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$6,522 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


A
Adelphi University

$11,682 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$7,900 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$9,016 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$472 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$2,553 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$1,024 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


N
The New School

$1,414 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


D
Denison University

$4,958 higher in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$6,838 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


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Kenyon College

$10,518 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$2,238 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$7,418 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

P
Pepperdine University

$6,908 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


S
University of San Francisco

$378 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


L
Loyola Marymount University

$232 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


S
Santa Clara University

$2,682 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


C
Chapman University

$5,708 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


M
Mercer University

$14,096 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$1,278 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Denver

$1,098 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$2,402 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$2,368 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$11,972 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Pacific

$914 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


G
Gonzaga University

$4,982 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


D
Drake University

$6,808 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


L
Lewis & Clark College

$4,428 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Louis University Main Campus

$4,442 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$558 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


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Illinois Institute of Technology

$3,872 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


S
University of St Thomas

$5,268 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


C
Clark University

$2,592 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


H
College of the Holy Cross

$3,258 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

$17,842 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate