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RankCollege NameStateCostFreshman Class Size
1 Princeton University NJ 47,975 1,242
2 Harvard University MA 48,550 1,668
3 California Institute of Technology CA 46,560 231
4 Swarthmore College PA 48,215 365
5 Williams College MA 47,140 540
6 United States Military Academy NY NA 1,272
7 Amherst College MA 48,352 NA
8 Yale University CT 50,350 1,318
9 Wellesley College MA 47,870 590
10 Columbia University NY 49,260 1,333
11 Northwestern University IL 49,779 1,981
12 Wabash College IN 35,550 250
13 Centre College KY 37,000 316
14 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 48,200 1,067
15 Bowdoin College ME 48,260 476
16 United States Air Force Academy CO 0 1,214
17 University of Chicago IL 49,976 1,300
18 Middlebury College VT 50,160 644
19 Smith College MA 47,976 656
20 Pomona College CA 47,580 375
21 Wesleyan University CT 49,346 733
22 Haverford College PA 48,932 315
23 Stanford University CA 49,220 1,721
24 Sarah Lawrence College NY 52,200 363
25 Hamilton College NY 47,900 468

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Rank Name State YRS To Break Even Pre-MBA ($thou) Post-MBA ($thou) Tuition ($thou) GMAT
1 Stanford CA 4.2 82 225 102 730
2 Harvard MA 4.0 82 215 102 720
3 Chicago (Booth) IL 4.2 71 210 97 720
4 Dartmouth (Tuck) NH 4.0 70 205 94 720
5 Pennsylvania (Wharton) PA 4.4 75 200 100 715
6 MIT (Sloan) MA 4.4 70 190 96 710
7 Columbia NY 4.2 70 182 99 710
8 NYU (Stern) NY 4.3 62 170 89 710
9 Cornell (Johnson) NY 4.1 60 168 92 700
10 Northwestern (Kellogg) IL 4.2 66 165 96 710
11 UC Berkeley (Haas) CA 4.2 67 163 86 710
12 Yale CT 4.3 57 160 93 720
13 UCLA (Anderson) CA 4.4 68 160 83 710
14 Virginia (Darden) VA 4.2 60 159 93 700
15 Michigan (Ross) MI 4.3 62 155 93 710
16 Duke University (Fuqua) NC 4.3 62 148 93 700
17 UNC (Kenan-Flagler) NC 4.2 55 142 86 690
18 Texas-Austin (McCombs) TX 4.2 57 125 81 690
19 Iowa (Tippie) IA 4.2 43 112 53 660
20 Brigham Young (Marriott) UT 3.9 45 105 38 680
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Fall 2008 College Acceptance Rates:
Baker College of Flint
Flint, MI
100.0%
West Virginia University--Parkersburg
Parkersburg, WV
100.0%
Mountain State University
Beckley, WV
100.0%
Northwest University
Kirkland, WA
100.0%
Weber State University
Ogden, UT
100.0%
Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Goodwell, OK
100.0%
Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Alva, OK
100.0%
Cameron University
Lawton, OK
100.0%
Southern Nazarene University
Bethany, OK
100.0%
Granite State College
Concord, NH
100.0%
University of Texas--Brownsville
Brownsville, TX
100.0%
CUNY--College of Staten Island
Staten Island, NY
100.0%
Missouri Western State University
St. Joseph, MO
100.0%
Pikeville College
Pikeville, KY
100.0%
Washburn University
Topeka, KS
100.0%
Shawnee State University
Portsmouth, OH
100.0%
Golden Gate University
San Francisco, CA
100.0%
University of Maryland--University College
Adelphi, MD
100.0%
Concordia College
Selma, AL
100.0%
Glenville State College
Glenville, WV
99.8%
Montana State University--Billings
Billings, MT
99.8%
University of Houston--Downtown
Houston, TX
99.7%
Wayland Baptist University
Plainview, TX
99.3%
University of Texas--El Paso
El Paso, TX
99.0%
Freed-Hardeman University
Henderson, TN
99.0%
Wiley College
Marshall, TX
98.3%
Western State College of Colorado
Gunnison, CO
98.2%
Walla Walla University
College Place, WA
98.2%
Northwest Christian University
Eugene, OR
98.0%
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
Merrimack, NH
98.0%
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