Academic Comparison Between Top 25 National Universities

2 public and 23 private schools are included in the Top 25 National Universities ranking. The average acceptance rate of the schools is 10.16% where Stanford University has the tightest acceptance rate of 4% and University of Notre Dame has the highest rate of 18%. The average SAT score of the schools is 1,490 where California Institute of Technology has the highest SAT score of 1,555. Total 491,388 students are attending the Top 25 National Universities where University of Southern California is the largest with 47,310 students and California Institute of Technology is the smallest with 2,233 students. The average graduation rate is 94.24% and the average students to faculty ratio is 7.76:1 at those colleges.

Next table compares the key academic facts between the Top 25 National Universities with acceptance rate, SAT scores, graduation rates, student population, and students to faculty ratio.

Top 25 National Universities 2020 Tuition Comparison and 2021 Estimated Costs

Next table lists 2019-2020 tuition & fees and compares them between Top 25 National Universities. The 2019-2020 costs are officially published by IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education. The estimated costs for year 2020-2021 are calculated and estimated based on each school's rate of tuition change from 2019 to 2020.

A national university is a 4-years (or high) school that offers diverse areas of major programs for both undergraduate and graduate programs such as University of California and Princeton University. Here, we introduce the 2020 Top 25 National Universities and compare them with admission and tuition information. Stanford University ranks first in Top 25 National Universities ranking and Harvard University is placed in second. (Ranking data from College Evaluator