Rank College Freshman class Pell grad share Net price, mid. income College Access Index Endowment per student 1 University of California-Irvine 5,400 39 $12k 1.9 $11.1k 2 University of California-Santa Barbara 4,600 31 $13k 1.61 $7.1k 3 University of California-Davis 5,100 30 $13k 1.6 $11.2k 4 University of California-San Diego 5,200 29 $11k 1.58 $22.2k 5 University of California-Los Angeles 5,700 26 $11k 1.52 $54.2k 6 University of Florida 6,500 22 $8k 1.46 $33.3k 7 Amherst College 500 22 $9k 1.44 $1.141m 8 Pomona College 500 20 $7k 1.43 $1.288m 9 University of California-Berkeley 4,700 22 $11k 1.38 $46.3k 10 Harvard University 1,700 15 $5k 1.36 $1.51m 11 Vassar College 700 21 $11k 1.36 $397k 12 Williams College 500 18 $7k 1.35 $1.049m 13 Princeton University 1,300 16 $6k 1.34 $2.662m 14 Wellesley College 600 18 $9k 1.32 $763.1k 15 Stanford University 1,700 14 $4k 1.31 $1.448m 16 Knox College 400 26 $18k 1.3 $92.9k 17 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4,000 18 $10k 1.3 $103.8k 18 University of Washington-Seattle 6,413 17 $10k 1.3 $61k 19 Columbia University 1,400 16 $9k 1.26 $324.2k 20 Barnard College 600 19 $12k 1.25 $115.3k 21 Yale University 1,400 14 $7k 1.22 $1.759m 22 Westminster College 300 25 $19k 1.21 $80.4k 23 Wesleyan University 800 17 $12k 1.21 $240.3k 24 Davidson College 500 13 $7k 1.2 $356.8k 25 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1,000 14 $9k 1.2 $1.206m 26 Texas A & M University-College Station 9,000 17 $11k 1.19 $175.4k 27 Brown University 1,600 15 $10k 1.19 $337.2k 28 University of Georgia 5,200 16 $12k 1.18 $28.3k 29 Occidental College 500 19 $14k 1.18 $181.4k 30 Grinnell College 400 18 $14k 1.17 $1.057m 31 Rice University 1,000 13 $8k 1.17 $768.1k 32 Rutgers University-New Brunswick 6,400 21 $17k 1.17 $14.9k 33 Duke University 1,700 12 $7k 1.17 $478k 34 Middlebury College 600 15 $10k 1.16 $326k 35 Washington and Lee University 500 9 $5k 1.16 $679.3k 36 Gustavus Adolphus College 600 21 $17k 1.16 $57.7k 37 Vanderbilt University 1,600 12 $8k 1.16 $353.1k 38 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 7,300 18 $15k 1.14 $26.2k 39 Bowdoin College 500 13 $10k 1.12 $778.9k 40 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 6,200 12 $9k 1.12 $220k 41 Swarthmore College 400 15 $12k 1.11 $1.173m 42 College of Saint Benedict 500 21 $19k 1.11 $29.3k 43 Hamilton College 500 14 $12k 1.11 $492.5k 44 Dartmouth College 1,100 13 $10k 1.1 $718.5k 45 SUNY at Binghamton 2,600 19 $17k 1.1 $5.9k 46 University of Pennsylvania 2,400 13 $10k 1.1 $427.1k 47 Franklin and Marshall College 600 16 $14k 1.09 $135.5k 48 Allegheny College 600 21 $19k 1.09 $94.4k 49 Moody Bible Institute 400 22 $20k 1.08 $11.4k 50 University of Richmond 800 14 $13k 1.08 $583.9k 51 Smith College 600 16 $15k 1.08 $554.9k 52 Trinity College 600 14 $13k 1.07 $240.5k 53 Colgate University 800 11 $10k 1.06 $312.6k 54 St. Olaf College 800 15 $14k 1.05 $151.9k 55 Haverford College 300 13 $12k 1.05 $379k 56 University of Chicago 1,400 10 $9k 1.04 $462.1k 57 College of William and Mary 1,500 9 $8k 1.04 $97.4k 58 Colorado College 500 11 $11k 1.04 $314.5k 59 University of Texas at Austin 7,100 15 $15k 1.04 $72.5k 60 Washington & Jefferson College 300 21 $21k 1.03 $100.7k 61 Colby College 500 9 $8k 1.03 $362.6k 62 Reed College 400 14 $13k 1.03 $385.6k 63 Wheaton College (Illinois) 500 16 $16k 1.03 $139.1k 64 Claremont McKenna College 300 12 $12k 1.03 $543.2k 65 Georgia Tech 2,700 11 $11k 1.02 $78.8k 66 St. Mary's College of Maryland 400 13 $13k 1.02 $17.8k 67 Mount Holyoke College 500 15 $15k 1.02 $300.8k 68 University of Maryland-College Park 4,000 11 $11k 1.02 $15.1k 69 University of Rochester 1,500 16 $17k 1.02 $185.7k 70 Brandeis University 800 17 $18k 1.01 $130.7k 71 SUNY College at Geneseo 1,100 14 $14k 1 $5.3k 72 Johns Hopkins University 1,400 12 $13k 1 $149.3k 73 Carleton College 500 13 $14k 1 $390.8k 74 Clemson University 3,300 13 $14k 0.99 $40.2k 75 Denison University 600 14 $16k 0.99 $363k 76 Kalamazoo College 500 16 $17k 0.99 $150.1k 77 Emory University 1,900 17 $18k 0.99 $468.8k 78 Ohio State University-Main Campus 7,100 13 $14k 0.99 $63.4k 79 Saint Johns University 500 16 $17k 0.99 $94.5k 80 Cornell University 3,200 13 $14k 0.99 $211.9k 81 Northwestern University 2,000 13 $14k 0.99 $396.2k 82 Macalester College 600 14 $16k 0.98 $387.9k 83 Siena College 800 19 $21k 0.98 $42.6k 84 Tufts University 1,300 12 $14k 0.96 $140.3k 85 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus 2,900 17 $20k 0.96 $22.6k 86 St Lawrence University 600 16 $19k 0.95 $117.5k 87 Hope College 800 15 $18k 0.95 $59.5k 88 University of Virginia-Main Campus 3,500 11 $13k 0.94 $252.6k 89 University of Southern California 2,900 17 $19k 0.94 $121.7k 90 University of Notre Dame 2,100 10 $13k 0.94 $684.4k 91 Juniata College 400 19 $22k 0.94 $72.7k 92 Georgetown University 1,600 11 $14k 0.94 $97.3k 93 University of Delaware 4,200 10 $13k 0.94 $58.4k 94 University of Connecticut 3,700 13 $16k 0.94 $14.1k 95 College of the Holy Cross 700 15 $18k 0.93 $228.2k 96 Skidmore College 700 11 $14k 0.92 $129.2k 97 Kenyon College 500 9 $12k 0.92 $116.5k 98 Bryn Mawr College 400 11 $15k 0.92 $493.9k 99 DePauw University 600 14 $18k 0.9 $290.5k 100 Sewanee 500 13 $17k 0.9 $209.2k 101 Virginia Tech 5,400 11 $15k 0.9 $25.4k 102 James Madison University 4,200 11 $15k 0.89 $4k 103 Wofford College 400 15 $20k 0.89 $103.8k 104 Lawrence University 400 15 $19k 0.89 $178.7k 105 Gettysburg College 700 12 $16k 0.89 $111.7k 106 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6,300 9 $14k 0.89 $86.2k 107 Bates College 500 9 $13k 0.88 $147.5k 108 Willamette University 500 19 $24k 0.88 $89.5k 109 Syracuse University 3,500 18 $23k 0.88 $52.8k 110 College of New Jersey 1,400 13 $18k 0.87 $4.2k 111 Stonehill College 600 16 $21k 0.87 $81.4k 112 Clark University 600 19 $24k 0.86 $111.7k 113 Illinois Wesleyan University 500 16 $22k 0.86 $128.6k 114 Lehigh University 1,200 12 $17k 0.86 $182.3k 115 Washington University in St. Louis 1,600 8 $13k 0.86 $489.5k 116 Luther College 600 15 $21k 0.86 $62.9k 117 Boston College 2,300 11 $16k 0.85 $177.9k 118 Connecticut College 500 12 $18k 0.84 $136.8k 119 Ursinus College 400 17 $23k 0.83 $85.2k 120 Trinity University 500 11 $18k 0.82 $485.9k 121 Babson College 500 13 $20k 0.82 $107.1k 122 Wake Forest University 1,200 9 $16k 0.81 $151.9k 123 Union College 600 10 $17k 0.8 $172.5k 124 Bentley University 1,000 13 $21k 0.78 $52.4k 125 Lafayette College 600 9 $17k 0.78 $314.4k 126 Oberlin College 800 8 $16k 0.77 $294.5k 127 Messiah College 600 14 $22k 0.77 $40.1k 128 Dickinson College 600 10 $18k 0.76 $167k 129 Whitman College 400 10 $19k 0.76 $355.9k 130 Centre College 400 14 $23k 0.75 $209.3k 131 Fairfield University 1,000 11 $20k 0.74 $66.4k 132 Case Western Reserve University 1,300 14 $24k 0.73 $179.2k 133 Rhodes College 500 12 $22k 0.72 $162.3k 134 Muhlenberg College 600 10 $20k 0.72 $92.9k 135 Stevens Institute of Technology 600 15 $25k 0.71 $32.7k 136 Hobart William Smith Colleges 600 11 $21k 0.7 $85.3k 137 American University 1,600 14 $25k 0.69 $49.5k 138 Northeastern University 2,900 10 $21k 0.68 $30.8k 139 University of Denver 1,400 12 $23k 0.68 $43.6k 140 University of Portland 800 16 $27k 0.67 $34.6k 141 Pepperdine University 800 14 $25k 0.66 $104.1k 142 New York University 5,200 18 $30k 0.65 $71.1k 143 Furman University 800 10 $22k 0.65 $205.3k 144 Bucknell University 900 10 $22k 0.65 $206.8k 145 Miami University (Ohio) 3,600 8 $20k 0.64 $33.4k 146 Loyola University Maryland 1,100 13 $25k 0.64 $38.1k 147 Marquette University 2,000 12 $24k 0.63 $49.7k 148 Boston University 3,800 12 $25k 0.63 $51.8k 149 Villanova University 1,700 11 $24k 0.63 $55.6k 150 Carnegie Mellon University 1,400 10 $23k 0.62 $109.9k 151 Santa Clara University 1,300 11 $24k 0.62 $69.4k 152 Penn State University-Main Campus 8,000 11 $24k 0.62 $39.1k 153 Ithaca College 1,800 14 $28k 0.61 $42.3k 154 University of Dayton 1,800 10 $24k 0.6 $48.2k 155 Rhode Island School of Design 500 14 $28k 0.6 $132.9k 156 George Washington University 2,300 10 $24k 0.59 $74.7k 157 University of Pittsburgh 4,000 11 $24k 0.59 $120.2k 158 Providence College 1,000 11 $25k 0.59 $46.8k 159 Fordham University 1,900 14 $29k 0.58 $43.5k 160 Southern Methodist University 1,400 9 $23k 0.57 $145.8k 161 Gonzaga University 1,200 12 $28k 0.55 $30.5k 162 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1,400 12 $28k 0.54 $94.4k 163 University of Miami 2,100 12 $28k 0.54 $52.5k 164 Marist College 1,100 11 $27k 0.52 $9.6k 165 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1,100 10 $29k 0.44 $103.3k 166 Quinnipiac University 1,800 11 $31k 0.42 $41.2k 167 Bryant University 900 11 $30k 0.42 $48.5k 168 Elon University 1,500 6 $26k 0.38 $34.7k 169 Saint Joseph's University 1,300 8 $29k 0.36 $28.7k 170 Emerson College 900 13 $35k 0.35 $31.8k 171 University of Puget Sound 700 10 $34k 0.28 $129.8k

Pell grad share for each college is the average share of the freshman class that received a Pell grant in 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16, multiplied by the graduation rate for recent Pell recipients. Later years count more; not all colleges released 2015-16 data. Graduation rates for Pell students at some colleges are estimated.

Net price for middle-income students covers tuition, fees, room and board, after taking into account federal, state and institutional financial aid, and it applies to students who come from households earning between $48,000 and $75,000 a year and qualifying for federal aid. Loans and wages from work-study jobs are counted in the net price as part of the students’ cost.

The College Access Index is a combination of a colleges’ Pell graduates and net price, compared with the average school. (The index is based on the net price for both the $48,000-to-$75,000 income range shown here and the $30,000-to-$48,000 income range.) A college with an average score on the two measures in combination will receive a one. Scores above one indicate the most effort.