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Best STEM Colleges in America

Schools where CS, Engineering, Biology, Math, and Physical Sciences are top programs, ranked by outcomes and STEM program depth.

1

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ · Private

Grad98%Net Price$15k/yr10yr Earnings$110kMedian Debt$10kAcceptance5%
2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · Private

Grad97%Net Price$24k/yr10yr Earnings$111kMedian Debt$16kAcceptance5%
3

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private

Grad96%Net Price$21k/yr10yr Earnings$143kMedian Debt$15kAcceptance5%
4

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private

Grad96%Net Price$23k/yr10yr Earnings$102kMedian Debt$22kAcceptance4%
5

Duke University

Durham, NC · Private

Grad97%Net Price$22k/yr10yr Earnings$98kMedian Debt$13kAcceptance6%
6

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private

Grad95%Net Price$26k/yr10yr Earnings$104kMedian Debt$14kAcceptance9%
7

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Private

Grad95%Net Price$29k/yr10yr Earnings$100kMedian Debt$19kAcceptance11%
8

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · Public

Grad94%Net Price$16k/yr10yr Earnings$103kMedian Debt$22kAcceptance14%
9

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · Private

Grad94%Net Price$36k/yr10yr Earnings$115kMedian Debt$22kAcceptance12%
10

Brown University

Providence, RI · Private

Grad96%Net Price$26k/yr10yr Earnings$93kMedian Debt$11kAcceptance5%
11

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private

Grad92%Net Price$25k/yr10yr Earnings$124kMedian Debt$12kAcceptance4%
12

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL · Private

Grad96%Net Price$28k/yr10yr Earnings$92kMedian Debt$15kAcceptance5%
13

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA · Private

Grad90%Net Price$47k/yr10yr Earnings$103kMedian Debt$27kAcceptance60%
14

Rice University

Houston, TX · Private

Grad95%Net Price$24k/yr10yr Earnings$90kMedian Debt$11kAcceptance8%
15

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · Private

Grad95%Net Price$27k/yr10yr Earnings$89kMedian Debt$15kAcceptance8%
16

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA · Public

Grad96%Net Price$18k/yr10yr Earnings$87kMedian Debt$18kAcceptance17%
17

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

Grad93%Net Price$17k/yr10yr Earnings$92kMedian Debt$13kAcceptance11%
18

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private

Grad92%Net Price$43k/yr10yr Earnings$92kMedian Debt$18kAcceptance10%
19

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · Private

Grad94%Net Price$26k/yr10yr Earnings$88kMedian Debt$10kAcceptance6%
20

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private

Grad91%Net Price$34k/yr10yr Earnings$93kMedian Debt$24kAcceptance5%
21

Washington University in St Louis

St. Louis, MO · Private

Grad94%Net Price$22k/yr10yr Earnings$86kMedian Debt$18kAcceptance12%
22

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ · Private

Grad87%Net Price$46k/yr10yr Earnings$109kMedian Debt$27kAcceptance48%
23

Yale University

New Haven, CT · Private

Grad96%Net Price$22k/yr10yr Earnings$101kMedian Debt$13kAcceptance4%
24

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · Private

Grad98%Net Price$18k/yr10yr Earnings$102kMedian Debt$14kAcceptance4%
25

Tufts University

Medford, MA · Private

Grad94%Net Price$32k/yr10yr Earnings$83kMedian Debt$16kAcceptance12%
26

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · Public

Grad93%Net Price$18k/yr10yr Earnings$84kMedian Debt$20kAcceptance16%
27

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA · Public

Grad93%Net Price$15k/yr10yr Earnings$83kMedian Debt$14kAcceptance9%
28

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY · Private

Grad84%Net Price$39k/yr10yr Earnings$102kMedian Debt$24kAcceptance64%
29

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA · Public

Grad86%Net Price$17k/yr10yr Earnings$91kMedian Debt$19kAcceptance31%
30

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH · Private

Grad87%Net Price$44k/yr10yr Earnings$88kMedian Debt$24kAcceptance37%

How this list is built

Schools with 50+ STEM completions (CIPs 11, 14, 26, 27, 40, 41) and 50%+ graduation rate, ranked by STEM volume (40%), graduation rate (40%), and 10-year earnings (20%). For-profit schools are not included, and each list shows at most 30 schools.

Major completions: IPEDS C2023_A. Graduation rate: IPEDS. Earnings: College Scorecard.

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Major completions: IPEDS C2023_A. Graduation rate: IPEDS. Earnings: College Scorecard. Rankings reflect available data and do not constitute endorsement.

Best STEM Colleges in America. Major completions: IPEDS C2023_A. Graduation rate: IPEDS. Earnings: College Scorecard. Schools with 50+ STEM completions (CIPs 11, 14, 26, 27, 40, 41) and 50%+ graduation rate, ranked by STEM volume (40%), graduation rate (40%), and 10-year earnings (20%). For-profit schools are not included, and each list shows at most 30 schools.