The Top 10 National Universities
Denis Tangney Jr./iStockphoto1. Harvard University (tie) City: Cambridge, MA
Total Enrollment: 19,627
2011-2012 Tuition and Fees: $39,849
Application Deadline: 1/1
Brian Wilson/Princeton University Office of Communications1. Princeton University (tie)
City: Princeton, NJ
Total Enrollment: 7,802
2011-2012 Tuition and Fees: $37,000
Application Deadline: 1/1
Peterspiro/iStockphoto3. Yale University
City: New Haven, CT
Total Enrollment: 11,701
2011-2012 Tuition and Fees: $40,500
Application Deadline: 12/31
Eileen Barroso/Columbia University4. Columbia University City: New York, NY
Total Enrollment: 22,283
2011-2012 Tuition and Fees: $45,290
Application Deadline: 1/1
Caltech5. California Institute of Technology (tie)
City: Pasadena, CA
Total Enrollment: 2,175
2011-2012 Tuition and Fees: $37,704
Application Deadline: 1/1
Patrick Gillooly/MIT5. Massachusetts Insitute of Technology (tie)
Patrick Gillooly/MIT5. Massachusetts Insitute of Technology (tie)
City: Cambridge, MA
Total Enrollment: 10,566
2011-2012 Tuition and Fees: $40,732
Application Deadline: 1/1
Linda A. Cicero/Stanford News Service5. Stanford University (tie) City: Stanford, CA
Total Enrollment: 19,535
2011-2012 Tuition and Fees: $40,569
Application Deadline: 1/3
Joe C. Moreno5. University of Chicago (tie)
City: Chicago, IL
Total Enrollment: 12,781
2011-2012 Tuition and Fees: $42,783
Application Deadline: 1/1
Steven Minicola5. University of Pennsylvania (tie) City: Philadelphia, PA
Total Enrollment: 19,842
2011-2012 Tuition and Fees: $42,098
Application Deadline: 1/1
Red Moon Rise/iStockphoto10. Duke University City: Durham, NC
Total Enrollment: 14,983
2011-2012 Tuition and Fees: $41,958
Application Deadline: 1/2
source:finance.yahoo.com/ money.usnews.com/
