National 4 Year Colleges: Most/Highly/Very Competitive

College Name City State Total Enrollment Posters Competitive Index
University of Alabama at Huntsville Huntsville AL 8179 45 Very Competitive
Samford University Birmingham AL 4247 27 Very Competitive
Birmingham-Southern College Birmingham AL 1634 15 Very Competitive
Harding University Searcy AR 3478 22 Very Competitive
John Brown University Siloam Springs AR 1922 15 Very Competitive
Arkansas College Batesville AR 718 15 Very Competitive
Lyon College Batesville AR 718 15 Highly Competitive
Grand Canyon University Phoenix AZ 1963 15 Very Competitive
University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 34447 100 Highly Competitive
University of Southern California Los Angeles CA 33498 100 Very Competitive
University of California at Berkeley Berkeley CA 30341 100 Highly Competitive
University of California at Davis Davis CA 23161 85 Very Competitive
University of California at Irvine Irvine CA 20005 80 Very Competitive
California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 17788 70 Very Competitive
University of California at San Diego San Diego CA 16674 70 Very Competitive
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo CA 14974 65 Very Competitive
Stanford University Stanford CA 14002 65 Most Competitive
University of California at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz CA 10438 55 Very Competitive
Santa Clara University Santa Clara CA 7678 40 Very Competitive
Golden Gate University San Francisco CA 6026 35 Very Competitive
University of San Diego San Diego CA 5130 30 Very Competitive
Saint Mary's College of California Moraga CA 3821 25 Very Competitive
Pepperdine University Malibu CA 3038 22 Very Competitive
California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA 1981 15 Most Competitive
Occidental College Los Angeles CA 1661 15 Highly Competitive
University of Redlands Redlands CA 1528 15 Very Competitive
Mount Saint Mary's College Los Angeles CA 1491 15 Very Competitive
Pomona College Claremont CA 1382 15 Most Competitive
Mills College Oakland CA 1141 15 Very Competitive
Claremont McKenna College Claremont CA 888 15 Most Competitive
Pitzer College Claremont CA 760 15 Highly Competitive
Harvey Mudd College Claremont CA 683 15 Most Competitive
Scripps College Claremont CA 612 15 Highly Competitive
University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder CO 25013 90 Very Competitive
Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 21110 80 Very Competitive
University of Colorado at Denver Denver CO 10677 55 Very Competitive
Colorado School of Mines Golden CO 3093 22 Highly Competitive
Colorado College Colorado Springs CO 1927 15 Highly Competitive
Yale University New Haven CT 10949 55 Most Competitive
Fairfield University Fairfield CT 4777 27 Very Competitive
Wesleyan University Middletown CT 3304 22 Most Competitive
Trinity College-Hartford Hartford CT 2136 17 Highly Competitive
Connecticut College New London CT 1947 15 Highly Competitive
George Washington University Washington DC 14853 65 Highly Competitive
Georgetown University Washington DC 12321 60 Most Competitive
American University Washington DC 8694 45 Very Competitive
University of Delaware Newark DE 18015 75 Very Competitive
University of Florida Gainesville FL 35978 100 Highly Competitive
Florida State University Tallahassee FL 28098 95 Very Competitive
Florida International University Miami FL 24321 85 Very Competitive
University of Miami Coral Gables FL 13558 60 Very Competitive
Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne FL 4480 27 Very Competitive
Stetson University DeLand FL 2308 17 Very Competitive
Rollins College Winter Park FL 2066 17 Very Competitive
Eckerd College St. Petersburg FL 1418 15 Very Competitive
New College of the University of South Florida Sarasota FL 536 15 Most Competitive
University of Georgia Athens GA 28753 95 Very Competitive
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 12846 60 Highly Competitive
Emory University Atlanta GA 9468 50 Highly Competitive
Spelman College Atlanta GA 2075 17 Very Competitive
Berry College Rome GA 1788 15 Very Competitive
Oglethorpe University Atlanta GA 1215 15 Very Competitive
Covenant College Lookout Mountain GA 680 15 Very Competitive
Agnes Scott College Decatur GA 600 15 Very Competitive
Brigham Young University-Hawaii Laie HI 2940 20 Very Competitive
University of Iowa Iowa City IA 27051 90 Very Competitive
Drake University Des Moines IA 6333 35 Very Competitive
Luther College Decorah IA 2354 17 Very Competitive
Simpson College Indianola IA 1718 15 Very Competitive
Wartburg College Waverly IA 1400 15 Very Competitive
Central College Pella IA 1395 15 Very Competitive
Coe College Cedar Rapids IA 1354 15 Very Competitive
Grinnell College Grinnell IA 1322 15 Highly Competitive
Teikyo Marycrest University Davenport IA 1186 15 Very Competitive
Cornell College Mount Vernon IA 1150 15 Very Competitive
Buena Vista College Storm Lake IA 1023 15 Very Competitive
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 36436 100 Highly Competitive
DePaul University Chicago IL 16499 70 Very Competitive
Northwestern University Evanston IL 12054 60 Most Competitive
University of Chicago Chicago IL 10885 55 Most Competitive
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago IL 7027 40 Very Competitive
Wheaton College Wheaton IL 2575 20 Highly Competitive
North Central College Naperville IL 2453 17 Very Competitive
College of St. Francis Joliet IL 2091 17 Very Competitive
Augustana College Rock Island IL 2080 17 Very Competitive
Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington IL 1841 15 Highly Competitive
Quincy University Quincy IL 1202 15 Very Competitive
Lake Forest College Lake Forest IL 1026 15 Very Competitive
Knox College Galesburg IL 991 15 Very Competitive
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington IN 33720 100 Very Competitive
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 9900 50 Most Competitive
Valparaiso University Valparaiso IN 4773 27 Very Competitive
University of Evansville Evansville IN 3009 22 Very Competitive
DePauw University Greencastle IN 1983 15 Very Competitive
Taylor University Upland IN 1849 15 Very Competitive
Saint Mary's College Notre Dame IN 1565 15 Very Competitive
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute IN 1435 15 Highly Competitive
Hanover College Hanover IN 1062 15 Very Competitive
Earlham College Richmond IN 1041 15 Very Competitive
Wabash College Crawfordsville IN 809 15 Very Competitive
Sterling College Sterling KS 517 15 Very Competitive
University of Kentucky Lexington KY 23602 85 Very Competitive
University of Louisville Louisville KY 21861 80 Very Competitive
Berea College Berea KY 1591 15 Very Competitive
Asbury College Wilmore KY 1157 15 Very Competitive
Centre College Danville KY 956 15 Very Competitive
Transylvania University Lexington KY 918 15 Very Competitive
Alice Lloyd College Pippa Passes KY 617 15 Very Competitive
Tulane University New Orleans LA 11203 55 Highly Competitive
Louisiana College Pineville LA 1070 15 Very Competitive
Boston University Boston MA 25041 90 Highly Competitive
Harvard University Cambridge MA 17710 70 Most Competitive
Boston College Chestnut Hill MA 13104 60 Most Competitive
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 9790 50 Most Competitive
University of Lowell Lowell MA 8875 45 Very Competitive
Tufts University Medford MA 7998 40 Most Competitive
Radcliffe College Cambridge MA 7182 40 Most Competitive
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester MA 3942 25 Highly Competitive
Brandeis University Waltham MA 3938 25 Highly Competitive
Babson College Babson Park MA 3235 22 Very Competitive
Smith College Northampton MA 3000 20 Highly Competitive
College of the Holy Cross Worcester MA 2675 20 Highly Competitive
Clark University Worcester MA 2617 20 Very Competitive
Wellesley College Boston MA 2349 17 Most Competitive
Williams College Williamstown MA 2066 17 Most Competitive
Stone Hill College North Easton MA 2023 17 Very Competitive
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley MA 1948 15 Very Competitive
Amherst College Amherst MA 1585 15 Most Competitive
University of Maryland-College Park College Park MD 32441 100 Very Competitive
University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore MD 10667 55 Very Competitive
Loyola College in Maryland Baltimore MD 6221 35 Very Competitive
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD 5203 30 Most Competitive
Hood College Frederick MD 2080 17 Very Competitive
Saint Mary's College of Maryland Saint Mary's City MD 1524 15 Very Competitive
Goucher College Baltimore MD 1004 15 Very Competitive
Colby College Waterville ME 1755 15 Highly Competitive
Bates College Lewiston ME 1550 15 Most Competitive
Bowdoin College Brunswick ME 1498 15 Most Competitive
University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 36845 100 Highly Competitive
Grand Valley State University Allendale MI 13384 60 Very Competitive
Oakland University Rochester MI 12895 60 Very Competitive
University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn MI 7958 40 Highly Competitive
Michigan Technological University Houghton MI 6583 35 Very Competitive
Calvin College Grand Rapids MI 3730 25 Very Competitive
GMI Engineering & Management Institute Flint MI 3141 22 Highly Competitive
Albion College Albion MI 1674 15 Very Competitive
Alma College Alma MI 1334 15 Very Competitive
Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo MI 1218 15 Highly Competitive
Marygrove College Detroit MI 1144 15 Very Competitive
Hillsdale College Hillsdale MI 1139 15 Very Competitive
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis-St Paul MN 38767 100 Very Competitive
Winona State University Winona MN 7180 40 Very Competitive
Saint Olaf College Northfield MN 2993 20 Highly Competitive
Hamline University St.Paul MN 2660 20 Very Competitive
Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter MN 2316 17 Very Competitive
University of Minnesota-Morris Morris MN 1933 15 Highly Competitive
Macalester College St. Paul MN 1836 15 Highly Competitive
College of Saint Benedict St. Joseph MN 1767 15 Very Competitive
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia MO 21038 80 Highly Competitive
Washington University St. Louis MO 11671 55 Highly Competitive
University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City MO 9858 50 Very Competitive
Saint Louis University St. Louis MO 8897 45 Very Competitive
Northeast Missouri State University Kirksville MO 6153 35 Very Competitive
University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla MO 5683 30 Very Competitive
Maryville University of Saint Louis St. Louis MO 3764 25 Very Competitive
Drury College Springfield MO 1431 15 Very Competitive
William Jewell College Liberty MO 1354 15 Very Competitive
Saint Louis College of Pharmacy St. Louis MO 811 15 Very Competitive
Mississippi State University Mississippi State MS 14357 65 Very Competitive
North Carolina State University Raleigh NC 27170 90 Very Competitive
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill NC 24314 85 Highly Competitive
Duke University Durham NC 11071 55 Most Competitive
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem NC 5576 30 Most Competitive
University of North Carolina at Asheville Asheville NC 3165 22 Very Competitive
Davidson College Davidson NC 1607 15 Most Competitive
North Dakota State University Fargo ND 9460 50 Very Competitive
Creighton University Omaha NE 6341 35 Very Competitive
Dartmouth College Hanover NH 5205 30 Most Competitive
Rutgers University New Brunswick NJ 33124 100 Highly Competitive
Rowan College of New Jersey Glassboro NJ 10803 55 Very Competitive
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark NJ 7533 40 Very Competitive
Trenton State College Trenton NJ 7010 40 Highly Competitive
Princeton University Princeton NJ 6444 35 Most Competitive
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Pomona NJ 5782 30 Very Competitive
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken NJ 2876 20 Very Competitive
Rutgers-The State Univesity of New Jersey:Camden College Camden NJ 2567 20 Very Competitive
Drew University Madison NJ 1975 15 Highly Competitive
New York University New York NY 30469 100 Very Competitive
State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo NY 25635 90 Very Competitive
Columbia University-Columbia College New York NY 19139 75 Most Competitive
Cornell University Ithaca NY 18449 75 Most Competitive
City University of New York-Hunter College New York NY 18390 75 Very Competitive
State University of New York Stony Brook Stony Brook NY 17205 70 Very Competitive
State University of New York at Albany Albany NY 17070 70 Very Competitive
City University of New York-City College New York NY 14832 65 Very Competitive
City University of New York-Baruch College New York NY 14794 65 Very Competitive
Syracuse University Syracuse NY 14743 65 Highly Competitive
Fordham University Bronx NY 14611 65 Very Competitive
City University of New York-Brooklyn College New York NY 14053 65 Very Competitive
Rochester Institiute of Technology Rochester NY 12211 60 Very Competitive
State University of New York at Binghamton Binghamton NY 11997 55 Highly Competitive
Hofstra University Hempstead NY 11800 55 Very Competitive
State University of New York College at Buffalo Buffalo NY 11527 55 Very Competitive
State University of New York at Oswego Oswego NY 9042 50 Very Competitive
University of Rochester Rochester NY 8401 45 Highly Competitive
State University of New York College at New Paltz New Paltz NY 7941 40 Very Competitive
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy NY 6577 35 Highly Competitive
State University of New York College at Geneseo Geneseo NY 5632 30 Highly Competitive
Yeshiva University New York NY 4989 27 Very Competitive
State University of New York College at Fredonia Fredonia NY 4838 27 Very Competitive
Siena College Loudonville NY 3492 22 Very Competitive
Fordham University-Fordham College Bronx NY 2861 20 Very Competitive
Clarkson University Potsdam NY 2772 20 Very Competitive
Colgate University Hamilton NY 2688 20 Highly Competitive
Union College Schenectady NY 2381 17 Highly Competitive
Alfred University Alfred NY 2326 17 Very Competitive
Polytechnic University Brooklyn NY 2315 17 Highly Competitive
Fordham University-College at Lincoln Center New York NY 2253 17 Very Competitive
Vassar College Poughkeepsie NY 2241 17 Highly Competitive
Barnard College New York NY 2190 17 Most Competitive
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs NY 2137 17 Highly Competitive
Saint Lawrence University Canton NY 2068 17 Very Competitive
State University of New York College of Envi. Sci. & Fore Syracuse NY 1871 15 Highly Competitive
Columbia University-School of Engineering and Applied Sci New York NY 1847 15 Most Competitive
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva NY 1797 15 Very Competitive
Hamilton College Clinton NY 1670 15 Highly Competitive
Fordham University- College of Business Administration Bronx NY 1334 15 Very Competitive
Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY 1242 15 Highly Competitive
Houghton College Houghton NY 1236 15 Very Competitive
Boricua College New York NY 1211 15 Very Competitive
Columbia University-School of General Studies New York NY 1200 15 Most Competitive
Bard College Annandale on Hudson NY 1200 15 Highly Competitive
Cooper Union New York NY 1031 15 Most Competitive
College of Insurance New York NY 924 15 Very Competitive
Polytechnic University- Long Island Campus Farmingdale NY 705 15 Very Competitive
Albany College of Pharmacy Albany NY 672 15 Very Competitive
Miami University Oxford OH 16233 70 Very Competitive
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH 9276 50 Highly Competitive
Ohio Northern University Ada OH 2964 20 Very Competitive
Capital University Columbus OH 2807 20 Very Competitive
Oberlin College Oberlin OH 2685 20 Highly Competitive
Wittenberg University Springfield OH 2217 17 Very Competitive
Denison University Granville OH 1940 15 Very Competitive
Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware OH 1828 15 Very Competitive
College of Wooster Wooster OH 1704 15 Very Competitive
Kenyon College Gambier OH 1454 15 Highly Competitive
Hiram College Hiram OH 840 15 Very Competitive
University of Oklahoma Norman OK 19680 75 Very Competitive
Oklahoma State University Stillwater OK 18729 75 Very Competitive
University of Tulsa Tulsa OK 4809 27 Very Competitive
University of Oregon Eugene OR 16965 70 Very Competitive
Lewis & Clark College Portland OR 3216 22 Very Competitive
Willamette University Salem OR 2335 17 Very Competitive
Linfield College McMinnville OR 1682 15 Very Competitive
Reed College Portland OR 1277 15 Highly Competitive
Pennsylvania State University University Park PA 37694 100 Highly Competitive
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 22469 80 Most Competitive
Villanova University Villanova PA 10142 55 Highly Competitive
Duquesne University Pittsburgh PA 8624 45 Very Competitive
Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville PA 7382 40 Very Competitive
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA 7259 40 Highly Competitive
Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia PA 6915 35 Very Competitive
Lehigh University Bethlehem PA 6496 35 Highly Competitive
La Salle University Philadelphia PA 6089 35 Very Competitive
University of Scranton Scranton PA 4917 27 Very Competitive
Bucknell University Lewisburg PA 3600 25 Highly Competitive
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Johnstown PA 3008 22 Very Competitive
Messiah College Grantham PA 2331 17 Very Competitive
Grove City College Grove City PA 2248 17 Highly Competitive
Lafayette College Easton PA 2244 17 Highly Competitive
Muhlenberg College Allentown PA 2006 17 Very Competitive
Gettysburg College Gettysburg PA 1985 15 Highly Competitive
Dickinson College Carlisle PA 1951 15 Highly Competitive
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science Philadelphia PA 1882 15 Very Competitive
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr PA 1849 15 Most Competitive
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster PA 1844 15 Highly Competitive
Alleghany College Meadville PA 1790 15 Very Competitive
Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown PA 1788 15 Very Competitive
Susquehanna University Selinsgrove PA 1521 15 Very Competitive
Swarthmore College Swarthmore PA 1388 15 Most Competitive
Moravian College Bethlehem PA 1375 15 Very Competitive
Ursinus College Collegeville PA 1148 15 Very Competitive
Haverford College Haverford PA 1084 15 Most Competitive
Brown University Providence RI 7655 40 Most Competitive
Providence College Providence RI 6103 35 Very Competitive
Clemson University Clemson SC 15496 65 Very Competitive
Furman University Greenville SC 2841 20 Very Competitive
Presbyterian College Clinton SC 1180 15 Very Competitive
Wofford College Spartanburg SC 1108 15 Very Competitive
Vanderbilt University Nashville TN 9853 50 Highly Competitive
David Lipscomb University Nashville TN 2407 17 Very Competitive
Christian Brothers University Memphis TN 1503 15 Very Competitive
Rhodes College Memphis TN 1409 15 Highly Competitive
Freed-Hardeman University Henderson TN 1245 15 Very Competitive
University of the South Sewanee TN 1230 15 Highly Competitive
University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 48555 100 Very Competitive
Texas A&M University College Station TX 42524 100 Very Competitive
Southern Methodist University Dallas TX 8931 45 Very Competitive
University of Texas at Dallas Dallas TX 8640 45 Very Competitive
Rice University Houston TX 4123 27 Most Competitive
University of Dallas Dallas TX 2901 20 Very Competitive
Trinity University San Antonio TX 2465 17 Highly Competitive
Southwestern University Georgetown TX 1220 15 Highly Competitive
Austin College Sherman TX 1171 15 Very Competitive
Brigham Young University Provo UT 30547 100 Highly Competitive
University of Virginia Charlottesville VA 17604 70 Most Competitive
James Madison University Harrisonburg VA 10738 55 Highly Competitive
College of William and Mary Williamsburg VA 7586 40 Most Competitive
University of Richmond Richmond VA 4327 27 Highly Competitive
Mary Washington College Fredericksburg VA 3791 25 Highly Competitive
Washington and Lee University Lexington VA 1945 15 Most Competitive
Middlebury College Middlebury VT 1960 15 Most Competitive
Bennington College Bennington VT 526 15 Very Competitive
University of Washington Seattle WA 33946 100 Very Competitive
Western Washington University Bellingham WA 10073 55 Very Competitive
Gonzaga University Spokane WA 4366 27 Very Competitive
Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma WA 3349 22 Very Competitive
University of Puget Sound Tacoma