Top Universities 2026 — Page 2
Ranks 51–100 of 2,126 universities
#
University
Quality
Value
Grad Rate
51
New York University
New York, NY · private
80.9
49
88%
52
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA · private
80.8
52
88%
53
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT · private
80.5
56
92%
54
Bentley University
Waltham, MA · private
80.1
70
88%
55
Haverford College
Haverford, PA · private
79.8
71
90%
56
Riverside College of Health Sciences
Newport News, VA · private
79.6
80
100%
57
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY · private
79.6
62
91%
58
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT · private
77.8
56
92%
59
Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing
New York, NY · private
77.7
0
100%
60
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC · public
77.4
100
92%
61
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA · private
76.8
50
86%
62
Bates College
Lewiston, ME · private
76.5
53
90%
63
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC · private
76.2
61
90%
64
Carleton College
Northfield, MN · private
76
67
90%
65
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ · private
76
58
88%
66
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA · private
76
48
88%
67
Lafayette College
Easton, PA · private
75.9
58
88%
68
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY · private
75.2
41
90%
69
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA · public
75
100
87%
70
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · public
74.7
100
86%
71
Trinity College
Hartford, CT · private
74.2
54
83%
72
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL · public
74
100
91%
73
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY · private
73.6
100
81%
74
University of Richmond
University of Richmond, VA · private
73.6
53
86%
75
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI · private
73.4
30
89%
76
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL · private
73.2
42
84%
77
Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA · private
72.9
35
88%
78
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA · public
72.8
100
86%
79
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX · public
72.7
84
88%
80
Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA · private
72.7
78
88%
81
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH · private
72.7
46
87%
82
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT · private
72.6
39
84%
83
Smith College
Northampton, MA · private
71.7
52
89%
84
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO · private
71.6
42
87%
85
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point, NY · public
71.5
100
81%
86
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA · private
70.8
44
85%
87
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
New York, NY · private
70.7
47
88%
88
William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA · public
70.6
87
90%
89
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA · private
70.5
54
89%
90
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY · private
69.6
44
82%
91
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA · private
69.4
49
84%
92
Trinity University
San Antonio, TX · private
69.1
63
83%
93
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD · public
69
100
89%
94
Denison University
Granville, OH · private
69
34
79%
95
Pitzer College
Claremont, CA · private
68.9
42
83%
96
George Washington University
Washington, DC · private
68.7
53
85%
97
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN · private
68.7
44
89%
98
The Juilliard School
New York, NY · private
68.5
20
91%
99
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA · public
68.4
98
84%
100
Union College
Schenectady, NY · private
68.2
53
83%