#9. University of Pennsylvania

Location: Philadelphia, PA

In-state tuition: $47,668
Out-of-state tuition: $47,668

Acceptance rate: 10.4 percent
Average SAT score: 2190
Undergraduate enrollment: 11,548

The University of Pennsylvania is a private research university founded in 1740. It was founded by Benjamin Franklin with the goal of having a liberal arts-like curriculum, though this plan was never fully adopted. Instead, the school used a more traditional curriculum when it held its first classes in 1751, more than a decade after its initial founding.