#70. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Location: Champaign, IL
In-state tuition: $15,020
Out-of-state tuition: $29,646
Acceptance rate: 59 percent
Average SAT score: 2030
Undergraduate enrollment: 32,959
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public research university founded in 1867. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system, which consists of three campuses.
#69. Oberlin College
Location: Oberlin, OH
In-state tuition: $48,682
Out-of-state tuition: $48,682
Acceptance rate: 32.7 percent
Average SAT score: 2040
Undergraduate enrollment: 2,961
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts school founded in 1833. It is the first college in the U.S. to accept both men and women as students.
#68. Bates College
Location: Lewiston, ME
In-state tuition: $47,030
Out-of-state tuition: $47,030
Acceptance rate: 25.4 percent
Average SAT score: Not reported
Undergraduate enrollment: 1,773
Bates College is a private liberal arts school founded in 1855. Its most popular majors include psychology, economics and history.
#67. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Location: Troy, NY
In-state tuition: $47,908
Out-of-state tuition: $47,908
Acceptance rate: 37.5 percent
Average SAT score: 2092
Undergraduate enrollment: 5,618
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private research university. Founded in 1824, it is the oldest technological university in any English-speaking country.
#66. Bryn Mawr College
Location: Bryn Mawr, PA
In-state tuition: $45,540
Out-of-state tuition: $45,540
Acceptance rate: 40.5 percent
Average SAT score: 1995
Undergraduate enrollment: 1,308
Bryn Mawr College is a private women's liberal arts school founded in 1885. It is one of the Seven Sisters colleges, a loose association of seven historically women's liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern U.S., including Barnard College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Vassar College and Wellesley College.
