| Rank | School | Location | Tuition and Fees | Total enrollment | Fall 2012 acceptance rate | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate |
| 1 | 斯坦福大学 | Stanford, CA | $43,245 | 18,217 | 6.6% | 98% | 95% |
| 1 | University of California–Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | in-state: $13,836, out-of-state: $25,056 | 35,899 | 18.0% | 97% | 91% |
| 3 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | in-state: $10,650, out-of-state: $29,954 | 21,557 | 54.9% | 94% | 79% |
| 4 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | in-state: $13,819, out-of-state: $40,496 | 43,426 | 36.6% | 96% | 91% |
| 5 | University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL | in-state: $15,258, out-of-state: $29,640 | 44,520 | 63.3% | 94% | 84% |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $43,498 | 11,189 | 9.0% | 97% | 93% |
| 7 | 德克萨斯大学圣安东尼分校–Austin | Austin, TX | in-state: $9,790, out-of-state: $33,824 | 52,186 | 46.8% | 92% | 79% |
| 8 | 约翰霍普金斯大学 | Baltimore, MD | $45,470 | 21,001 | 17.7% | 97% | 94% |
| 9 | 康奈尔大学 | Ithaca, NY | $45,359 | 21,424 | 16.6% | 96% | 93% |
| 10 | 卡内基梅隆大学 | Pittsburgh, PA | $46,962 | 12,569 | 27.8% | 96% | 87% |