| Rank | School | Location | Tuition and Fees | Total enrollment | Fall 2012 acceptance rate | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $43,498 | 11,189 | 9.0% | 97% | 93% |
| 2 | University of California–Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | in-state: $13,836, out-of-state: $25,056 | 35,899 | 18.0% | 97% | 91% |
| 3 | 斯坦福大学 | Stanford, CA | $43,245 | 18,217 | 6.6% | 98% | 95% |
| 4 | University of Minnesota–Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | in-state: $13,555, out-of-state: $19,805 | 51,853 | 49.5% | 90% | 73% |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $41,538 | 2,243 | 11.8% | 98% | 92% |
| 6 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | in-state: $10,650, out-of-state: $29,954 | 21,557 | 54.9% | 94% | 79% |
| 6 | 普林斯顿大学 | Princeton, NJ | $40,170 | 8,010 | 7.9% | 98% | 96% |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Madison, WI | in-state: $10,403, out-of-state: $26,653 | 42,820 | 54.6% | 95% | 83% |
| 9 | 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% |
| 10 | 德拉华大学 | Newark, DE | in-state: $12,112, out-of-state: $29,932 | 21,081 | 56.6% | 92% | 80% |