1. Princeton University
Tuition fees: $41,820 (2014-15)
Established: 1746
Type: Private
Endowment: $18.2
billion
Academic staff: 1,172
Admin. Staff: 1,103
Students: 8,010
Undergraduates: 5,336
Postgraduates: 2,674
Location: Princeton,
New Jersey, United States
Campus Suburban,
500 acres (2.0 km2)
(Princeton Borough and Township)
2. Harvard University
Tuition and fees: $43,938 (2014-15)
Established: 1636
Type: Private
Endowment: $32
billion[3]
Academic staff 4,671[4]
Admin. Staff: 2,500
non-medical
11,000 medical
Students: 21,000
Undergraduates: 7,200
total
6,700 College
500 Extension
Postgraduates: 14,000
Location: Cambridge,
Massachusetts, United States
Campus
Urban
210 acres (85 ha) (Main campus)
21 acres (8.5 ha) (Medical campus)
360 acres (150 ha) (Allston campus)
4,500 acres (1,800 ha) (other holdings)[5]
3. Yale University
Tuition and fees: $45,800 (2014-15)
Established: 1701
Type: Private
Endowment: $20.8 billion
Academic staff: 4,171
Students: 12,223
Undergraduates: 5,414
Postgraduates 6,809
Location: New
Haven, Connecticut, United States
Campus :
Urban, 837 acres (339 ha) including Yale Golf Course
4. Columbia University
Tuition and fees: $51,008 (2014-15)
Established: 1754
Type: Private
Endowment: $8.2
billion
Academic staff: 3,763
(fall 2013; full-time)
Students: 29,250
(fall 2013)
Undergraduates: 8,365
(fall 2013)
Postgraduates: 18,568
Location: Upper
Manhattan, New York, NY, US
Campus: Urban,
total 299 acres (1.21 km2)
5. Stanford University
Tuition and fees: $44,757 (2014-15)
Established 1891
Type: Private
Endowment: $18.7
billion (2013)
Academic staff 2,043
Admin. Staff: 11,128
excluding SHC
Students: 15,877
Undergraduates: 6,980[7]
Postgraduates: 8,897
Location: Stanford,
California, U.S.
Campus :
Suburban, 8,180 acres (3,310 ha)
6. University of Chicago
Tuition and fees:
$48,253 (2014-15)
Established 1890
Type: Private
Endowment US$6.67
billion
Academic staff: 2,168
Admin. Staff: 14,772
Students: 14,954
Undergraduates: 5,134
Postgraduates: 9,820
Location: Chicago,
Illinois, USA
Campus :
Urban, 211 acres (85.4 ha)
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tuition and fees: $45,016 (2014-15)
Enrollment: 4,528
Established: 1861
Type: Private
Endowment $12.4
billion (2014)[2]
Academic staff: 1,030
Students: 11,301
Undergraduates: 4,528
Postgraduates: 6,510
Location: Cambridge,
Massachusetts, USA
Campus :
Urban, 168 acres (68.0 ha)
8. Duke University
Tuition and fees: $47,488 (2014-15)
Established: 1838
Type Private
Endowment $6.0
billion
Academic staff: 3,262
Admin. Staff: 8,280
Campus Employees: 35,510
Students: 14,600
Undergraduates: 6,495
Postgraduates: 8,105
Location: Durham,
North Carolina, United States
Campus
Urban: 8,470 acres (34.3 km2)
8. University of Pennsylvania
Tuition and fees: $47,668 (2014-15)
Established: 1740
Type: Private
Endowment: $7.7
billion
Budget $6.007 billion
Academic staff: 4,246
Admin. Staff: 2,347
Students: 24,630
Undergraduates: 10,301
Postgraduates: 11,028
Location: Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, United States
Campus :
Urban, 992 acres (4.01 km2) total: 302 acres (1.22 km2), University City
campus; 600 acres (2.4 km2), New Bolton Center; 92 acres (0.37 km2), Morris
Arboretum
10. California Institute of Technology
Tuition and fees: $43,362 (2014-15)
Established 1891
Type: Private
Endowment $1.85
billion (2013)
Academic staff: 294
Professorial faculty: 1207
Students: 2231
Undergraduates: 978
Postgraduates 1253
Location: 1200
East California Boulevard
Pasadena, California, USA
Campus :
Suburban, 124 acres (50 ha)