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AU Comparisons

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Frequently Compared

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Compare with District Of Columbia Private Colleges

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Georgetown University

$9,172 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$8,976 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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Penn State Main Campus

$36,052 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$48,705 lower in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$43,026 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


O
Ohio State University

$43,898 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maryland College Park

$45,835 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


N
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$49,189 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$38,234 lower in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$41,684 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$45,629 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$48,654 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$48,654 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$39,133 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$35,570 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$47,810 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

$48,654 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


W
College of William and Mary

$37,472 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

$51,912 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$42,050 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$48,654 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$48,794 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$39,392 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$51,281 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$55,724 lower in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


Q
CUNY Queens College

$48,794 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


R
Rowan University

$44,474 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


N
The College of New Jersey

$41,018 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$46,486 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$40,108 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$48,794 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$48,794 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Mary Washington

$46,786 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$55,724 lower in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$48,654 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


S
Salisbury University

$48,018 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$48,654 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

$49,227 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


B
CUNY Brooklyn College

$48,794 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Abington

$41,040 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

$48,654 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Harrisburg

$40,336 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


W
William Paterson University of New Jersey

$41,034 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$55,724 lower in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$43,608 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


E
Eastern Connecticut State University

$49,060 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Brandywine

$41,100 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Erie Behrend College

$40,336 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Lehigh Valley

$41,100 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Berks

$40,336 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Polytechnic Institute

$48,654 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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New York University

$4,714 higher in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$7,726 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


P
Princeton University

$3,986 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$7,116 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$2,896 higher in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


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Yale University

$8,976 higher in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$8,082 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$9,480 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$6,536 higher in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$5,586 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$9,616 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$4,611 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$2,569 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$8,694 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


D
Davidson College

$3,786 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$10,898 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$5,456 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$7,426 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$8,354 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$11,146 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


W
Wake Forest University

$7,884 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


S
St John's University New York

$7,224 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$10,926 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$5,758 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$6,876 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$6,268 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$4,636 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


P
Pace University New York

$6,174 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$1,389 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$7,054 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$8,816 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$8,376 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


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Oberlin College

$7,976 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Scranton

$4,190 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$10,394 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$412 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$10,992 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


W
Washington and Lee University

$7,591 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$8,006 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


A
Adelphi University

$10,274 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


M
Manhattan College

$9,624 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$11,798 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$8,578 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$214 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$3,781 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$1,935 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


N
The New School

$814 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


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Ithaca College

$5,214 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


D
Denison University

$8,276 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Pepperdine University

$10,266 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


S
University of San Francisco

$1,946 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola Marymount University

$1,878 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


S
Santa Clara University

$2,863 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


C
Chapman University

$6,676 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


S
Southern Methodist University

$1,488 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


T
Tulane University

$5,582 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$1,324 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Denver

$2,308 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$308 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$2,426 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Pacific

$1,218 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$4,106 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


T
University of Tulsa

$8,792 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


P
Point Loma Nazarene University

$13,124 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


G
Gonzaga University

$3,184 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


D
Drake University

$6,258 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


C
Creighton University

$10,724 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


L
Lewis & Clark College

$6,192 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


S
St Olaf College

$1,246 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$918 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


I
Illinois Institute of Technology

$6,081 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


S
University of St Thomas

$4,936 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


C
Clark University

$964 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


S
Simmons University

$11,516 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


H
College of the Holy Cross

$4,326 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


S
St Catherine University

$6,860 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate