(The Center Square) – University of Chicago was ranked the top university in Illinois, according to a new U.S. News analysis that rated the school sixth in the nation.
The 2021 list is the product of the U.S. News & World Report’s assessment of universities that offer undergraduate majors as well as master’s and doctoral degree programs. The analysis examined institutions of higher learning based on a variety of criteria, including academic quality, student-faculty ratios, graduation rates, faculty resources and the range of undergraduate majors.
The Chicago school charges $59,298 in tuition and fees for all students, and its enrollment came in at 6,734, according to the publication’s 2021 ranking.
| Rank | College / University | Location | Tuition and Fees | Enrollment |
| 1 | Princeton University | Princeton, N.J. | $53,890 | 5,422 |
| 2 | Harvard University | Cambridge, Mass. | $54,002 | 6,755 |
| 3 | Columbia University | New York City | $64,380 | 6,245 |
| 4 (tie) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Mass. | $53,818 | 4,530 |
| 4 (tie) | Yale University | New Haven, Conn. | $57,700 | 6,092 |
| 6 (tie) | Stanford University | Stanford, Calif. | $56,169 | 6,996 |
| 6 (tie) | University of Chicago | Chicago | $59,298 | 6,734 |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | $60,042 | 10,019 |
| 9 (tie) | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, Calif. | $56,862 | $938 |
| 9 (tie) | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | $57,010 | 6,256 |
| 9 (tie) | Northwestern University | Evanston, Ill. | $58,701 | 8,327 |
| 12 | Duke University | Durham, N.C. | $60,488 | 6,649 |
| 13 | Dartmouth College | Hanover, N.H. | $59,458 | 4,459 |
| 14 (tie) | Brown University | Providence, R.I. | $60,696 | 7,160 |
| 14 (tie) | Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tenn. | $54,158 | 6,886 |
| 16 (tie) | Rice University | Houston | $51,107 | 3,989 |
| 16 (tie) | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis | $57,386 | 7,822 |
| 18 | Cornell University | Ithaca, N.Y. | $59,316 | 15,043 |
| 19 | University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, Ind. | $57,699 | 8,731 |
| 20 | University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles | $42,980 (out-of-state), $13,226 (in-state) | 31,543 |
| 21 | Emory University | Atlanta | $53,868 | 7,118 |
| 22 | University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley | $43,980 (out-of-state), $14,226 (in-state) | 31,780 |
| 23 | Georgetown University | Washington, D.C. | $57,928 | 7,513 |
| 24 (tie) | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, Mich. | $52,266 (out-of-state), $15,948 (in-state) | 31,266 |
| 24 (tie) | University of Southern California | Los Angeles | $59,072 | 20,351 |
| 26 (tie) | Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh | $58,924 | 7,022 |
| 26 (tie) | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, Va. | $52,957 (out-of-state), $18,878 (in-state) | 17,011 |
| 28 (tie) | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, N.C. | $36,200 (out-of-state), $9,021 (in-state) | 19,355 |
| 28 (tie) | Wake Forest University) | Winston-Salem, N.C. | $57,760 | 5,287 |
| 30 (tie) | New York University | New York City | $54,880 | 26,981 |
| 30 (tie) | Tufts University | Medford, Mass. | $60,862 | 5,907 |
| 30 (tie) | University of California, Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, Calif. | $44,145 (out-of-state), $14,391 (in-state) | 23,349 |
| 30 (tie) | University of Florida | Gainesville, Fla. | $28,658 (out-of-state), $6,380 (in-state) | 35,405 |
| 34 | University of Rochester | Rochester, N.Y. | $58,208 | 6,780 |
| 35 (tie) | Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Mass. | $60,202 | 9,370 |
| 35 (tie) | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta | $33,794 (out-of-state), $12,682 (in-state) | 15,964 |
| 35 (tie) | University of California, Irvine | Irvine, Calif. | $43,686 (out-of-state), $13,932 (in-state) | 30,382 |
| 35 (tie) | University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, Calif. | $44,205 (out-of-state), $14,451 (in-state) | 30,794 |
| 39 (tie) | University of California, Davis | Davis, Calif. | $44,407 (out-of-state), $14,653 (in-state) | 30,982 |
| 39 (tie) | William & Mary | Williamsburg, Va. | $46,283 (out-of-state), $23,362 (in-state) | 6,256 |
| 41 | Tulane University | New Orleans | $58,852 | 6,968 |
| 42 (tie) | Boston University | Boston | $58,072 | 17,983 |
| 42 (tie) | Brandeis University | Waltham, Mass. | $57,615 | 3,688 |
| 42 (tie) | Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland | $52,948 | 5,383 |
| 42 (tie) | University of Texas at Austin | Austin, Texas | $39,322 (out-of-state), $11,106 (in-state) | 40,163 |
| 42 (tie) | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Madison, Wis. | $38,629 (out-of-state), $10,741 (in-state) | 33,456 |
| 47 (tie) | University of Georgia | Athens, Ga. | $31,120 (out-of-state), $12,080 (in-state) | 29,848 |
| 47 (tie) | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, Ill. | $34,312 (out-of-state), $16,862 (in-state) | 34,120 |
| 49 (tie) | Lehigh University | Bethlehem, Penn. | $55,260 | 5,178 |
| 49 (tie) | Northeastern University | Boston | $55,382 | 14,202 |
| 49 (tie) | Pepperdine University | Malibu, Calif. | $58,002 | 3,583 |
| 49 (tie) | University of Miami | Coral Gables, Fla. | $53,682 | 11,307 |
Source: U.S. News & World Report
