University of Chicago has the lowest ratio of students per faculty. It means that a faculty may teach small number of students and the average class size may also small. Its students to faculty ratio was 5 to last year.
Princeton University and Carnegie Mellon University also have lower ratio of students per faculty.
For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.
University of Chicago has the highest students to faculty ratio of 5 to 1. The highest students to faculty ratio means that there are many students per class and/or one faculty needs to take care of more students. Princeton University has the second lowest ratio of 5 to 1.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $60,246 and graduate tuition & fees is $52,653 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 19.56% and the average SAT score is 1,483 at the schools.
| School Name | Students to Faculty Ratio | Total Population | Full-time Faculty | Part-time Faculty | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduation Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 5 to 1 - | 18,339 | 2,376 | 491 | $65,619 | 95.00% |
| 1 - | Princeton University Princeton, NJPrivate, 4-year | 5 to 1 - | 8,842 | 997 | 208 | $59,710 | 97.00% |
| 1 - | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year | 5 to 1 - | 16,002 | 1,286 | 362 | $63,274 | 91.00% |
| 1 - | Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year | 5 to 1 - | 18,283 | 3,724 | 500 | $62,484 | 95.00% |
| 5 - | Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate, 4-year | 6 to 1 - | 14,776 | 2,715 | 745 | $64,700 | 97.00% |
| 5 - | Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year | 6 to 1 - | 23,161 | 2,325 | 340 | $65,997 | 96.00% |
| 5 - | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate, 4-year | 6 to 1 - | 31,275 | 3,856 | 65 | $62,840 | 94.00% |
| 5 - | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | 6 to 1 - | 34,782 | 4,327 | 1,902 | $68,171 | 95.00% |
| 5 - | Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year | 6 to 1 - | 18,023 | 4,074 | 231 | $65,805 | 96.00% |
| 5 - | Brown University Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year | 6 to 1 - | 11,189 | 884 | 111 | $68,230 | 94.00% |
| 5 - | Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year | 6 to 1 - | 8,672 | 698 | 149 | $58,128 | 93.00% |
| 12 1 | Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year | 7 to 1 - | 30,631 | 2,120 | 335 | $59,076 | 97.00% |
| 12 9 | Simmons University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year | 7 to 1 2 to 1 | 5,710 | 224 | 648 | $45,538 | 74.00% |
| 12 1 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MOPrivate, 4-year | 7 to 1 - | 17,012 | 1,717 | 462 | $62,982 | 93.00% |
| 12 1 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate, 4-year | 7 to 1 - | 6,744 | 718 | 173 | $65,511 | 94.00% |
| 12 1 | Yeshiva University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | 7 to 1 - | 6,056 | 356 | 388 | $49,900 | 84.00% |
| 12 5 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year | 7 to 1 1 to 1 | 13,710 | 1,249 | 275 | $63,946 | 92.00% |
| 18 11 | University of Denver Denver, COPrivate, 4-year | 8 to 1 2 to 1 | 13,734 | 742 | 771 | $59,340 | 77.00% |
| 18 1 | University of Hartford West Hartford, CTPrivate, 4-year | 8 to 1 - | 5,732 | 349 | 441 | $47,647 | 56.00% |
| 18 1 | Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LAPrivate, 4-year | 8 to 1 - | 14,027 | 1,440 | 461 | $65,538 | 87.00% |
| 18 1 | New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | 8 to 1 - | 59,144 | 5,908 | 4,044 | $60,438 | 87.00% |
| 18 13 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year | 8 to 1 2 to 1 | 28,201 | 2,248 | 288 | $66,104 | 96.00% |
| 18 11 | Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, TNPrivate, 4-year | 8 to 1 2 to 1 | 5,418 | 313 | 275 | $26,150 | 50.00% |
| 24 3 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year | 9 to 1 - | 48,945 | 2,403 | 1,305 | $68,237 | 92.00% |
| 24 3 | Emory University Atlanta, GAPrivate, 4-year | 9 to 1 - | 14,841 | 2,037 | 531 | $60,774 | 89.00% |
| Average | 7 to 1 | 18,930 | 1,963 | 620 | $60,246 | 88.44% |