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1. Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
2. Yale University
New Haven, CT
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
4. Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
5. California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
6. Stanford University
Stanford, CA
7. Columbia University
New York, NY
8. Brown University
Providence, RI
9. University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
10. Washington University
St. Louis, MO
11. Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
12. Amherst College
Amherst, MA
13. Pomona College
Claremont, CA
14. Williams College
Williamstown, MA
15. Georgetown University
Washington, DC
16. Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
17. Rice University
Houston, TX
18. Duke University
Durham, NC
19. Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA
20. Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA
21. Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
22. Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
23. Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA
24. Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
25. University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
26. University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
27. Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
28. Haverford College
Haverford, PA
29. Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
30. Emory University
Atlanta, GA
31. Tufts University
Medford, MA
32. Carleton College
Northfield, MN
33. University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
34. Barnard College
New York, NY
35. Davidson College
Davidson, NC
36. Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
37. Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
38. Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
39. Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
40. Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
41. Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
42. Grove City College
Grove City, PA
43. Bates College
Lewiston, ME
44. Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
45. Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus
Laie, HI
46. Macalester College
St. Paul, MN
47. Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
48. Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
49. Colby College
Waterville, ME
50. Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
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