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                       National Universities, 27-50

                                      SAT/ACT   Freshmen            Education   % of   Alumni   Freshman     1995     Predicted  Difference   Academic
      Rank/School Name       Overall 25th-75th   in top  Acceptance  expend.  classes  giving  retention  Graduation  Graduation  in grad.   reputation
                             Score               10% of     rate       per    of 50 or
                                    percentile                                          rate     rate        rate       rate        rate       rank
                                                HS class             student   more

             27
        University of         86.9   1180-1430     95%       39%     $16,374    18%      11%      94%         79%        76%          3          7
    California--Berkeley

             28
Carnegie Mellon University   85.9   1240-1430     62%       54%     $25,791    12%      32%      88%         70%        81%         -11         21
            (PA)

             29
     Brandeis University      85.1      1300       57%       66%     $17,690     8%      29%      90%         82%        81%          1          41
            (MA)

             30
   University of Rochester    83.5   1140-1350     56%       61%     $29,834    13%      26%      93%         77%        74%          3          55
            (NY)

             31
  Univ. of California--Los    83.2   1100-1340     97%       42%     $21,500    29%      16%      94%         77%        72%          5          21
           Angeles

             32
      Lehigh University       82.6   1130-1320     49%       60%     $15,503     8%      53%      90%         86%        76%         10          65
            (PA)

             33
College of William and Mary  81.5   1200-1390     73%       49%     $10,757     8%      30%      93%         91%        81%         10          30
            (VA)

             34
  Univ. of California--San    80.5   1110-1330     95%       54%     $20,875    26%      9%       93%         74%        72%          2          41
            Diego

             35
     New York University      80.4   1160-1360     60%       47%     $24,135     9%      14%      86%         70%        76%         -6          41

             36
      Tulane University       79.6   1170-1370     56%       73%     $18,548     8%      30%      86%         73%        75%         -2          55
            (LA)

             37
        University of         78.7    980-1230     90%       73%     $16,779    16%      9%       93%         68%        60%          8          49
     California--Irvine

             38
       Boston College         78.4   1200-1370     69%       38%     $12,301    10%      27%      94%         87%        78%          9          55

             38
Case Western Reserve Univ.   78.4   1210-1450     69%       77%     $19,940    19%      28%      91%         71%        76%         -5          49
            (OH)

             40
        University of          78    1039-1281     95%       71%     $17,073    22%      8%       91%         74%        64%         10          41
      California--Davis

             41
Univ. of Wisconsin--Madison  75.9     24-29       43%       71%     $11,999    20%      18%      91%         72%        68%          4          18

             42                                   40%19
  University of Washington    75.8   1020-1260               65%     $16,677    N/A      11%      91%         68%        67%          1          28

             43
      Univ. of Southern       75.7   1070-1310     44%       70%     $18,580    16%      16%      89%         65%        66%         -1          37
         California

             44
     Syracuse University      73.8   1070-1290     33%       66%     $15,418     8%      20%      89%         71%        72%         -1          55
            (NY)

             45
     Yeshiva University        73    1090-1310     N/A       84%     $23,039     1%      30%      88%         72%        76%         -4         103
            (NY)

             46
      George Washington
         University           71.7   1140-1330     42%       55%     $16,855    10%      17%      89%         69%        71%         -2          65
            (DC)

             46
Univ. of California--Santa   71.7   1010-1220     93%       81%     $10,568    19%      15%      86%         70%        65%          5          65
           Barbara

             48
    Georgia Institute of      71.6   1240-1410    73%4       62%     $13,416     7%      31%      86%         69%        78%         -9          30
         Technology

             48
  Texas A&M Univ.--College    71.6   1020-1280     49%       69%     $10,284    N/A      28%      85%         67%        62%          5          49
           Station

             50
          Univ. of            71.2     24-29       50%       72%     $11,154    17%      14%      91%         79%        74%          5          24
Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

                                      SAT/ACT   Freshmen            Education   % of   Alumni   Freshman     1995     Predicted  Difference   Academic
      Rank/School Name       Overall 25th-75th   in top  Acceptance  expend.  classes  giving  retention  Graduation  Graduation  in grad.   reputation
                             Score               10% of     rate       per    of 50 or
                                    percentile                                          rate     rate        rate       rate        rate       rank
                                                HS class             student   more