Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Endowment: $23,858,561,000
Total cost: $63,970
Accepting just 6% of applicants, Yale offers an elite education in over 80 fields of study. Last year, the school was awarded $1 million in funding for undergraduate science research fellowships, during which students have patented new products, co-authored original research, and developed new technologies. The school also covers 100% of the demonstrated financial need of its students; 83% of the class of 2015 graduated without student debt.
Yale counts five former presidents among its distinguished alumni: William Howard Taft, Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush.