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Save Rank College name Tuition Enrollment Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands) Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions) Doctoral programs acceptance rate
#1 Vanderbilt University (Peabody)

Nashville, TN

Full-time: $1,623 per credit 845 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#2 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Full-time: $35,568 per year 972 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#2 University of Texas--Austin

Austin, TX

In-state, full-time: $7,798 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,166 per year 1,317 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#4 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Full-time: $38,700 per year 415 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#4 Teachers College, Columbia University

New York, NY

Full-time: $1,178 per credit 5,103 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#6 University of California--Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

In-state, full-time: $0 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $14,694 per year 818 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#7 Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Full-time: $39,840 per year 393 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#8 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

In-state, full-time: $14,628 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $20,325 per year 715 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#9 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

In-state, full-time: $18,130 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $36,670 per year 447 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#9 University of Washington

Seattle, WA

In-state, full-time: $11,449 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $24,789 per year 1,082 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#9 University of Wisconsin--Madison

Madison, WI

In-state, full-time: $10,941 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $25,108 per year 1,046 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#12 University of California--Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

In-state, full-time: $0 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $14,694 per year 348 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#12 University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Full-time: $41,032 per year 1,247 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#14 University of Southern California (Rossier)

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time: $1,360 per credit 2,006 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#15 Boston College (Lynch)

Chestnut Hill, MA

Full-time: $1,084 per credit 926 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#15 New York University (Steinhardt)

New York, NY

Full-time: $32,391 per year 3,825 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#17 Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

In-state, full-time: $565 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,078 per credit 1,764 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#18 Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Full-time: $30,000 per year 1,899 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#18 University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

In-state, full-time: $296 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $691 per credit 1,122 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#20 Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

In-state, full-time: $11,676 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $27,606 per year 1,264 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#21 Indiana University--Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

In-state, full-time: $354 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,032 per credit 1,020 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#22 University of Virginia (Curry)

Charlottesville, VA

In-state, full-time: $11,598 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $20,922 per year 674 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#23 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

In-state, full-time: $10,204 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $23,470 per year 1,163 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#23 University of Maryland--College Park

College Park, MD

In-state, full-time: $500 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,077 per credit 1,186 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
#23 University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

In-state, full-time: $17,304 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $29,554 per year 1,196 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked

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