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Princeton University
Princeton, NJ · Private Non-Profit
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5%
Net Price
$6,128
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6K
SU
Stanford University
Stanford, CA · Private Non-Profit
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4%
Net Price
$13,807
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8K
RU
Rice University
Houston, TX · Private Non-Profit
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8%
Net Price
$13,370
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5K
UC
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · Private Non-Profit
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4%
Net Price
$14,860
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8K
VU
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN · Private Non-Profit
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6%
Net Price
$15,846
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7K
JHU
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD · Private Non-Profit
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6%
Net Price
$18,809
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6K
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · Private Non-Profit
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5%
Net Price
$20,111
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5K
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Williams College
Williamstown, MA · Private Non-Profit
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8%
Net Price
$17,716
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2K