| Rank | Name | State | Cost | Total Student Population |
| 26 | Middlebury College | VT | 52,460 | 2,455 |
| 27 | Boston College | MA | 52,060 | 14,836 |
| 28 | Colgate University | NY | 51,090 | 2,844 |
| 29 | United States Naval Academy | MD | 1,000 | 4,488 |
| 30 | Dartmouth College | NH | 50,547 | 5,848 |
| 31 | Colby College | ME | 50,120 | 1,847 |
| 32 | Kenyon College | OH | 49,260 | 1,644 |
| 33 | University of Notre Dame | IN | 49,030 | 11,731 |
| 34 | Tufts University | MA | 51,400 | 10,030 |
| 35 | Smith College | MA | 50,588 | 3,101 |
| 36 | University of Pennsylvania | PA | 51,299 | 24,107 |
| 37 | Washington and Lee University | VA | 49,268 | 2,155 |
| 38 | Bryn Mawr College | PA | 50,060 | 1,745 |
| 39 | College of the Holy Cross | MA | 49,102 | 2,898 |
| 40 | Bowdoin College | ME | 50,570 | 1,723 |
| 41 | Duke University | NC | 50,925 | 14,060 |
| 42 | Wabash College | IN | 37,750 | 911 |
| 43 | Vanderbilt University | TN | 52,303 | 12,093 |
| 44 | University of Virginia | VA | 40,709 | 24,541 |
| 45 | Brown University | RI | 50,560 | 8,318 |
| 46 | College of William and Mary | VA | 39,886 | 7,892 |
| 47 | Rhodes College | TN | 43,680 | 1,678 |
| 48 | Davidson College | NC | 45,720 | 1,668 |
| 49 | Union College | NY | 50,060 | 2,240 |
| 50 | Lawrence University | WI | 42,301 | 1,496 |