{ "source": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com", "lastReviewed": "2026-09-20", "disclaimer": "Figures in this directory are editorial estimates compiled for orientation only. Always confirm tuition, deadlines, test policies and admission requirements on the university's official website before applying.", "license": "Attribution required. Bulk redistribution as a competing directory is not permitted.", "count": 75, "items": [ { "slug": "arizona-state-university", "name": "Arizona State University", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/arizona-state-university/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.asu.edu", "city": "Tempe", "state": "Arizona", "stateCode": "AZ", "control": "Public", "founded": 1885, "setting": "Urban", "undergraduates": 65000, "totalEnrolment": 80000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 90.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 12000, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 34000, "satRange": "1120-1360", "actRange": "22-29", "graduationRatePercent": 67, "studentFacultyRatio": "19:1", "testPolicy": "Test-optional", "regularDeadline": "Rolling", "earlyDeadline": "November 1 (scholarship priority)", "applicationFeeUsd": 70, "accreditor": "HLC", "popularMajors": [ "Business", "Engineering", "Journalism", "Computer Science" ], "topics": [ "large-campus", "online", "public" ], "summary": "An access-focused flagship with guaranteed 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"highly-selective", "medicine" ], "summary": "A research university in the Research Triangle with a large share of its class admitted through binding Early Decision." }, { "slug": "emory-university", "name": "Emory University", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/emory-university/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.emory.edu", "city": "Atlanta", "state": "Georgia", "stateCode": "GA", "control": "Private nonprofit", "founded": 1836, "setting": "Suburban", "undergraduates": 7100, "totalEnrolment": 15000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 11.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 60000, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 60000, "satRange": "1440-1540", "actRange": "33-35", "graduationRatePercent": 92, "studentFacultyRatio": "9:1", "testPolicy": "Test-optional", "regularDeadline": "January 1", "earlyDeadline": "November 1 (Early Decision I, binding)", "applicationFeeUsd": 75, "accreditor": "SACSCOC", "popularMajors": [ "Business", "Nursing", "Neuroscience", "Public Health" ], "topics": [ "medicine", "research", "private" ], "summary": "Applicants choose between the Atlanta campus and Oxford College, a two-year liberal arts start that feeds into the same degree." }, { "slug": "florida-state-university", "name": "Florida State University", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/florida-state-university/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.fsu.edu", "city": "Tallahassee", "state": "Florida", "stateCode": "FL", "control": "Public", "founded": 1851, "setting": "Urban", "undergraduates": 33000, "totalEnrolment": 44000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 25.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 6500, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 21700, "satRange": "1230-1370", "actRange": "27-31", "graduationRatePercent": 85, "studentFacultyRatio": "18:1", "testPolicy": "Standardized tests required", "regularDeadline": "March 1", "earlyDeadline": "October 15 (priority)", "applicationFeeUsd": 30, "accreditor": "SACSCOC", "popularMajors": [ "Business", "Criminology", "Psychology", "Film" ], "topics": [ "research", 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"policy", "research", "private" ], "summary": "Uses its own application system rather than the Common App and requires an alumni interview whenever one can be arranged." }, { "slug": "georgia-institute-of-technology", "name": "Georgia Institute of Technology", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/georgia-institute-of-technology/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.gatech.edu", "city": "Atlanta", "state": "Georgia", "stateCode": "GA", "control": "Public", "founded": 1885, "setting": "Urban", "undergraduates": 19000, "totalEnrolment": 47000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 16.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 11800, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 32900, "satRange": "1370-1530", "actRange": "31-35", "graduationRatePercent": 92, "studentFacultyRatio": "19:1", "testPolicy": "Test-optional", "regularDeadline": "January 4", "earlyDeadline": "October 15 (Early Action)", "applicationFeeUsd": 85, "accreditor": "SACSCOC", "popularMajors": [ "Computer Science", "Mechanical Engineering", "Industrial 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"accreditor": "HLC", "popularMajors": [ "Business", "Music", "Informatics", "Public Health" ], "topics": [ "business", "arts", "public" ], "summary": "Home to the Kelley School of Business and the Jacobs School of Music, each with its own direct-admission standards." }, { "slug": "johns-hopkins-university", "name": "Johns Hopkins University", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/johns-hopkins-university/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.jhu.edu", "city": "Baltimore", "state": "Maryland", "stateCode": "MD", "control": "Private nonprofit", "founded": 1876, "setting": "Urban", "undergraduates": 6100, "totalEnrolment": 31000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 7.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 63000, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 63000, "satRange": "1520-1560", "actRange": "34-35", "graduationRatePercent": 94, "studentFacultyRatio": "6:1", "testPolicy": "Test-optional", "regularDeadline": "January 2", "earlyDeadline": "November 1 (Early Decision I, binding)", "applicationFeeUsd": 70, "accreditor": "MSCHE", "popularMajors": [ "Public Health", "Neuroscience", "Biomedical Engineering", "International Studies" ], "topics": [ "medicine", "research", "highly-selective" ], "summary": "The first research university in the United States, with the country's largest medical research expenditure and no legacy preference in admissions." }, { "slug": "louisiana-state-university", "name": "Louisiana State University", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/louisiana-state-university/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.lsu.edu", "city": "Baton Rouge", "state": "Louisiana", "stateCode": "LA", "control": "Public", "founded": 1860, "setting": "Urban", "undergraduates": 31000, "totalEnrolment": 38000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 76.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 12000, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 29000, "satRange": "1080-1300", "actRange": "23-29", "graduationRatePercent": 70, "studentFacultyRatio": "22:1", "testPolicy": "Test-optional", "regularDeadline": "April 15", "earlyDeadline": "November 15 (priority)", "applicationFeeUsd": 50, "accreditor": "SACSCOC", "popularMajors": [ "Engineering", "Business", "Coastal Science", "Mass Communication" ], "topics": [ "public", "research", "affordable" ], "summary": "Louisiana's flagship land-grant and sea-grant university, with coastal and petroleum engineering tied to the Gulf economy." }, { "slug": "massachusetts-institute-of-technology", "name": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.mit.edu", "city": "Cambridge", "state": "Massachusetts", "stateCode": "MA", "control": "Private nonprofit", "founded": 1861, "setting": "Urban", "undergraduates": 4600, "totalEnrolment": 11900, "acceptanceRatePercent": 4.5, "tuitionInStateUsd": 60156, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 60156, "satRange": "1520-1580", "actRange": "34-36", "graduationRatePercent": 96, "studentFacultyRatio": "3:1", 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"stateCode": "TX", "control": "Public", "founded": 1876, "setting": "College town", "undergraduates": 57000, "totalEnrolment": 74000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 63.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 13000, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 40000, "satRange": "1160-1390", "actRange": "25-32", "graduationRatePercent": 83, "studentFacultyRatio": "19:1", "testPolicy": "Test-optional", "regularDeadline": "December 1", "earlyDeadline": "October 15 (priority)", "applicationFeeUsd": 75, "accreditor": "SACSCOC", "popularMajors": [ "Engineering", "Agriculture", "Business", "Public Health" ], "topics": [ "large-campus", "stem", "public" ], "summary": "One of the largest universities in the United States, with a strong engineering pipeline and a corps of cadets tradition." }, { "slug": "ohio-state-university", "name": "The Ohio State University", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/ohio-state-university/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.osu.edu", "city": "Columbus", "state": "Ohio", "stateCode": 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"slug": "university-of-chicago", "name": "University of Chicago", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/university-of-chicago/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.uchicago.edu", "city": "Chicago", "state": "Illinois", "stateCode": "IL", "control": "Private nonprofit", "founded": 1890, "setting": "Urban", "undergraduates": 7500, "totalEnrolment": 18500, "acceptanceRatePercent": 5.4, "tuitionInStateUsd": 66900, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 66900, "satRange": "1510-1570", "actRange": "34-35", "graduationRatePercent": 96, "studentFacultyRatio": "5:1", "testPolicy": "Test-optional", "regularDeadline": "January 2", "earlyDeadline": "November 1 (Early Decision I / Early Action)", "applicationFeeUsd": 75, "accreditor": "HLC", "popularMajors": [ "Economics", "Mathematics", "Political Science", "Biological Sciences" ], "topics": [ "highly-selective", "research", "liberal-arts" ], "summary": "Famous for its Core Curriculum and for supplemental essay prompts written by current 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"university-of-florida", "name": "University of Florida", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/university-of-florida/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.ufl.edu", "city": "Gainesville", "state": "Florida", "stateCode": "FL", "control": "Public", "founded": 1853, "setting": "College town", "undergraduates": 35000, "totalEnrolment": 55000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 24.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 6400, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 28700, "satRange": "1300-1470", "actRange": "29-33", "graduationRatePercent": 90, "studentFacultyRatio": "17:1", "testPolicy": "Standardized tests required", "regularDeadline": "November 1", "earlyDeadline": "Not offered", "applicationFeeUsd": 30, "accreditor": "SACSCOC", "popularMajors": [ "Business", "Engineering", "Health Sciences", "Psychology" ], "topics": [ "public-ivy", "research", "affordable" ], "summary": "Florida's flagship combines one of the lowest in-state tuition rates in the country with a single 1 November application deadline." }, { 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poets." }, { "slug": "university-of-kansas", "name": "University of Kansas", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/university-of-kansas/", "officialWebsite": "https://ku.edu", "city": "Lawrence", "state": "Kansas", "stateCode": "KS", "control": "Public", "founded": 1865, "setting": "College town", "undergraduates": 20000, "totalEnrolment": 28000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 88.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 11800, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 29500, "satRange": "1080-1320", "actRange": "22-29", "graduationRatePercent": 66, "studentFacultyRatio": "17:1", "testPolicy": "Test-optional", "regularDeadline": "Rolling", "earlyDeadline": "November 1 (scholarship priority)", "applicationFeeUsd": 65, "accreditor": "HLC", "popularMajors": [ "Journalism", "Engineering", "Business", "Education" ], "topics": [ "public", "research", "affordable" ], "summary": "Assured admission is published as a GPA threshold, so qualified applicants receive decisions within weeks of applying." }, { "slug": "university-of-kentucky", "name": "University of Kentucky", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/university-of-kentucky/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.uky.edu", "city": "Lexington", "state": "Kentucky", "stateCode": "KY", "control": "Public", "founded": 1865, "setting": "Urban", "undergraduates": 23000, "totalEnrolment": 32000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 94.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 13000, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 33000, "satRange": "1050-1290", "actRange": "22-29", "graduationRatePercent": 66, "studentFacultyRatio": "17:1", "testPolicy": "Test-optional", "regularDeadline": "February 15", "earlyDeadline": "December 1 (priority)", "applicationFeeUsd": 50, "accreditor": "SACSCOC", "popularMajors": [ "Nursing", "Business", "Engineering", "Agriculture" ], "topics": [ "public", "medicine", "affordable" ], "summary": "An open-access flagship with an academic medical centre that serves as a clinical site for health sciences students." }, { "slug": "university-of-maryland-college-park", "name": "University of Maryland, College Park", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/university-of-maryland-college-park/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.umd.edu", "city": "College Park", "state": "Maryland", "stateCode": "MD", "control": "Public", "founded": 1856, "setting": "Suburban", "undergraduates": 31000, "totalEnrolment": 41000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 45.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 11500, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 40000, "satRange": "1330-1500", "actRange": "30-34", "graduationRatePercent": 89, "studentFacultyRatio": "18:1", "testPolicy": "Test-optional", "regularDeadline": "January 20", "earlyDeadline": "November 1 (Early Action)", "applicationFeeUsd": 75, "accreditor": "MSCHE", "popularMajors": [ "Computer Science", "Engineering", "Business", "Criminology" ], "topics": [ "research", "stem", "public-ivy" ], "summary": "Minutes from Washington D.C., with cybersecurity and aerospace programmes tied to federal agencies and 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"topics": [ "business", "public", "research" ], "summary": "The Darla Moore School of Business built its reputation on a required international business and language track." }, { "slug": "university-of-southern-california", "name": "University of Southern California", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/university-of-southern-california/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.usc.edu", "city": "Los Angeles", "state": "California", "stateCode": "CA", "control": "Private nonprofit", "founded": 1880, "setting": "Urban", "undergraduates": 21000, "totalEnrolment": 49000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 10.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 69904, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 69904, "satRange": "1450-1540", "actRange": "33-35", "graduationRatePercent": 92, "studentFacultyRatio": "9:1", "testPolicy": "Test-optional", "regularDeadline": "January 15", "earlyDeadline": "November 1 (Early Action)", "applicationFeeUsd": 90, "accreditor": "WSCUC", "popularMajors": [ "Business Administration", 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"accreditor": "SACSCOC", "popularMajors": [ "Business", "Computer Science", "Engineering", "Communication" ], "topics": [ "research", "stem", "large-campus" ], "summary": "Texas residents in the top 6% of their high school class receive automatic admission to the university, though not to every major." }, { "slug": "university-of-utah", "name": "University of Utah", "url": "https://universitydirectoryusa.com/universities/university-of-utah/", "officialWebsite": "https://www.utah.edu", "city": "Salt Lake City", "state": "Utah", "stateCode": "UT", "control": "Public", "founded": 1850, "setting": "Urban", "undergraduates": 27000, "totalEnrolment": 35000, "acceptanceRatePercent": 89.0, "tuitionInStateUsd": 10000, "tuitionOutOfStateUsd": 32000, "satRange": "1130-1370", "actRange": "23-30", "graduationRatePercent": 68, "studentFacultyRatio": "17:1", "testPolicy": "Test-optional", "regularDeadline": "April 1", "earlyDeadline": "December 1 (priority)", "applicationFeeUsd": 65, "accreditor": 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