10. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Undergraduate Enrollment: 2,450
Admission Rate: 29%
SAT (V/M) or ACT: 96%/93%
Student/Faculty Ratio: 8
Graduation Rate 4-yr./5-yr.: 88%/92%
Total Cost: $50,110
Average Debt at Graduation: $20,589

Originally a women’s college, Vassar became coed in 1969. The campus itself is an arboretum, with more than 200 species of trees, and Vassar’s eight libraries house one of the largest undergraduate book collections in the world.

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