下面为大家整理的是关于2012年美国大学综合排名前40所学校的详细信息，包括了这些学校的学费，学生人数，毕业率，课堂规模以及SAT成绩等相关信息。
| U.S. News rank | School | Tuition | Total enrollment | Fall 2010 acceptance rate | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate | Classes with under 20 students | SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA |
$39,849 | 19,627 | 7% | 97% | 97% | 79.5% | 1390-1590 |
| 1 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ |
$37,000 | 7,802 | 9% | 98% | 96% | 71.3% | 1400-1580 |
| 3 | Yale University New Haven, CT |
$40,500 | 11,701 | 8% | 99% | 96% | 75.8% | 1410-1590 |
| 4 | Columbia University New York, NY |
$45,290 | 22,283 | 10% | 99% | 96% | 79.7% | 1390-1570 |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA |
$37,704 | 2,175 | 13% | 98% | 90% | 64.3% | 1470-1580 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA |
$40,732 | 10,566 | 10% | 98% | 93% | 62.6% | 1410-1560 |
| 5 | Stanford University Stanford, CA |
$40,569 | 19,535 | 7% | 98% | 95% | 70.4% | 1360-1550 |
| 5 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
$42,783 | 12,781 | 19% | 98% | 92% | 77.8% | 1400-1560 |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$42,098 | 19,842 | 14% | 98% | 96% | 71.5% | 1350-1530 |
| 10 | Duke University Durham, NC |
$41,958 | 14,983 | 16% | 97% | 94% | 71.1% | 1350-1530 |
| 11 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH |
$42,996 | 6,141 | 12% | 98% | 95% | 59.5% | 1360-1570 |
| 12 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL |
$41,983 | 19,389 | 23% | 97% | 94% | 75.0% | 1380-1530 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD |
$42,280 | 21,092 | 21% | 97% | 92% | 67.8% | 1300-1510 |
| 14 | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
$41,992 | 13,820 | 21% | 97% | 94% | 70.2% | 32-34 |
| 15 | Brown University Providence, RI |
$42,230 | 8,695 | 9% | 98% | 96% | 68.3% | 1330-1530 |
| 15 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
$41,541 | 20,939 | 18% | 96% | 93% | 54.2% | 1310-1500 |
| 17 | Rice University Houston, TX |
$35,551 | 5,879 | 21% | 97% | 92% | 69.2% | 1340-1540 |
| 17 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN |
$41,332 | 12,714 | 18% | 97% | 91% | 64.1% | 30-34 |
| 19 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN |
$41,417 | 11,992 | 29% | 98% | 96% | 55.4% | 31-34 |
| 20 | Emory University Atlanta, GA |
$41,164 | 13,381 | 29% | 95% | 89% | 63.9% | 1310-1500 |
| 21 | University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
in-state: $11,767, out-of-state: $34,645 | 35,838 | 22% | 97% | 91% | 62.0% | 1230-1490 |
| 22 | Georgetown University Washington, DC |
$41,393 | 16,871 | 20% | 96% | 93% | 61.0% | 1300-1490 |
| 23 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
$43,396 | 11,618 | 33% | 95% | 86% | 67.0% | 1300-1500 |
| 23 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA |
$42,818 | 36,896 | 24% | 97% | 89% | 62.9% | 1270-1470 |
| 25 | University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
in-state: $11,604, out-of-state: $34,482 | 39,593 | 23% | 97% | 90% | 51.6% | 1180-1440 |
| 25 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
in-state: $11,576, out-of-state: $36,570 | 24,391 | 33% | 97% | 93% | 51.9% | 1220-1450 |
| 25 | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC |
$41,576 | 7,162 | 40% | 94% | 89% | 54.3% | 1213-1400 |
| 28 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
in-state: $12,590, out-of-state: $37,265 | 41,924 | 51% | 96% | 90% | 47.8% | 27-31 |
| 29 | Tufts University Medford, MA |
$42,962 | 10,480 | 24% | 97% | 91% | 69.1% | 1350-1500 |
| 29 | University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC |
in-state: $7,008, out-of-state: $26,834 | 29,390 | 32% | 97% | 90% | 36.7% | 1200-1410 |
| 31 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA |
$42,204 | 14,015 | 31% | 96% | 91% | 47.4% | 1250-1430 |
| 31 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA |
$41,860 | 5,642 | 35% | 93% | 91% | 64.2% | 1270-1460 |
| 33 | College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA |
in-state: $13,132, out-of-state: $35,409 | 8,000 | 32% | 95% | 90% | 46.7% | 1260-1440 |
| 33 | New York University New York, NY |
$41,606 | 43,797 | 38% | 92% | 85% | 59.4% | 1240-1450 |
| 35 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
$41,826 | 10,111 | 38% | 96% | 84% | 68.5% | 1230-1420 |
| 36 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA |
in-state: $9,652, out-of-state: $27,862 | 20,720 | 52% | 93% | 80% | 40.5% | 1240-1430 |
| 37 | University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA |
in-state: $12,128, out-of-state: $35,006 | 29,176 | 38% | 95% | 86% | 39.7% | 1150-1390 |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH |
$39,120 | 9,837 | 67% | 92% | 82% | 60.4% | 1250-1450 |
| 38 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA |
$40,960 | 7,051 | 38% | 94% | 88% | 48.9% | 1220-1390 |
| 38 | University of California--Davis Davis, CA |
in-state: $12,794, out-of-state: $35,672 | 31,392 | 45% | 91% | 84% | 36.1% | 1100-1340 |
| 38 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL |
$39,654 | 15,657 | 39% | 90% | 80% | 52.6% | 1210-1380 |
以上就是2012年美国大学综合排名前40名的全部信息内容，非常详细。大家在准备申请美国大学的时候，一定要对这些基本信息做到心中有数，这样才能尽量申请到性价比高的大学。
