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Rank	School name	Tuition	Enrollment	Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students	Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students	Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands)	Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions)	Doctoral programs acceptance rate
#1	Vanderbilt University (Peabody) Nashville, TN	Full-time: $1,680 per credit	855	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#2	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Full-time: $36,992 per year	936	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#3	University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX	In-state, full-time: $8,110 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,770 per year	1,273	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#4	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Full-time: $40,050 per year	359	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#5	Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY	Full-time: $1,231 per credit	5,108	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#6	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Full-time: $33,000 per year	1,650	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#6	University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	In-state, full-time: $0 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,102 per year	835	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#8	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	In-state, full-time: $14,556 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $20,658 per year	681	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#9	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Full-time: $41,592 per year	356	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#9	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Full-time: $42,950 per year	1,212	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#9	University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI	In-state, full-time: $11,375 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $25,133 per year	1,041	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#12	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	In-state, full-time: $19,030 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $38,488 per year	406	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#13	University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA	In-state, full-time: $11,220 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,322 per year	337	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#13	University of Washington Seattle, WA	In-state, full-time: $12,072 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $24,942 per year	1,007	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#15	University of Southern California (Rossier) Los Angeles, CA	Full-time: $1,420 per credit	2,245	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#16	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	In-state, full-time: $602 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,151 per credit	1,995	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#17	New York University (Steinhardt) New York, NY	Full-time: $31,536 per year	3,532	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#18	Boston College (Lynch) Chestnut Hill, MA	Full-time: $1,122 per credit	924	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#18	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	In-state, full-time: $11,853 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,734 per year	1,198	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#18	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	In-state, full-time: $314 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $734 per credit	1,045	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#21	Indiana University--Bloomington Bloomington, IN	In-state, full-time: $378 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,100 per credit	965	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#22	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	In-state, full-time: $10,908 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $24,174 per year	1,004	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#23	University of Virginia (Curry) Charlottesville, VA	In-state, full-time: $12,762 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $22,086 per year	673	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#24	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	In-state, full-time: $18,774 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $30,736 per year	1,138	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#24	Utah State University Logan, UT	In-state, full-time: $4,052 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $14,184 per year	1,030	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked

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Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students

Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students

Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands)

Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions)

Doctoral programs acceptance rate

Vanderbilt University (Peabody)

Nashville, TN

Full-time: $1,680 per credit

855