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Design Visionaries
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh,
PA
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Pittsburgh, PA | 51 | 11% | 47% / 53% | 31% | $71,981 | 58 | 100% | — |
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Cornell
Ithaca,
NY
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Ithaca, NY | 110 | 8% | 37% / 63% | 34% | $70,890 | 53 | 99% | — |
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Georgia Tech
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 57 | 13% | 40% / 60% | 2% | $64,115 | 68 | 95% | — |
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MIT
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 16 | 5% | 31% / 69% | 6% | $99,932 | 93 | 94% | — |
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Rice
Houston,
TX
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Houston, TX | 38 | 8% | 26% / 74% | 55% | $69,100 | 51 | — | — |
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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station,
TX
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College Station, TX | 197 | 52% | 48% / 52% | 1% | $68,580 | 72 | 95% | — |
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Cooper Union
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 28 | 12% | 39% / 61% | 39% | $63,789 | 61 | — | — |
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U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 160 | 11% | 34% / 66% | 11% | $81,376 | 84 | 90% | — |
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U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame,
IN
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Notre Dame, IN | 42 | 9% | 36% / 64% | 2% | $78,022 | 68 | 100% | — |
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U. of Southern California
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 80 | 12% | 41% / 59% | 15% | $76,832 | 68 | 99% | — |
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Blueprint Masters
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo,
CA
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San Luis Obispo, CA | 244 | 30% | 45% / 55% | 7% | $80,247 | 87 | 97% | — |
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Northeastern
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 57 | 24% | 32% / 68% | 9% | $76,911 | 71 | 100% | — |
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Pennsylvania State
University Park,
PA
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University Park, PA | 93 | 55% | 44% / 56% | 3% | $76,659 | 82 | 100% | — |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy,
NY
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Troy, NY | 53 | 67% | 42% / 58% | 4% | $74,899 | 70 | 95% | — |
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Syracuse
Syracuse,
NY
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Syracuse, NY | 145 | 35% | 41% / 59% | 32% | $73,384 | 66 | 100% | — |
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Tulane
New Orleans,
LA
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New Orleans, LA | 35 | 15% | 43% / 57% | 14% | $71,413 | 50 | 93% | — |
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U. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati,
OH
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Cincinnati, OH | 147 | 85% | 35% / 65% | 5% | $64,105 | 69 | 94% | — |
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U. of Miami
Coral Gables,
FL
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Coral Gables, FL | 90 | 17% | 46% / 54% | 11% | $66,688 | 52 | — | — |
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U. of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
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Austin, TX | 91 | 22% | 31% / 69% | 3% | $72,491 | 73 | 92% | — |
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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg,
VA
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Blacksburg, VA | 189 | 55% | 39% / 61% | 21% | $77,885 | 85 | 96% | — |
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Studio Culture
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Columbia
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 28 | 4% | 25% / 75% | 21% | $81,922 | 76 | 90% | — |
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Harvard
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | — | 3% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Princeton
Princeton,
NJ
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Princeton, NJ | 15 | 4% | 53% / 47% | 0% | $68,799 | 57 | — | — |
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Purdue
West Lafayette,
IN
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West Lafayette, IN | 37 | 43% | 22% / 78% | 11% | $59,197 | 56 | 100% | — |
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Stanford
Palo Alto,
CA
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Palo Alto, CA | 13 | 4% | 23% / 77% | 8% | $75,731 | 70 | — | — |
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UCLA
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 17 | 9% | 59% / 41% | 12% | $60,803 | 50 | 86% | — |
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U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign,
IL
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Champaign, IL | 99 | 37% | 55% / 45% | 12% | $65,804 | 66 | 100% | — |
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U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
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Ann Arbor, MI | 72 | 16% | 38% / 63% | 6% | $65,185 | 39 | 98% | — |
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U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 26 | 5% | 58% / 42% | 8% | $74,252 | 66 | 95% | — |
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Yale
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | 26 | 4% | 42% / 58% | 0% | $85,967 | 80 | 94% | — |
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Building Blocks
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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Arizona State
Tempe,
AZ
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Tempe, AZ | 269 | 88% | 46% / 54% | 5% | $64,521 | 71 | 95% | — |
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Florida International
Miami,
FL
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Miami, FL | — | 42% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 88 | 66% | 56% / 44% | 23% | $55,025 | 27 | 90% | — |
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Michigan State
East Lansing,
MI
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East Lansing, MI | 19 | 83% | 11% / 89% | 0% | $54,108 | 29 | 92% | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | — | 9% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Ohio State
Columbus,
OH
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Columbus, OH | 117 | 49% | 44% / 56% | 3% | $63,149 | 57 | 94% | — |
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U. of California, Davis
Davis,
CA
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Davis, CA | — | 44% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla,
CA
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La Jolla, CA | 50 | 29% | 52% / 48% | 12% | $71,507 | 69 | 100% | — |
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U. of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | — | 5% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder,
CO
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Boulder, CO | — | 71% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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U. of Florida
Gainesville,
FL
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Gainesville, FL | 135 | 23% | 33% / 67% | 5% | $63,758 | 71 | 96% | — |
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U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 74 | 79% | 47% / 53% | 14% | $61,866 | 68 | 93% | — |
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U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park,
MD
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College Park, MD | 138 | 45% | 53% / 47% | 7% | $66,802 | 70 | 94% | — |
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U. of Virginia
Charlottesville,
VA
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Charlottesville, VA | 116 | 12% | 34% / 66% | 7% | $73,572 | 66 | 98% | — |
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U. of Washington
Seattle,
WA
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Seattle, WA | 107 | 42% | 43% / 57% | 13% | $65,585 | 68 | 93% | — |
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