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| # ▲ | 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 | 54 | 4% | 50% / 50% | 4% | $69,310 | 52 | 92% | — |
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Cornell
Ithaca,
NY
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Ithaca, NY | 264 | 8% | 45% / 55% | 5% | $69,997 | 51 | 86% | — |
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Harvard
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 46 | 3% | 65% / 35% | 11% | $93,597 | 90 | 95% | — |
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Johns Hopkins
Baltimore,
MD
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Baltimore, MD | 22 | 6% | 50% / 50% | 18% | $66,990 | 46 | — | — |
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MIT
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 23 | 5% | 22% / 78% | 4% | $82,813 | 83 | 100% | — |
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Stanford
Palo Alto,
CA
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Palo Alto, CA | 76 | 4% | 53% / 47% | 4% | $76,182 | 71 | 86% | — |
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U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 143 | 11% | 24% / 76% | 6% | $76,503 | 83 | 94% | — |
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UCLA
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 442 | 9% | 33% / 67% | 0% | $75,609 | 79 | 92% | — |
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U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla,
CA
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La Jolla, CA | 351 | 29% | 38% / 62% | 7% | $69,381 | 65 | 87% | — |
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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis,
MO
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Saint Louis, MO | 96 | 12% | 36% / 64% | 4% | $76,908 | 65 | 94% | — |
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Yale
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | — | 4% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Lab Gods
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Caltech
Pasadena,
CA
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Pasadena, CA | 6 | 4% | 33% / 67% | 0% | $73,244 | 67 | — | — |
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Duke
Durham,
NC
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Durham, NC | 159 | 5% | 35% / 65% | 1% | $70,632 | 46 | 95% | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 182 | 9% | 37% / 63% | 8% | $68,832 | 56 | 98% | — |
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Princeton
Princeton,
NJ
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Princeton, NJ | — | 4% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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U. of California, Davis
Davis,
CA
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Davis, CA | 389 | 44% | 34% / 66% | 10% | $66,924 | 65 | 90% | — |
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U. of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 126 | 5% | 38% / 62% | 10% | $68,610 | 46 | 98% | — |
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U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
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Ann Arbor, MI | 305 | 16% | 27% / 73% | 4% | $61,737 | 29 | 91% | — |
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U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 160 | 5% | 35% / 65% | 11% | $78,245 | 73 | 93% | — |
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U. of Washington
Seattle,
WA
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Seattle, WA | 194 | 42% | 38% / 62% | 4% | $69,087 | 75 | 93% | — |
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The Double Helix
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Boston University
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 169 | 11% | 30% / 70% | 11% | $67,946 | 50 | 93% | — |
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Emory
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 202 | 12% | 37% / 63% | 13% | $67,087 | 45 | 90% | — |
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Michigan State
East Lansing,
MI
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East Lansing, MI | 590 | 83% | 32% / 68% | 1% | $66,124 | 62 | 95% | — |
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Northwestern
Evanston,
IL
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Evanston, IL | 137 | 7% | 34% / 66% | 6% | $76,013 | 65 | 92% | — |
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Pennsylvania State
University Park,
PA
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University Park, PA | 405 | 55% | 28% / 72% | 3% | $68,146 | 70 | 93% | — |
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U. of Florida
Gainesville,
FL
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Gainesville, FL | 577 | 23% | 34% / 66% | 1% | $66,170 | 76 | 96% | — |
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U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill,
NC
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Chapel Hill, NC | 571 | 17% | 35% / 65% | 3% | $64,430 | 61 | 93% | — |
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U. of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
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Austin, TX | 744 | 22% | 33% / 67% | 1% | $65,785 | 63 | 93% | — |
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U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison,
WI
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Madison, WI | 354 | 41% | 35% / 65% | 3% | $68,812 | 68 | 96% | — |
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Vanderbilt
Nashville,
TN
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Nashville, TN | 15 | 4% | 40% / 60% | 7% | $72,233 | 56 | — | — |
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Petri Dish Elite
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Brown
Providence,
RI
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Providence, RI | 102 | 5% | 28% / 72% | 5% | $65,144 | 36 | 93% | — |
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Georgia Tech
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 125 | 13% | 28% / 72% | 3% | $66,658 | 72 | 93% | — |
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North Carolina State
Raleigh,
NC
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Raleigh, NC | 435 | 40% | 29% / 71% | 1% | $68,124 | 75 | 94% | — |
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Ohio State
Columbus,
OH
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Columbus, OH | 489 | 49% | 36% / 64% | 2% | $67,156 | 66 | 93% | — |
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Purdue
West Lafayette,
IN
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West Lafayette, IN | 118 | 43% | 35% / 65% | 6% | $75,669 | 83 | 93% | — |
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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station,
TX
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College Station, TX | 319 | 52% | 34% / 66% | 0% | $64,611 | 65 | 95% | — |
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U. of California, Irvine
Irvine,
CA
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Irvine, CA | 793 | 29% | 32% / 68% | 6% | $72,235 | 74 | 91% | — |
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U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara,
CA
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Santa Barbara, CA | 377 | 38% | 37% / 63% | 2% | $76,068 | 80 | 93% | — |
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U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign,
IL
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Champaign, IL | — | 37% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh,
PA
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Pittsburgh, PA | 447 | 59% | 31% / 69% | 2% | $62,450 | 59 | 95% | — |
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Cell Division
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Arizona State
Tempe,
AZ
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Tempe, AZ | 865 | 88% | 34% / 66% | 3% | $59,255 | 60 | 92% | — |
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Indiana
Bloomington,
IN
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Bloomington, IN | 264 | 76% | 37% / 63% | 1% | $65,677 | 63 | 99% | — |
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Rice
Houston,
TX
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Houston, TX | 106 | 8% | 40% / 60% | 4% | $69,282 | 52 | — | — |
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U. of California, Riverside
Riverside,
CA
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Riverside, CA | 582 | 86% | 38% / 62% | 1% | $61,749 | 56 | 90% | — |
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U. of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz,
CA
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Santa Cruz, CA | 141 | 73% | 38% / 62% | 0% | $70,452 | 73 | 93% | — |
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U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 358 | 79% | 37% / 63% | 5% | $66,924 | 76 | 91% | — |
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U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park,
MD
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College Park, MD | 428 | 45% | 36% / 64% | 2% | $72,024 | 78 | 92% | — |
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U. of Southern California
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 73 | 12% | 44% / 56% | 1% | $77,275 | 69 | 96% | — |
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U. of Virginia
Charlottesville,
VA
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Charlottesville, VA | 262 | 12% | 28% / 72% | 3% | $67,974 | 54 | 92% | — |
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Washington State
Pullman,
WA
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Pullman, WA | 256 | 75% | 31% / 69% | 2% | $63,896 | 74 | 92% | — |
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Mitosis Mode
| # ▲ | 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 | 21 | 11% | 14% / 86% | 5% | $71,798 | 58 | — | — |
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Case Western Reserve
Cleveland,
OH
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Cleveland, OH | 119 | 35% | 43% / 57% | 8% | $63,457 | 32 | 88% | — |
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins,
CO
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Fort Collins, CO | 200 | 82% | 32% / 69% | 2% | $58,902 | 58 | 91% | — |
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Dartmouth
Hanover,
NH
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Hanover, NH | 41 | 6% | 51% / 49% | 7% | $75,571 | 67 | 96% | — |
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Iowa State
Ames,
IA
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Ames, IA | 173 | 85% | 37% / 63% | 1% | $58,585 | 58 | 96% | — |
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Northeastern
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 126 | 24% | 39% / 61% | 5% | $97,536 | 92 | 93% | — |
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Tufts
Medford,
MA
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Medford, MA | 140 | 10% | 33% / 67% | 4% | $76,053 | 66 | 96% | — |
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U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder,
CO
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Boulder, CO | — | 71% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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U. of Miami
Coral Gables,
FL
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Coral Gables, FL | 86 | 17% | 23% / 77% | 2% | $64,693 | 47 | 87% | — |
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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg,
VA
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Blacksburg, VA | 293 | 55% | 31% / 69% | 2% | $63,097 | 67 | 94% | — |
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Natural Selection
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
CUNY City
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 115 | 42% | 28% / 72% | 4% | $78,147 | 92 | 91% | — |
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Florida State
Tallahassee,
FL
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Tallahassee, FL | 414 | 20% | 31% / 69% | 0% | $56,744 | 68 | 91% | — |
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George Washington
Washington,
DC
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Washington, DC | 68 | 47% | 18% / 82% | 1% | $66,734 | 47 | 96% | — |
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Georgetown
Washington,
DC
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Washington, DC | 35 | 14% | 37% / 63% | 6% | $69,171 | 53 | 88% | — |
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Oregon State
Corvallis,
OR
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Corvallis, OR | 185 | 75% | 30% / 70% | 2% | $54,017 | 44 | 94% | — |
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U. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati,
OH
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Cincinnati, OH | 176 | 85% | 35% / 65% | 3% | $64,065 | 70 | 97% | — |
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U. of Connecticut
Storrs,
CT
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Storrs, CT | 167 | 54% | 31% / 69% | 5% | $71,208 | 76 | 96% | — |
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U. of Kansas
Lawrence,
KS
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Lawrence, KS | 28 | 88% | 32% / 68% | 4% | $60,261 | 61 | 96% | — |
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U. of Rochester
Rochester,
NY
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Rochester, NY | 212 | 41% | 34% / 66% | 11% | $79,479 | 74 | 91% | — |
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U. of Utah
Salt Lake City,
UT
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Salt Lake City, UT | 261 | 82% | 44% / 56% | 3% | $66,286 | 73 | 96% | — |
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Evolving
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Florida International
Miami,
FL
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Miami, FL | 934 | 42% | 31% / 69% | 3% | $58,495 | 71 | 90% | — |
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Kansas State
Manhattan,
KS
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Manhattan, KS | 94 | 95% | 32% / 68% | 3% | $65,318 | 72 | 100% | — |
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Tulane
New Orleans,
LA
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New Orleans, LA | — | 15% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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U. of Iowa
Iowa City,
IA
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Iowa City, IA | 92 | 83% | 39% / 61% | 3% | $60,631 | 58 | 97% | — |
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U. of Missouri
Columbia,
MO
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Columbia, MO | 263 | 77% | 37% / 63% | 1% | $65,628 | 68 | 94% | — |
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U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame,
IN
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Notre Dame, IN | 177 | 9% | 37% / 63% | 2% | $75,170 | 59 | 90% | — |
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Virginia Commonwealth
Richmond,
VA
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Richmond, VA | 413 | 72% | 28% / 72% | 3% | $61,248 | 59 | 93% | — |
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Wake Forest
Winston-Salem,
NC
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Winston-Salem, NC | 85 | 18% | 29% / 71% | 2% | $66,200 | 37 | 93% | — |
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Wayne State
Detroit,
MI
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Detroit, MI | 123 | 63% | 41% / 59% | 5% | $63,808 | 68 | 91% | — |
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The Control Group
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Auburn
Auburn,
AL
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Auburn, AL | 24 | 47% | 17% / 83% | 0% | $78,788 | 85 | 96% | — |
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Boston College
Chestnut Hill,
MA
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Chestnut Hill, MA | 185 | 13% | 33% / 67% | 6% | $80,290 | 74 | 93% | — |
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Brandeis
Waltham,
MA
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Waltham, MA | 74 | 45% | 41% / 59% | 9% | $66,306 | 47 | 87% | — |
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Clemson
Clemson,
SC
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Clemson, SC | 336 | 42% | 31% / 69% | 0% | $65,919 | 65 | 96% | — |
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Georgia State
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 336 | 58% | 27% / 73% | 15% | $53,171 | 52 | 90% | — |
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Louisiana State
Baton Rouge,
LA
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Baton Rouge, LA | 360 | 71% | 28% / 72% | 1% | $63,433 | 67 | 95% | — |
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Saint Louis
Saint Louis,
MO
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Saint Louis, MO | 74 | 48% | 39% / 61% | 3% | $64,951 | 49 | 95% | — |
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Temple
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 232 | 72% | 32% / 68% | 3% | $73,979 | 80 | 93% | — |
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Texas Tech
Lubbock,
TX
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Lubbock, TX | 266 | 69% | 37% / 63% | 1% | $56,058 | 59 | 97% | — |
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U. of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham,
AL
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Birmingham, AL | 127 | 72% | 30% / 70% | 4% | $55,561 | 57 | 93% | — |
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U. of Central Florida
Orlando,
FL
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Orlando, FL | 449 | 43% | 30% / 70% | 1% | $55,579 | 63 | 96% | — |
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U. of Delaware
Newark,
DE
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Newark, DE | 158 | 72% | 33% / 67% | 3% | $78,770 | 84 | 98% | — |
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U. of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu,
HI
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Honolulu, HI | 109 | 88% | 35% / 65% | 4% | $54,633 | 51 | 92% | — |
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U. of Houston
Houston,
TX
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Houston, TX | 342 | 66% | 32% / 68% | 3% | $62,349 | 73 | 93% | — |
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U. of Kentucky
Lexington,
KY
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Lexington, KY | 172 | 90% | 38% / 62% | 1% | $63,199 | 64 | 96% | — |
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U. of Oklahoma - Norman
Norman,
OK
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Norman, OK | — | 72% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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U. of Oregon
Eugene,
OR
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Eugene, OR | 180 | 78% | 34% / 66% | 1% | $66,400 | 65 | 89% | — |
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U. of South Carolina
Columbia,
SC
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Columbia, SC | 376 | 55% | 28% / 72% | 1% | $60,846 | 58 | 95% | — |
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U. of South Florida
Tampa,
FL
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Tampa, FL | 332 | 35% | 32% / 68% | 3% | $59,955 | 74 | 93% | — |
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U. of Texas at Dallas
Dallas,
TX
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Dallas, TX | 288 | 72% | 39% / 61% | 3% | $66,026 | 67 | 95% | — |
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U. of Vermont
Burlington,
VT
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Burlington, VT | 112 | 73% | 31% / 69% | 0% | $60,654 | 51 | 100% | — |
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