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Toughest Schools
All-Nighter Hall of Fame
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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Caltech
Pasadena,
CA
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Pasadena, CA | 235 | 4% | 57% / 43% | 9% | — | — |
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Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh,
PA
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Pittsburgh, PA | 1,678 | 11% | 51% / 49% | 19% | $157,437 | — |
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Cornell
Ithaca,
NY
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Ithaca, NY | 3,875 | 7% | 46% / 54% | 10% | $113,181 | — |
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Johns Hopkins
Baltimore,
MD
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Baltimore, MD | 1,344 | 6% | 48% / 52% | 13% | $103,798 | — |
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MIT
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 1,099 | 5% | 51% / 49% | 10% | $165,471 | — |
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U. of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 1,926 | 5% | 53% / 47% | 16% | $130,457 | — |
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| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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| 1 |
Georgia Tech
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 4,576 | 13% | 62% / 38% | 11% | $132,716 | — |
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Harvey Mudd
Claremont,
CA
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Claremont, CA | 209 | 9% | 53% / 47% | 7% | $141,494 | — |
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Princeton
Princeton,
NJ
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Princeton, NJ | 1,324 | 4% | 48% / 52% | 10% | $154,667 | — |
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Swarthmore
Swarthmore,
PA
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Swarthmore, PA | 426 | 7% | 48% / 52% | 14% | $125,231 | — |
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U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 9,207 | 11% | 46% / 54% | 13% | $109,700 | — |
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| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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Boston
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 4,505 | 13% | 40% / 60% | 23% | $85,005 | — |
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Reed
Portland,
OR
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Portland, OR | 312 | 28% | 41% / 59% | 9% | $29,279 | — |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy,
NY
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Troy, NY | 1,247 | 67% | 70% / 30% | 13% | $108,757 | — |
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Wellesley
Wellesley,
MA
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Wellesley, MA | 597 | 14% | 0% / 100% | 14% | $71,843 | — |
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The Students Claim They Do
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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Olin College of Engineering
Needham,
MA
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Needham, MA | 102 | 8% | 55% / 45% | 9% | $111,697 | — |
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Grinnell
Grinnell,
IA
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Grinnell, IA | 383 | 14% | 50% / 50% | 16% | $85,226 | — |
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute,
IN
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Terre Haute, IN | 428 | 79% | 74% / 26% | 8% | $123,225 | — |
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Gettysburg
Gettysburg,
PA
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Gettysburg, PA | 554 | 35% | 46% / 54% | 5% | $84,469 | — |
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Centre
Danville,
KY
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Danville, KY | 299 | 55% | 50% / 50% | 2% | $69,253 | — |
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Lafayette
Easton,
PA
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Easton, PA | 599 | 32% | 50% / 50% | 5% | $91,947 | — |
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Bucknell
Lewisburg,
PA
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Lewisburg, PA | 860 | 32% | 46% / 54% | 4% | $92,852 | — |
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Williams
Williamstown,
MA
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Williamstown, MA | 493 | 7% | 51% / 49% | 7% | $103,679 | — |
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Saint Olaf
Northfield,
MN
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Northfield, MN | 646 | 45% | 43% / 57% | 10% | $69,693 | — |
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Colby
Waterville,
ME
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Waterville, ME | 532 | 8% | 51% / 49% | 10% | $101,179 | — |
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Bowdoin
Brunswick,
ME
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Brunswick, ME | 482 | 7% | 48% / 52% | 6% | $128,825 | — |
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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis,
MO
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Saint Louis, MO | 1,994 | 8% | 48% / 52% | 8% | $119,020 | — |
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Amherst
Amherst,
MA
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Amherst, MA | 486 | 7% | 51% / 49% | 12% | $140,201 | — |
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