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Toughest Schools

All-Nighter Hall of Fame

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Caltech Pasadena, CA	Pasadena, CA	235	4%		57% / 43%	9%	$153,262	97	100%	—
2	Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh, PA	1,675	11%		51% / 49%	19%	$143,345	87	96%	—
3	Cornell Ithaca, NY	Ithaca, NY	3,875	8%		46% / 54%	10%	$114,019	80	94%	—
4	Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD	1,344	6%		48% / 52%	13%	$95,431	69	91%	—
5	MIT Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	1,099	5%		51% / 49%	10%	$163,590	97	94%	—
6	U. of Chicago Chicago, IL	Chicago, IL	1,926	5%		53% / 47%	16%	$119,476	75	94%	—

Library Lockdown

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	4,576	13%		62% / 38%	11%	$113,813	95	96%	—
2	Harvey Mudd Claremont, CA	Claremont, CA	209	9%		53% / 47%	7%	$162,475	95	94%	—
3	Princeton Princeton, NJ	Princeton, NJ	1,324	4%		48% / 52%	10%	$115,528	75	95%	—
4	Swarthmore Swarthmore, PA	Swarthmore, PA	426	7%		48% / 52%	14%	$94,742	68	97%	—
5	U. of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Berkeley, CA	9,207	11%		46% / 54%	13%	$113,225	87	93%	—

Caffeine Required

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Boston University Boston, MA	Boston, MA	4,505	11%		40% / 60%	23%	$83,630	65	94%	—
2	Reed Portland, OR	Portland, OR	312	29%		41% / 59%	9%	$54,155	23	90%	—
3	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	Troy, NY	1,247	67%		70% / 30%	13%	$109,508	91	96%	—
4	Wellesley Wellesley, MA	Wellesley, MA	597	14%		0% / 100%	14%	$79,608	51	98%	—

The Students Claim They Do

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA	Needham, MA	102	8%		55% / 45%	9%	$118,730	98	94%	—
2	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Grinnell, IA	383	14%		50% / 50%	16%	$71,570	43	97%	—
3	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	Terre Haute, IN	428	77%		74% / 26%	8%	$111,802	93	96%	—
4	Gettysburg Gettysburg, PA	Gettysburg, PA	554	35%		46% / 54%	5%	$75,166	53	97%	—
5	Centre Danville, KY	Danville, KY	299	68%		50% / 50%	2%	$61,477	39	96%	—
6	Lafayette Easton, PA	Easton, PA	599	32%		50% / 50%	5%	$85,773	75	97%	—
7	Bucknell Lewisburg, PA	Lewisburg, PA	860	32%		46% / 54%	4%	$88,033	71	95%	—
8	Williams Williamstown, MA	Williamstown, MA	493	7%		51% / 49%	7%	$97,317	66	90%	—
9	Saint Olaf Northfield, MN	Northfield, MN	646	45%		43% / 57%	10%	$63,697	40	97%	—
10	Colby Waterville, ME	Waterville, ME	532	8%		51% / 49%	10%	$86,589	56	96%	—
11	Bowdoin Brunswick, ME	Brunswick, ME	482	7%		48% / 52%	6%	$90,805	65	95%	—
12	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	Saint Louis, MO	1,997	12%		48% / 52%	8%	$99,880	70	99%	—
13	Amherst Amherst, MA	Amherst, MA	486	8%		51% / 49%	12%	$100,114	63	93%	—