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These are the hyper-funded research behemoths where undergrads play with billion-dollar particle accelerators before breakfast. You will be absolutely crushed by the workload, but your name might end up on a Nobel-winning paper before you can legally drink.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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Cornell
Ithaca,
NY
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Ithaca, NY | 29 | 8% | 66% / 34% | 7% | $133,657 | 99 | 96% | — |
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Stanford
Palo Alto,
CA
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Palo Alto, CA | 0 | 4% | — | — | — | 100 | — | — |
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U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
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Ann Arbor, MI | 15 | 16% | 87% / 13% | 20% | $115,000 | 97 | 96% | — |
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U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 12 | 11% | 50% / 50% | 0% | $116,961 | 99 | — | — |
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Simultaneously Engineers & Physicists Until a Recruiter Observes Them
You exist in a superposition of "theoretical visionary" and "wrench-turning pragmatist" until a Lockheed Martin recruiter opens the box and instantly hires you. These are hardcore, grind-it-out STEM factories that churn out terrifyingly competent problem solvers.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Yale
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | 3 | 4% | 67% / 33% | 0% | $155,000 | 100 | 94% | — |
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Columbia
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 11 | 4% | 82% / 18% | 9% | $142,559 | 99 | — | — |
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U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder,
CO
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Boulder, CO | 23 | 71% | 78% / 22% | 0% | $111,748 | 98 | 89% | — |
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Colorado School of Mines
Golden,
CO
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Golden, CO | 71 | 29% | 72% / 28% | 1% | $96,528 | 95 | 94% | — |
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Ohio State
Columbus,
OH
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Columbus, OH | 18 | 49% | 89% / 11% | 6% | $89,119 | 91 | 100% | — |
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Pennsylvania State
University Park,
PA
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University Park, PA | 25 | 55% | 72% / 28% | 16% | $100,117 | 96 | 97% | — |
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute,
IN
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Terre Haute, IN | 14 | 77% | 71% / 29% | 0% | $98,521 | 92 | 91% | — |
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Kettering
Flint,
MI
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Flint, MI | 5 | 68% | 80% / 20% | 20% | $94,475 | 93 | — | — |
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Case Western Reserve
Cleveland,
OH
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Cleveland, OH | 4 | 35% | 75% / 25% | 25% | $105,077 | 94 | — | — |
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U. of Rochester
Rochester,
NY
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Rochester, NY | 40 | 41% | 65% / 35% | 28% | $108,714 | 96 | 94% | — |
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Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken,
NJ
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Hoboken, NJ | 0 | 51% | — | — | — | 95 | — | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 3 | 9% | 100% / 0% | 0% | $117,199 | 98 | — | — |
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Santa Clara
Santa Clara,
CA
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Santa Clara, CA | 3 | 48% | 100% / 0% | 33% | $117,951 | 98 | — | — |
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