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Much Ado About Nothing

English, Literature & Writing

The Great American Novelists

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY 160 4% 24% / 76% 8% $72,922 60 86% —
2 Harvard
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 48 3% 27% / 73% 4% $64,092 45 92% —
3 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 100 9% 30% / 70% 7% $64,280 44 — —
4 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 45 4% 29% / 71% 9% $60,872 35 100% —
5 Stanford
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA 45 4% 31% / 69% 13% $58,476 27 86% —
6 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 261 11% 26% / 74% 4% $60,566 57 85% —
7 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 260 9% 23% / 77% 2% $58,689 45 92% —
8 U. of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 61 5% 30% / 70% 8% $56,603 14 87% —
9 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 40 5% 25% / 75% 10% $60,178 30 82% —
10 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT 64 4% 36% / 64% 9% $62,852 30 95% —

Ink & Quill

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 101 5% 26% / 74% 14% $53,526 11 92% —
2 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 34 8% 24% / 76% 18% $67,385 44 96% —
3 Duke
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 25 5% 32% / 68% 0% $77,895 64 92% —
4 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 2 5% 50% / 50% 0% $63,331 48 — —
5 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 137 49% 34% / 66% 1% $46,399 13 91% —
6 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 79 55% 24% / 76% 1% $50,252 25 92% —
7 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 112 37% 24% / 76% 1% $58,097 47 96% —
8 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 87 16% 26% / 74% 1% $55,572 14 96% —
9 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 194 22% 21% / 79% 1% $56,162 38 94% —
10 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 100 12% 25% / 75% 0% $65,660 48 91% —

Bookworm Elite

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 139 88% 33% / 67% 1% $50,363 37 88% —
2 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 44 11% 14% / 86% 0% $55,687 16 91% —
3 Georgetown
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 56 14% 29% / 71% 2% $78,183 72 97% —
4 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 24 6% 21% / 79% 4% $62,334 33 86% —
5 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 24 7% 25% / 75% 0% $60,934 25 100% —
6 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 139 44% 29% / 71% 1% $50,124 20 91% —
7 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 153 29% 33% / 67% 0% $52,521 26 88% —
8 U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, CA 141 38% 27% / 73% 1% $57,494 41 89% —
9 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 133 42% 28% / 72% 5% $53,606 41 87% —
10 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 72 41% 26% / 74% 1% $53,044 28 96% —

Well-Versed

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Chestnut Hill, MA 56 13% 38% / 63% 0% $70,856 55 93% —
2 CUNY City
New York, NY
New York, NY 62 42% 26% / 74% 2% $56,233 70 87% —
3 Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
Hanover, NH 33 6% 27% / 73% 6% $88,413 83 96% —
4 Emory
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 47 12% 23% / 77% 13% $56,929 18 96% —
5 Indiana
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN 51 76% 33% / 67% 0% $48,082 16 95% —
6 U. of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, HI 57 88% 26% / 74% 2% $40,242 13 86% —
7 U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 64 79% 25% / 75% 0% $50,974 41 92% —
8 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 105 17% 23% / 77% 1% $54,429 33 94% —
9 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 37 9% 22% / 78% 0% $65,653 37 93% —
10 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 72 12% 40% / 60% 4% $62,550 32 85% —

Page Turners

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 8 11% 0% / 100% 0% $92,686 87 100% —
2 George Washington
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 27 47% 26% / 74% 0% $65,088 42 97% —
3 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 81 83% 15% / 85% 0% $53,042 26 92% —
4 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 95 43% 25% / 75% 2% $47,745 26 98% —
5 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 69 29% 19% / 81% 1% $51,883 19 93% —
6 U. of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA 113 73% 32% / 68% 1% $41,829 7 90% —
7 U. of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA 162 83% 31% / 69% 2% $41,551 11 98% —
8 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 103 45% 26% / 74% 1% $58,415 51 92% —
9 U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 194 59% 36% / 64% 1% $53,329 34 97% —
10 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 38 12% 13% / 87% 0% $60,286 21 — —

Required Reading

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Brandeis
Waltham, MA
Waltham, MA 21 45% 14% / 86% 14% $50,565 10 98% —
2 Florida State
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 249 20% 33% / 67% 0% $48,487 49 94% —
3 Georgia State
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 74 58% 20% / 80% 0% $48,208 38 88% —
4 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 14 8% 0% / 100% 0% $60,641 27 91% —
5 Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY 47 35% 23% / 77% 9% $62,408 38 98% —
6 Tufts
Medford, MA
Medford, MA 34 10% 41% / 59% 3% $63,266 33 90% —
7 U. of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA 159 86% 35% / 65% 1% $50,223 29 90% —
8 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 91 71% 33% / 67% 4% $38,936 5 92% —
9 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 140 23% 24% / 76% 3% $53,428 50 92% —
10 U. of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Lawrence, KS 66 88% 27% / 73% 0% $42,597 13 87% —
11 U. of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR 77 78% 27% / 73% 1% $45,985 15 87% —
12 Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN 27 4% 22% / 78% 4% $65,369 37 93% —