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Grandma Eyebrow Raisers

Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious

Mount Olympus

Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, has heard about them.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Harvard Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	1,912	3%		50% / 50%	11%	$120,935	86	92%	—
2	Yale New Haven, CT	New Haven, CT	1,665	4%		49% / 51%	8%	$117,406	80	94%	—
3	Princeton Princeton, NJ	Princeton, NJ	1,324	4%		48% / 52%	10%	$115,528	75	95%	—
4	Stanford Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto, CA	1,901	4%		46% / 54%	10%	$130,947	84	93%	—

Ivies, But

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Brown Providence, RI	Providence, RI	1,944	5%		48% / 52%	11%	$111,688	68	92%	—
2	Columbia New York, NY	New York, NY	2,433	4%		50% / 50%	18%	$115,592	81	90%	—
3	Cornell Ithaca, NY	Ithaca, NY	3,875	8%		46% / 54%	10%	$114,019	80	94%	—
4	Dartmouth Hanover, NH	Hanover, NH	1,257	6%		52% / 48%	9%	$108,709	81	96%	—
5	U. of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia, PA	2,806	5%		46% / 54%	12%	$148,327	89	95%	—

Nerd Cred

We build the future.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	MIT Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	1,099	5%		51% / 49%	10%	$163,590	97	94%	—
2	Caltech Pasadena, CA	Pasadena, CA	235	4%		57% / 43%	9%	$153,262	97	100%	—
3	Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh, PA	1,675	11%		51% / 49%	19%	$143,345	87	96%	—
4	Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	4,576	13%		62% / 38%	11%	$113,813	95	96%	—
5	U. of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Berkeley, CA	9,207	11%		46% / 54%	13%	$113,225	87	93%	—

Is Everyone an Ivy+ Now?

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD	1,344	6%		48% / 52%	13%	$95,431	69	91%	—
2	U. of Chicago Chicago, IL	Chicago, IL	1,926	5%		53% / 47%	16%	$119,476	75	94%	—
3	Northwestern Evanston, IL	Evanston, IL	2,159	7%		45% / 55%	10%	$93,339	63	96%	—
4	U. of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Notre Dame, IN	2,357	9%		51% / 49%	4%	$100,582	78	95%	—
5	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	Saint Louis, MO	1,997	12%		48% / 52%	8%	$99,880	70	99%	—

Moving to a Warmer Climate

Ivies of the South

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Duke Durham, NC	Durham, NC	2,128	5%		45% / 55%	16%	$112,614	76	95%	—
2	Emory Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	2,034	12%		41% / 59%	16%	$88,341	68	92%	—
3	Rice Houston, TX	Houston, TX	1,069	8%		53% / 47%	12%	$104,286	72	94%	—
4	Tulane New Orleans, LA	New Orleans, LA	2,022	15%		40% / 60%	7%	$76,687	52	95%	—
5	Vanderbilt Nashville, TN	Nashville, TN	1,855	4%		47% / 53%	8%	$95,567	73	95%	—

Big City, World Famous

Location, Location, Location!

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	UCLA Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	9,582	9%		40% / 60%	8%	$81,838	75	91%	—
2	U. of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	5,715	12%		47% / 53%	12%	$93,002	73	92%	—
3	Georgetown Washington, DC	Washington, DC	1,835	14%		43% / 57%	14%	$97,218	79	93%	—
4	New York University New York, NY	New York, NY	6,210	9%		42% / 58%	24%	$93,408	66	93%	—

I Love a Man in Uniform

Military Elite

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	United States Air Force Academy Usaf Academy, CO	Usaf Academy, CO	974	12%		69% / 31%	2%	$79,524	—	—	—
2	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	West Point, NY	1,072	12%		78% / 22%	1%	$74,010	—	—	—
3	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	Annapolis, MD	1,054	9%		70% / 30%	1%	$78,431	—	—	—