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Polyglot Powerhouses
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Georgetown
Washington,
DC
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Washington, DC | 50 | 14% | 28% / 72% | 0% | $69,059 | 52 | 91% | — |
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Harvard
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 21 | 3% | 38% / 62% | 10% | $66,689 | 52 | — | — |
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MIT
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | — | 5% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 17 | 9% | 24% / 76% | 6% | $72,578 | 64 | 93% | — |
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Ohio State
Columbus,
OH
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Columbus, OH | 130 | 49% | 41% / 59% | 2% | $54,271 | 34 | 88% | — |
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Stanford
Palo Alto,
CA
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Palo Alto, CA | 11 | 4% | 36% / 64% | 18% | $68,274 | 55 | — | — |
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U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 91 | 11% | 36% / 64% | 7% | $64,201 | 64 | 83% | — |
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UCLA
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 150 | 9% | 29% / 71% | 8% | $66,695 | 61 | 86% | — |
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U. of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 26 | 5% | 42% / 58% | 4% | $66,048 | 38 | — | — |
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U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 16 | 5% | 44% / 56% | 6% | $63,991 | 41 | — | — |
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Syntax Scholars
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Michigan State
East Lansing,
MI
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East Lansing, MI | 55 | 83% | 33% / 67% | 0% | $58,679 | 42 | 86% | — |
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| 2 |
Pennsylvania State
University Park,
PA
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University Park, PA | 71 | 55% | 31% / 69% | 7% | $57,713 | 47 | 98% | — |
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U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla,
CA
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La Jolla, CA | 3 | 29% | 33% / 67% | 0% | $57,040 | 33 | — | — |
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U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara,
CA
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Santa Barbara, CA | 123 | 38% | 28% / 72% | 8% | $55,528 | 35 | 89% | — |
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U. of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu,
HI
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Honolulu, HI | 109 | 88% | 38% / 62% | 4% | $55,740 | 54 | 75% | — |
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U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign,
IL
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Champaign, IL | 81 | 37% | 23% / 36% | 5% | $55,330 | 39 | 91% | — |
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U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park,
MD
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College Park, MD | 69 | 45% | 43% / 57% | 1% | $61,969 | 59 | 85% | — |
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U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
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Ann Arbor, MI | 86 | 16% | 21% / 79% | 2% | $59,874 | 25 | 92% | — |
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U. of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
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Austin, TX | 68 | 22% | 29% / 71% | 1% | $58,686 | 45 | 90% | — |
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U. of Washington
Seattle,
WA
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Seattle, WA | 127 | 42% | 34% / 66% | 7% | $55,755 | 46 | 81% | — |
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Morpheme Masters
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Arizona State
Tempe,
AZ
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Tempe, AZ | 90 | 88% | 33% / 67% | 0% | $49,173 | 35 | 76% | — |
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Boston University
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 31 | 11% | 35% / 65% | 3% | $50,197 | 7 | 90% | — |
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Cornell
Ithaca,
NY
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Ithaca, NY | 20 | 8% | 25% / 75% | 0% | $65,038 | 36 | 98% | — |
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Indiana
Bloomington,
IN
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Bloomington, IN | 53 | 76% | 34% / 66% | 0% | $53,001 | 32 | 86% | — |
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Northern Arizona
Flagstaff,
AZ
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Flagstaff, AZ | 48 | 78% | 27% / 73% | 0% | $52,682 | 47 | 96% | — |
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U. of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz,
CA
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Santa Cruz, CA | 68 | 73% | 28% / 72% | 3% | $42,984 | 9 | 91% | — |
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U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder,
CO
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Boulder, CO | 51 | 71% | 24% / 76% | 0% | $54,018 | 38 | 91% | — |
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U. of Connecticut
Storrs,
CT
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Storrs, CT | 58 | 54% | 47% / 53% | 2% | $58,599 | 50 | 95% | — |
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U. of Oregon
Eugene,
OR
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Eugene, OR | 71 | 78% | 30% / 70% | 3% | $48,682 | 22 | 85% | — |
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Yale
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | 12 | 4% | 67% / 33% | 8% | $63,453 | 32 | — | — |
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Grammar Nerds
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh,
PA
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Pittsburgh, PA | 5 | 11% | 20% / 80% | 0% | $66,604 | 44 | — | — |
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Columbia
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 38 | 4% | 39% / 61% | 8% | $84,752 | 79 | 89% | — |
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Iowa State
Ames,
IA
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Ames, IA | 32 | 85% | 13% / 88% | 0% | $48,028 | 28 | 88% | — |
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Northwestern
Evanston,
IL
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Evanston, IL | 15 | 7% | 40% / 60% | 7% | $60,878 | 25 | — | — |
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Princeton
Princeton,
NJ
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Princeton, NJ | 31 | 4% | 42% / 58% | 3% | $64,755 | 46 | — | — |
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Purdue
West Lafayette,
IN
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West Lafayette, IN | 58 | 43% | 34% / 66% | 5% | $55,511 | 48 | — | — |
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U. of Kansas
Lawrence,
KS
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Lawrence, KS | 57 | 88% | 32% / 68% | 0% | $57,971 | 55 | 86% | — |
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U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh,
PA
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Pittsburgh, PA | 66 | 59% | 35% / 65% | 3% | $53,725 | 35 | 96% | — |
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U. of Southern California
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 28 | 12% | 36% / 64% | 0% | $66,156 | 43 | 86% | — |
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U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison,
WI
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Madison, WI | 124 | 41% | 24% / 76% | 2% | $60,343 | 49 | 94% | — |
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NY Times Crossword Puzzle Experts
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore,
MD
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Baltimore, MD | 2 | 6% | 0% / 100% | 0% | $76,175 | 68 | — | — |
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U. of California, Irvine
Irvine,
CA
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Irvine, CA | 35 | 29% | 26% / 74% | 6% | $53,880 | 30 | 89% | — |
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Georgia State
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 31 | 58% | 19% / 81% | 0% | $41,425 | 21 | 76% | — |
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CUNY City
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 8 | 42% | 13% / 88% | 0% | $60,257 | 77 | 82% | — |
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U. of Iowa
Iowa City,
IA
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Iowa City, IA | 65 | 83% | 35% / 65% | 2% | $50,628 | 30 | 95% | — |
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Brown
Providence,
RI
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Providence, RI | 6 | 5% | 50% / 50% | 0% | $68,536 | 46 | — | — |
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Washington State
Pullman,
WA
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Pullman, WA | 22 | 75% | 18% / 82% | 0% | $66,390 | 78 | 100% | — |
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Rice
Houston,
TX
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Houston, TX | 14 | 8% | 43% / 57% | 7% | $65,177 | 40 | — | — |
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George Washington
Washington,
DC
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Washington, DC | 11 | 47% | 55% / 45% | 18% | $80,850 | 76 | 94% | — |
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U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill,
NC
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Chapel Hill, NC | 30 | 17% | 17% / 83% | 0% | $56,839 | 40 | 88% | — |
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