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Proof is in the Pudding
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Caltech
Pasadena,
CA
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Pasadena, CA | 8 | 4% | 75% / 25% | 13% | $143,945 | 100 | — | — |
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Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh,
PA
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Pittsburgh, PA | 24 | 11% | 67% / 33% | 25% | $138,246 | 99 | — | — |
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Harvard
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 48 | 3% | 65% / 35% | 19% | $160,353 | 100 | — | — |
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MIT
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 98 | 5% | 61% / 39% | 22% | $226,193 | 100 | 97% | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 109 | 9% | 65% / 35% | 70% | $121,490 | 99 | 86% | — |
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Princeton
Princeton,
NJ
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Princeton, NJ | 29 | 4% | 72% / 28% | 24% | $144,048 | 100 | — | — |
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Stanford
Palo Alto,
CA
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Palo Alto, CA | 57 | 4% | 82% / 18% | 19% | $144,231 | 100 | — | — |
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U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 87 | 11% | 77% / 23% | 22% | $87,173 | 91 | 78% | — |
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UCLA
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 181 | 9% | 69% / 31% | 26% | $91,295 | 92 | 90% | — |
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U. of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 134 | 5% | 78% / 22% | 20% | $146,679 | 100 | 93% | — |
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Theorem Crafters
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Brown
Providence,
RI
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Providence, RI | 17 | 5% | 65% / 35% | 18% | $132,751 | 99 | — | — |
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Columbia
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 42 | 4% | 64% / 36% | 33% | $91,784 | 87 | 89% | — |
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Cornell
Ithaca,
NY
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Ithaca, NY | 60 | 8% | 68% / 32% | 22% | $162,763 | 100 | 94% | — |
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Georgia Tech
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 81 | 13% | 70% / 30% | 23% | $119,657 | 99 | 100% | — |
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U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla,
CA
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La Jolla, CA | 194 | 29% | 62% / 38% | 45% | $70,456 | 67 | 89% | — |
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U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign,
IL
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Champaign, IL | 123 | 37% | 80% / 20% | 47% | $81,840 | 87 | 94% | — |
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U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
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Ann Arbor, MI | 161 | 16% | 68% / 32% | 46% | $107,395 | 95 | 91% | — |
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U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 29 | 5% | 79% / 21% | 24% | $158,226 | 100 | — | — |
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U. of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
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Austin, TX | 278 | 22% | 67% / 33% | 9% | $86,814 | 89 | 96% | — |
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Yale
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | 69 | 4% | 71% / 29% | 13% | $142,498 | 99 | — | — |
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Equation Elegance
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Boston University
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 84 | 11% | 56% / 44% | 57% | $71,541 | 59 | 89% | — |
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Duke
Durham,
NC
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Durham, NC | 47 | 5% | 81% / 19% | 15% | $131,658 | 99 | 93% | — |
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Johns Hopkins
Baltimore,
MD
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Baltimore, MD | 43 | 6% | 63% / 37% | 28% | $138,612 | 99 | 96% | — |
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Northwestern
Evanston,
IL
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Evanston, IL | 25 | 7% | 72% / 28% | 24% | $119,511 | 98 | 92% | — |
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Pennsylvania State
University Park,
PA
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University Park, PA | 136 | 55% | 71% / 29% | 43% | $85,203 | 89 | 93% | — |
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Purdue
West Lafayette,
IN
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West Lafayette, IN | 64 | 43% | 73% / 27% | 36% | $57,284 | 53 | 97% | — |
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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station,
TX
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College Station, TX | 52 | 52% | 50% / 50% | 2% | $61,876 | 59 | 100% | — |
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U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park,
MD
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College Park, MD | 185 | 45% | 68% / 32% | 6% | $101,607 | 97 | 96% | — |
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U. of Washington
Seattle,
WA
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Seattle, WA | 154 | 42% | 71% / 29% | 41% | $96,036 | 96 | 91% | — |
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U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison,
WI
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Madison, WI | 120 | 41% | 77% / 23% | 43% | $100,406 | 96 | 92% | — |
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Number Crunchers
| # ▲ | 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 | 103 | 88% | 69% / 31% | 14% | $84,496 | 91 | 92% | — |
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Michigan State
East Lansing,
MI
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East Lansing, MI | 63 | 83% | 51% / 49% | 16% | $71,880 | 73 | 93% | — |
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Ohio State
Columbus,
OH
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Columbus, OH | 127 | 49% | 65% / 35% | 54% | $75,971 | 80 | 94% | — |
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U. of California, Davis
Davis,
CA
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Davis, CA | 61 | 44% | 66% / 34% | 34% | $62,895 | 56 | 93% | — |
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U. of California, Irvine
Irvine,
CA
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Irvine, CA | 205 | 29% | 57% / 43% | 39% | $75,692 | 79 | 90% | — |
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U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara,
CA
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Santa Barbara, CA | 97 | 38% | 71% / 29% | 31% | $75,626 | 79 | 91% | — |
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U. of Florida
Gainesville,
FL
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Gainesville, FL | 93 | 23% | 65% / 35% | 3% | $86,226 | 93 | 92% | — |
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U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 29 | 79% | 62% / 38% | 10% | $58,774 | 62 | 96% | — |
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U. of Southern California
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 18 | 12% | 83% / 17% | 33% | $67,989 | 48 | 89% | — |
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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg,
VA
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Blacksburg, VA | 72 | 55% | 72% / 28% | 19% | $70,431 | 78 | 95% | — |
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Sigma Grindset
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Rice
Houston,
TX
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Houston, TX | 25 | 8% | 84% / 16% | 24% | $72,915 | 61 | 89% | — |
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U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill,
NC
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Chapel Hill, NC | 71 | 17% | 52% / 48% | 14% | $101,719 | 96 | 100% | — |
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CUNY City
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 5 | 42% | 60% / 40% | 0% | $72,404 | 88 | 90% | — |
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U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder,
CO
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Boulder, CO | 45 | 71% | 69% / 31% | 7% | $82,787 | 87 | 91% | — |
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Northeastern
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 96 | 24% | 61% / 39% | 29% | $98,407 | 92 | 97% | — |
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U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh,
PA
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Pittsburgh, PA | 25 | 59% | 72% / 28% | 8% | $69,210 | 72 | 91% | — |
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North Carolina State
Raleigh,
NC
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Raleigh, NC | 46 | 40% | 76% / 24% | 2% | $90,742 | 94 | 97% | — |
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U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame,
IN
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Notre Dame, IN | 24 | 9% | 46% / 54% | 17% | $99,072 | 91 | 94% | — |
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Indiana
Bloomington,
IN
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Bloomington, IN | 33 | 76% | 73% / 27% | 9% | $78,374 | 82 | 84% | — |
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U. of Utah
Salt Lake City,
UT
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Salt Lake City, UT | 55 | 82% | 69% / 31% | 13% | $69,638 | 78 | 92% | — |
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Florida State
Tallahassee,
FL
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Tallahassee, FL | 48 | 20% | 50% / 50% | 4% | $63,456 | 78 | 95% | — |
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Vanderbilt
Nashville,
TN
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Nashville, TN | 30 | 4% | 63% / 37% | 17% | $140,068 | 99 | 90% | — |
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U. of Central Florida
Orlando,
FL
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Orlando, FL | 51 | 43% | 67% / 33% | 2% | $67,625 | 82 | 100% | — |
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U. of California, Riverside
Riverside,
CA
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Riverside, CA | 129 | 86% | 64% / 36% | 8% | $63,375 | 60 | 93% | — |
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U. of Virginia
Charlottesville,
VA
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Charlottesville, VA | 35 | 12% | 60% / 40% | 14% | $133,210 | 99 | 87% | — |
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Emory
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 10 | 12% | 70% / 30% | 30% | $92,810 | 87 | — | — |
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Iowa State
Ames,
IA
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Ames, IA | 38 | 85% | 55% / 45% | 3% | $75,294 | 84 | 93% | — |
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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis,
MO
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Saint Louis, MO | 17 | 12% | 82% / 18% | 6% | $96,527 | 89 | 100% | — |
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Dartmouth
Hanover,
NH
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Hanover, NH | 44 | 6% | 75% / 25% | 23% | $165,208 | 100 | 100% | — |
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U. of South Florida
Tampa,
FL
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Tampa, FL | 20 | 35% | 55% / 45% | 15% | $55,118 | 66 | 92% | — |
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U. of Connecticut
Storrs,
CT
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Storrs, CT | 43 | 54% | 63% / 37% | 12% | $65,438 | 66 | 97% | — |
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U. of Texas at Dallas
Dallas,
TX
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Dallas, TX | 43 | 72% | 63% / 37% | 12% | $67,995 | 71 | 98% | — |
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U. of Kansas
Lawrence,
KS
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Lawrence, KS | 32 | 88% | 78% / 22% | 6% | $63,607 | 67 | 100% | — |
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U. of Houston
Houston,
TX
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Houston, TX | 64 | 66% | 66% / 34% | 9% | $64,880 | 77 | 90% | — |
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U. of Delaware
Newark,
DE
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Newark, DE | 16 | 72% | 75% / 25% | 38% | $92,170 | 93 | 100% | — |
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Florida International
Miami,
FL
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Miami, FL | 36 | 42% | 61% / 39% | 3% | $64,720 | 80 | 100% | — |
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Temple
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 19 | 72% | 58% / 42% | 5% | $63,318 | 63 | 89% | — |
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U. of Rochester
Rochester,
NY
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Rochester, NY | 51 | 41% | 53% / 47% | 55% | $119,738 | 98 | 100% | — |
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George Washington
Washington,
DC
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Washington, DC | 9 | 47% | 56% / 44% | 44% | $92,077 | 88 | — | — |
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Tufts
Medford,
MA
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Medford, MA | 29 | 10% | 72% / 28% | 17% | $160,242 | 100 | 95% | — |
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U. of Oregon
Eugene,
OR
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Eugene, OR | 26 | 78% | 69% / 31% | 12% | $78,678 | 84 | 91% | — |
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Louisiana State
Baton Rouge,
LA
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Baton Rouge, LA | 47 | 71% | 70% / 30% | 0% | $67,143 | 74 | 90% | — |
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U. of California, Merced
Merced,
CA
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Merced, CA | — | 97% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins,
CO
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Fort Collins, CO | 40 | 82% | 60% / 40% | 5% | $74,186 | 83 | 88% | — |
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U. of Iowa
Iowa City,
IA
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Iowa City, IA | 46 | 83% | 63% / 37% | 9% | $74,686 | 82 | 100% | — |
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U. of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz,
CA
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Santa Cruz, CA | 55 | 73% | 69% / 31% | 11% | $76,366 | 81 | 92% | — |
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Washington State
Pullman,
WA
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Pullman, WA | 4 | 75% | 100% / 0% | 0% | $69,526 | 81 | — | — |
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