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The Thinkers
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Harvard
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 20 | 3% | 75% / 25% | 15% | $83,579 | 82 | — | — |
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MIT
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 2 | 5% | 100% / 0% | 0% | $81,658 | 82 | — | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 51 | 9% | 53% / 47% | 39% | $76,802 | 72 | 88% | — |
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Princeton
Princeton,
NJ
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Princeton, NJ | 20 | 4% | 85% / 15% | 15% | $72,007 | 64 | — | — |
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Stanford
Palo Alto,
CA
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Palo Alto, CA | 64 | 4% | 42% / 58% | 11% | $88,128 | 85 | 96% | — |
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U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 87 | 11% | 66% / 34% | 8% | $55,247 | 43 | 88% | — |
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U. of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | — | 5% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame,
IN
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Notre Dame, IN | 18 | 9% | 83% / 17% | 11% | $68,344 | 45 | 100% | — |
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U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh,
PA
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Pittsburgh, PA | 27 | 59% | 59% / 41% | 15% | $51,387 | 29 | 100% | — |
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Yale
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | 16 | 4% | 38% / 63% | 0% | $80,310 | 73 | — | — |
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The Questioners
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Boston College
Chestnut Hill,
MA
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Chestnut Hill, MA | 31 | 13% | 55% / 45% | 0% | $56,428 | 15 | 88% | — |
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Boston University
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 56 | 11% | 45% / 55% | 9% | $66,665 | 46 | 96% | — |
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Cornell
Ithaca,
NY
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Ithaca, NY | 23 | 8% | 35% / 65% | 9% | $73,020 | 59 | — | — |
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Johns Hopkins
Baltimore,
MD
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Baltimore, MD | 7 | 6% | 43% / 57% | 29% | $71,513 | 58 | — | — |
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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station,
TX
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College Station, TX | 16 | 52% | 50% / 50% | 0% | $61,055 | 57 | 89% | — |
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U. of California, Irvine
Irvine,
CA
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Irvine, CA | 39 | 29% | 56% / 44% | 18% | $55,157 | 34 | 90% | — |
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U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla,
CA
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La Jolla, CA | 18 | 29% | 78% / 22% | 6% | $35,770 | 2 | 87% | — |
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U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
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Ann Arbor, MI | 36 | 16% | 67% / 33% | 17% | $74,182 | 63 | 91% | — |
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U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill,
NC
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Chapel Hill, NC | 18 | 17% | 67% / 33% | 0% | $59,952 | 49 | 100% | — |
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U. of Southern California
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 61 | 12% | 46% / 54% | 13% | $95,023 | 89 | 84% | — |
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Armchair Philosophers
| # ▲ | 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 | 32 | 5% | 53% / 47% | 16% | $69,836 | 50 | — | — |
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Columbia
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 45 | 4% | 64% / 36% | 20% | $38,667 | 6 | 76% | — |
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CUNY City
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 12 | 42% | 33% / 67% | 0% | $48,342 | 54 | 84% | — |
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Georgetown
Washington,
DC
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Washington, DC | 77 | 14% | 36% / 64% | 9% | $74,075 | 64 | — | — |
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Indiana
Bloomington,
IN
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Bloomington, IN | 16 | 76% | 56% / 44% | 13% | $47,637 | 15 | 100% | — |
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Pennsylvania State
University Park,
PA
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University Park, PA | 48 | 55% | 54% / 46% | 13% | $62,603 | 59 | 80% | — |
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U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 22 | 5% | 50% / 50% | 9% | $103,532 | 94 | 95% | — |
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U. of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
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Austin, TX | 46 | 22% | 57% / 43% | 4% | $55,022 | 35 | 81% | — |
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U. of Virginia
Charlottesville,
VA
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Charlottesville, VA | 19 | 12% | 37% / 63% | 0% | $63,572 | 41 | 100% | — |
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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis,
MO
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Saint Louis, MO | 6 | 12% | 67% / 33% | 0% | $71,556 | 53 | — | — |
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Late Night Debaters
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
DePaul
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 20 | 88% | 50% / 50% | 0% | $51,321 | 24 | 83% | — |
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Duke
Durham,
NC
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Durham, NC | 6 | 5% | 50% / 50% | 50% | $68,190 | 39 | — | — |
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Emory
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 35 | 12% | 29% / 71% | 11% | $74,078 | 63 | — | — |
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Northwestern
Evanston,
IL
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Evanston, IL | 9 | 7% | 67% / 33% | 0% | $69,873 | 51 | — | — |
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UCLA
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 103 | 9% | 61% / 39% | 9% | $53,585 | 28 | 82% | — |
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U. of California, Riverside
Riverside,
CA
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Riverside, CA | 28 | 86% | 57% / 43% | 0% | $61,942 | 56 | 94% | — |
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U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder,
CO
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Boulder, CO | 51 | 71% | 67% / 33% | 2% | $54,852 | 36 | 87% | — |
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U. of Memphis
Memphis,
TN
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Memphis, TN | 8 | 72% | 88% / 13% | 0% | $39,587 | 21 | 86% | — |
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U. of Utah
Salt Lake City,
UT
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Salt Lake City, UT | 18 | 82% | 56% / 44% | 6% | $54,485 | 48 | — | — |
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Vanderbilt
Nashville,
TN
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Nashville, TN | 7 | 4% | 57% / 43% | 0% | $107,157 | 95 | 95% | — |
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Existential Crisis Club
| # ▲ | 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 | 10 | 11% | 50% / 50% | 20% | $74,061 | 63 | — | — |
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Fordham
Bronx,
NY
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Bronx, NY | 11 | 47% | 45% / 55% | 9% | $93,875 | 90 | 80% | — |
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Michigan State
East Lansing,
MI
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East Lansing, MI | 5 | 83% | 40% / 60% | 0% | $55,242 | 32 | — | — |
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U. of California, Davis
Davis,
CA
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Davis, CA | 56 | 44% | 43% / 57% | 13% | $57,372 | 40 | 95% | — |
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U. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati,
OH
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Cincinnati, OH | 7 | 85% | 29% / 71% | 0% | $49,642 | 34 | — | — |
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U. of Connecticut
Storrs,
CT
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Storrs, CT | 10 | 54% | 80% / 20% | 0% | $53,906 | 36 | — | — |
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