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The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite

Physics & Astronomy

The Einsteins

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Caltech
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA 24 4% 75% / 25% 17% — —
2 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 39 7% 72% / 28% 15% — —
3 Harvard
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 66 3% 62% / 38% 24% — —
4 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 49 5% 59% / 41% 16% $116,906 —
5 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 30 4% 57% / 43% 13% — —
6 Stanford
Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA 24 4% 63% / 38% 8% — —
7 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 121 11% 72% / 28% 14% — —
8 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 111 9% 73% / 27% 20% $71,239 —
9 U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, CA 138 38% 75% / 25% 38% $92,167 —
10 U. of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 78 5% 64% / 36% 23% $92,576 —
11 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT 42 4% 57% / 43% 17% — —

Quantum Leap

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY 49 4% 63% / 37% 20% — —
2 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 58 13% 79% / 21% 21% $84,107 —
3 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 78 29% 73% / 27% 24% $105,096 —
4 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 118 71% 73% / 27% 13% $64,969 —
5 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 161 37% 72% / 20% 23% $98,990 —
6 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 80 45% 71% / 29% 9% $106,533 —
7 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 56 16% 68% / 32% 16% $80,472 —
8 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 46 4% 70% / 30% 24% — —
9 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 120 22% 76% / 24% 13% $95,034 —
10 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 103 42% 71% / 29% 17% $100,549 —

Particle Accelerators

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Boston
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 37 13% 62% / 38% 22% — —
2 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 28 11% 82% / 18% 11% — —
3 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 19 6% 74% / 26% 32% — —
4 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 72 83% 76% / 24% 8% $79,484 —
5 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 17 7% 65% / 35% 18% — —
6 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 95 55% 85% / 15% 19% $61,723 —
7 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 45 43% 78% / 22% 18% — —
8 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 17 8% 53% / 47% 29% — —
9 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 53 41% 70% / 30% 15% $75,191 —

The Force

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 37 88% 76% / 24% 11% $72,816 —
2 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 33 5% 73% / 27% 15% — —
3 Duke
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 10 5% 70% / 30% 10% — —
4 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY — 9% — — — —
5 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 55 49% 75% / 25% 15% $121,280 —
6 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 35 52% 83% / 17% 6% — —
7 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 42 44% 71% / 29% 31% $71,343 —
8 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 63 29% 75% / 25% 27% $141,497 —
9 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 64 23% 72% / 28% 3% $68,617 —
10 U. of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 43 42% 65% / 35% 30% — —

Spherical Cow Enthusiasts

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Florida State
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 15 20% 73% / 27% 13% $73,711 —
2 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 21 40% 81% / 19% 5% — —
3 Northeastern
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 19 6% 68% / 32% 0% — —
4 U. of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA 42 86% 74% / 26% 10% — —
5 U. of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA 136 73% 63% / 38% 5% $124,665 —
6 U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 9 55% 33% / 67% 22% — —
7 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 28 17% 64% / 36% 7% — —
8 U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 15 59% 67% / 33% 7% — —
9 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 25 12% 72% / 28% 12% — —
10 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 62 47% 81% / 19% 16% $77,573 —

Dark Matter

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH 18 35% 78% / 22% 22% — —
2 CUNY City
New York, NY
New York, NY 9 42% 89% / 11% 11% — —
3 Indiana
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN 19 76% 89% / 11% 0% — —
4 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 9 85% 89% / 11% 0% — —
5 Tufts
Medford, MA
Medford, MA 9 10% 44% / 56% 22% — —
6 U. of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL 34 43% 65% / 35% 9% — —
7 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 26 9% 62% / 38% 4% $94,813 —
8 U. of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT 36 82% 64% / 36% 3% — —
9 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 42 12% 67% / 33% 2% — —
10 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 14 8% 79% / 21% 7% — —

String Theorists

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Golden, CO — 29% — — — —
2 Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
Hanover, NH 12 6% 33% / 67% 25% — —
3 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Troy, NY 37 67% 68% / 32% 16% $103,532 —
4 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 28 55% 64% / 36% 4% — —
5 Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY 10 35% 100% / 0% 40% — —
6 U. of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT 18 54% 72% / 28% 6% — —
7 U. of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, HI 14 88% 71% / 29% 7% — —
8 U. of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 17 55% 76% / 24% 6% — —
9 U. of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX 20 72% 80% / 20% 10% — —
10 Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN 6 4% 67% / 33% 0% — —

Schrodinger's Students

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Chestnut Hill, MA 3 13% 100% / 0% 33% — —
2 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO 11 82% 82% / 18% 9% — —
3 George Washington
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 2 47% 50% / 50% 50% — —
4 U. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH 16 72% 63% / 38% 13% — —
5 U. of Delaware
Newark, DE
Newark, DE 10 55% 70% / 30% 0% — —
6 U. of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Lawrence, KS 22 88% 77% / 23% 14% — —
7 U. of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 19 45% 68% / 32% 0% — —
8 U. of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
Durham, NH 8 78% 100% / 0% 0% — —
9 U. of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR 16 78% 69% / 31% 13% $102,168 —
10 Washington State
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA 23 75% 57% / 43% 9% — —

Wave Function

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Brandeis
Waltham, MA
Waltham, MA 11 45% 100% / 0% 18% — —
2 Brigham Young
Provo, UT
Provo, UT 54 35% 80% / 20% 2% $102,635 —
3 George Mason
Fairfax, VA
Fairfax, VA 20 72% 90% / 10% 0% — —
4 Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 11 55% 73% / 27% 9% — —
5 Kansas State
Manhattan, KS
Manhattan, KS 9 95% 89% / 11% 11% — —
6 Louisiana State
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 13 72% 69% / 31% 0% — —
7 Old Dominion
Norfolk, VA
Norfolk, VA 8 75% 88% / 13% 0% — —
8 Oregon State
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR 20 75% 70% / 30% 10% — —
9 Temple
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 11 55% 73% / 27% 0% — —
10 Texas Tech
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, TX 20 69% 60% / 40% 5% — —
11 U. of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Tuscaloosa, AL 9 75% 56% / 44% 0% — —
12 U. of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA 19 83% 84% / 16% 0% — —
13 U. of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY 1 90% 100% / 0% 0% — —
14 U. of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL 37 35% 86% / 14% 11% $75,010 —
15 West Virginia
Morgantown, WV
Morgantown, WV 14 85% 79% / 21% 0% — —
16 William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA
Williamsburg, VA 32 34% 63% / 38% 3% — —