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SAT-required, Highest Medians

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# ▲ 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 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 1,344 6% 48% / 52% 13% $95,431 69 91% —
4 Harvard
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 1,912 3% 50% / 50% 11% $120,935 86 92% —

Above Average in High School is Not Enough

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 1,069 8% 53% / 47% 12% $104,286 72 94% —
2 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 2,806 5% 46% / 54% 12% $148,327 89 95% —
3 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT 1,665 4% 49% / 51% 8% $117,406 80 94% —
4 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 1,944 5% 48% / 52% 11% $111,688 68 92% —
5 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 2,159 7% 45% / 55% 10% $93,339 63 96% —
6 Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN 1,855 4% 47% / 53% 8% $95,567 73 95% —
7 Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
Hanover, NH 1,257 6% 52% / 48% 9% $108,709 81 96% —
8 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 3,875 8% 46% / 54% 10% $114,019 80 94% —
9 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 2,357 9% 51% / 49% 4% $100,582 78 95% —
10 Georgetown
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 1,835 14% 43% / 57% 14% $97,218 79 93% —
11 United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
Annapolis, MD 1,054 9% 70% / 30% 1% $78,431 — — —
12 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 4,576 13% 62% / 38% 11% $113,813 95 96% —
13 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 10,478 22% 42% / 58% 4% $79,694 71 94% —