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# University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 6,210 9% 42% / 58% 24% $93,408 66 93%
2 Tufts
Medford, MA
Medford, MA 1,634 10% 44% / 56% 12% $93,609 68 94%
3 U. of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 1,926 5% 53% / 47% 16% $119,476 75 94%
4 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 5,715 12% 47% / 53% 12% $93,002 73 92%
5 Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN 1,855 4% 47% / 53% 8% $95,567 73 95%

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# University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 1,944 5% 48% / 52% 11% $111,688 68 92%
2 Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
Hanover, NH 1,257 6% 52% / 48% 9% $108,709 81 96%
3 Harvey Mudd
Claremont, CA
Claremont, CA 209 9% 53% / 47% 7% $162,475 95 94%
4 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 2,806 5% 46% / 54% 12% $148,327 89 95%
5 Wellesley
Wellesley, MA
Wellesley, MA 597 14% 0% / 100% 14% $79,608 51 98%

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# University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 4,505 11% 40% / 60% 23% $83,630 65 94%
2 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY 2,433 4% 50% / 50% 18% $115,592 81 90%
3 Georgetown
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 1,835 14% 43% / 57% 14% $97,218 79 93%
4 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 2,159 7% 45% / 55% 10% $93,339 63 96%
5 Sarah Lawrence
Bronxville, NY
Bronxville, NY 333 38% 20% / 80% 9% $42,672 3 88%