Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 300,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 75 (8% 🥵)
Sunshine Hours 2,862 (81%)
Days Without Precipitation 249 (56%)

Honors College

Name Honors Program
Students 3,000 (9%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 33,980
Men / Women 45% / 55%
From State 73%
From Region 1%
Athletes 2.1%

Racial/Ethnic

White 49%
Hispanic 25%
Asian 12%
Black 5%
Mixed 5%
International 3%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 267 36% / 64% 2% $55,894 54 93%
Animal Sciences 118 +2 12% / 88% 0% $51,262 41 94%
Food Science 24 25% / 75% 0% $73,326 83 95%
Food and Resource Economics 76 +1 75% / 25% 7% $63,322 70 93%
Horticultural Science 15 40% / 60% 0% $46,221 26 88%
Plant Science 26 42% / 58% 4% $46,221 26 88%
Soil Science 8 25% / 75% 0% $50,956 40
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Design, Construction and Planning 268 51% / 49% 0% $81,368 89 98%
Sustainability and the Built Environment 23 91% / 9% 0% $77,072 86 100%
Architecture 105 33% / 67% 1% $61,950 67 96%
Interior Design 23 0% / 100% 0% $73,206 83 93%
Landscape Architecture 28 54% / 46% 0% $65,726 74
Construction Management 89 73% / 27% 0% $112,419 99 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 154 27% / 73% 3% $54,572 50 96%
Agricultural Education 35 43% / 57% 0% $51,149 41 93%
Early Childhood Education $51,827 42 99%
Education 79 30% / 70% 6% $57,479 58
Elementary Education 40 5% / 95% 0% $51,827 42 99%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health and Human Performance 469 50% / 50% 1% $62,169 68 94%
Applied Physiology and Kinesiology 274 36% / 64% 1% $66,631 75 95%
Sport Management 146 79% / 21% 1% $57,007 57 93%
Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management 49 37% / 63% 2% $52,599 45 93%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Journalism and Communications 634 26% / 74% 1% $66,169 75 95%
Telecommunication 127 39% / 61% 1% $57,634 58 94%
Advertising 198 22% / 78% 2% $72,133 82 94%
Journalism 139 42% / 58% 1% $58,179 59 96%
Public Relations 170 9% / 91% 0% $72,133 82 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 4,472 43% / 57% 2% $71,078 81 94%
Computer Science 619 +7 77% / 23% 3% $127,629 100 98%
Astronomy 32 +4 62% / 38% 0% $72,386 82
Chemistry 173 +8 48% / 52% 3% $62,655 69 91%
Geosciences 26 +1 50% / 50% 0% $52,995 46 95%
Marine Sciences 31 23% / 77% 0% $56,702 56
Mathematics 84 +20 79% / 21% 12% $85,911 92 92%
Meteorology 1 100% / 0% 0%
Physics 42 +8 88% / 12% 5% $71,101 81 89%
Statistics 108 +17 74% / 26% 6% $92,045 95 95%
Biology 555 +13 34% / 66% 1% $65,928 74 96%
Botany 9 +1 22% / 78% 11% $53,376 47
Microbiology and Cell Science 207 +8 35% / 65% 0% $60,248 64 94%
Entomology 28 43% / 57% 4% $58,347 60 95%
Environmental Science 41 +1 27% / 73% 0% $53,715 48 97%
Forest Resources and Conservation 44 57% / 43% 0% $47,879 30 95%
Nutritional Sciences 101 +1 31% / 69% 3% $30,384 3 92%
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 68 41% / 59% 0% $39,800 11 94%
Zoology 37 +1 16% / 84% 0% $58,347 60 95%
Economics 294 +33 62% / 38% 6% $79,386 88 96%
African American Studies 9 +1 22% / 78% 0% $51,951 43 100%
Anthropology 84 +7 24% / 76% 0% $53,730 48 89%
Classics 9 +1 44% / 56% 11% $48,778 33 100%
English 144 +11 28% / 72% 1% $53,233 47 92%
Family, Youth and Community Sciences 57 16% / 84% 0% $49,858 36 91%
Foreign Languages 31 +9 42% / 58% 0% $48,196 31 95%
French 1 0% / 100% 0%
Geography $55,967 54
Geography and Environmental Studies 34 +2 65% / 35% 3% $60,607 65
History 120 +19 59% / 41% 1% $57,260 57 94%
Interdisciplinary Studies 22 +1 50% / 50% 0% $66,824 75 94%
International Studies 63 +18 33% / 67% 6% $64,462 72 87%
Jewish Studies 2 50% / 50% 0% $44,101 20 87%
Linguistics 28 +3 29% / 71% 0% $48,196 31 95%
Philosophy 35 +5 57% / 43% 0% $69,572 79 82%
Political Science 271 +56 46% / 54% 0% $70,293 80 95%
Portuguese 33 +3 15% / 85% 0% $61,199 66 95%
Psychology 637 +13 18% / 82% 1% $56,890 56 93%
Religion 5 +3 40% / 60% 0% $44,101 20 87%
Sociology 119 +13 27% / 73% 2% $50,844 40 96%
Spanish $61,199 66 95%
Sustainability Studies 65 +10 52% / 48% 0% $62,324 68 97%
Women's Studies 23 +6 17% / 83% 0% $51,951 43 100%
Criminology 180 +12 24% / 76% 0% $60,807 65 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 247 11% / 89% 0% $77,195 86 97%
Nursing 247 11% / 89% 0% $77,195 86 97%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Public Health and Health Professions 462 14% / 86% 0% $72,000 82 97%
Dietetics 19 0% / 100% 0% $60,680 65 100%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 34 0% / 100% 0% $59,036 61 99%
Community Health 131 18% / 82% 1% $66,009 74 94%
Health Science 209 15% / 85% 0% $80,873 89 99%
Public Health 69 14% / 86% 1% $66,009 74 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of the Arts 288 32% / 68% 1% $42,322 16 94%
Art History 12 8% / 92% 0% $28,221 3 89%
Dance 22 14% / 86% 0% $21,635 2 93%
Digital Arts 66 45% / 55% 6% $46,425 26 93%
Graphic Design 45 11% / 89% 0% $73,206 83 93%
Music 40 48% / 52% 0% $40,066 12 97%
Music Education 11 36% / 64% 0% $51,149 41 93%
Studio Art 56 29% / 71% 0% $28,221 3 89%
Theatre 36 36% / 64% 0% $35,283 6 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering 1,171 67% / 33% 3% $97,473 97 95%
Aerospace Engineering 155 72% / 28% 7% $99,842 97 94%
Biomedical Engineering 109 50% / 50% 2% $86,001 92 98%
Chemical Engineering 81 56% / 44% 2% $104,248 98 95%
Civil Engineering 113 69% / 31% 1% $87,174 93 95%
Computer Engineering 126 79% / 21% 2% $114,522 99 93%
Electrical Engineering 105 90% / 10% 1% $103,763 98 97%
Environmental Engineering 45 24% / 76% 0% $73,947 83 96%
Materials Engineering 34 65% / 35% 3% $85,767 92 96%
Mechanical Engineering 260 73% / 27% 3% $93,947 96 94%
Nuclear Engineering 22 91% / 9% 5% $111,750 99 96%
Systems Engineering 106 46% / 54% 2% $107,626 98 95%
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 15 67% / 33% 0% $75,704 85 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Warrington College of Business 1,409 55% / 45% 2% $84,471 91 94%
Accounting 123 56% / 44% 2% $88,240 93 94%
Business Administration 650 56% / 44% 2% $73,564 83 92%
Business Analytics 186 52% / 48% 4% $99,954 97 96%
Finance 265 70% / 30% 1% $101,495 98 96%
Marketing 185 30% / 70% 1% $80,339 88 95%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $6,540
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $31,857
Est. In-State Cost $8,460
Est. Out-of-State Cost $41,210
ROI Percentile 84th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 98%
4-Year Graduation Rate 76%
6-Year Graduation Rate 91%
Transfer-Out Rate 5%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 21.6% 2,124 31% / 69% 1% $59,682 63 94%
Business & Economics 21.3% 2,096 54% / 46% 2% $79,934 88 94%
Engineering 11.7% 1,156 67% / 33% 3% $97,756 97 95%
Health Sciences 9.8% 964 20% / 80% 1% $72,029 82 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 7.8% 771 34% / 66% 1% $64,256 71 95%
Computer Science 7.6% 746 71% / 29% 2% $115,713 99 98%
Agriculture & Food Science 6.7% 655 36% / 64% 2% $50,197 38 94%
Physical Sciences & Math 5.1% 497 62% / 38% 5% $73,458 83 92%
Arts 4.5% 444 32% / 68% 1% $50,040 37 94%
Professional 2.7% 269 41% / 59% 0% $77,883 87 97%
Education 1.2% 119 22% / 78% 4% $55,579 53 99%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Health Sciences $463M #26 44% $22.3M 64 #26 273 252
Agriculture & Food Science $235M #3 31% $5.9M 61 #3 420 174
Life & Natural Sciences $213M #24 57% $3.8M 155 #6 884 198
Engineering $153M #30 60% $3.1M 149 #17 897 87
Physical Sciences & Math $95.2M #35 46% $1.4M 87 #27 585 58
Humanities & Social Sciences $36.0M #59 51% $0.1M 130 #33 265 17
Education $23.0M #24 44% $0.0M 92 #20
Computer Science $18.5M #56 62% $0.4M 23 #41 2
Business & Economics $9.6M #70 46% $0.1M 34 #24 55 2
Total $1,248M #24 46% $37.0M 795 #11 3,379 790

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 20%
Yield (Unbound) 41%
Early Decision 1 Oct 15
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 15

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 35% 13% 10%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1330 – 1490
SAT Math Range 660 – 750
SAT RW Range 670 – 740

Rankings

Fun and Games

Party til You Drop (Out) Party Schools
Rage

Politically Incorrect

Equal Opportunity Objectification Most Attractive Men
Gym Selfie Central
I'm Getting Cancelled in 3, 2, 1... Most Attractive Women
Double Takes

Prestige

I Peaked in AP Calc But Now I Get Priority Registration Top 15 Honors Colleges
I Only Came Here For The Better Dorms And Free Printing

My Tribe

Call Your Mother! Most Jewish
Huge Community

Engineering

It Actually IS Rocket Science Aerospace Engineering
Wind Tunnel Wizards
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
Dinosaur Juice
Playing House Civil Engineering
Hard Hat Ready
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Short Circuit Survivors
Hugging Trees with Calculus Environmental Engineering
Watershed Wizards
Making Spreadsheets Go Brrrr Industrial Engineering
The Quants
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Solid State
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel
We Glow In The Dark Nuclear Engineering
Atom Splitters

Computer Science

Explaining That HTML is Not a Programming Language Computer Science (A&S)
10k-Student Server Crashers

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Mega-Lab Multiverse
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Sedimentary Scholars
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
Our Labs Have Labs (The Experimentalists)
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Number Crunchers

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Double Helix
Photosynthesis Fan Club Ecology & Plant Biology
Botanical Brigade
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
Bone Collectors
X-Ray Vision Required Clinical Diagnostics
Imaging Innovators

Agriculture & Food Science

Show Me the Bushels Agribusiness & Economics
Suits with Boots
Farming with Numbers Biological & Agricultural Engineering
The Green Giants
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Ecosystem Engineers
Better Eating Through Chemistry Food Science & Nutrition
Beakers and Bagels
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers Plant & Agricultural Systems
The Land Grants
Puppies Over People Zoology & Veterinary Sciences
We Can Pet It AND Fix Its Spleen

Health Sciences

Open Wide Dentistry & Oral Health
Future Tooth Fairies
Behind Every Doctor Health Services
Allied Health All-Stars
Where Diagnoses Begin Laboratory Sciences
Pipette Pioneers
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts) Nursing
Scrub Life
Legal Drug Dealers Pharmacy
Prescription Perfectionists
Talk About a Career Phonoaudiology
SLP Specialists
Saving Lives One Spreadsheet At a Time Public Health
Public Health Pros
Sweat Equity Sports & Fitness
ESPN Scholars

Business & Economics

LIFO the Party Accounting
Ledger Lords
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Regional Boardroom Rulers
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
SQL Slingers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
Mega-Macro State Factories
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Sun, Sand, and Syndication
May I Take Your Order? Hospitality & Tourism
Industry Connected
Office Politics 101 Human Resources
Culture Architects
Tik-Tok Generation Marketing
The Creatives
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
The "Do You Know Who I Am?" Elite

Humanities & Social Sciences

Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
Required Reading
Saving the Planet, One Policy at a Time Environmental Policy & Sustainability
ESG Enthusiasts
Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Caucus Crew
Nosy for a Living Journalism
Statehouse Press-Corps Factories
I'll Figure Out the Career Later Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary
Generalist Geniuses
Spin Class Professional Communication
State-Flagship Spin Machines
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
Uncommitted Generalists
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
The Collective

Education

No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers Early Education
Brat Whisperers
Surviving PTA Karens General Education
Classroom Ready
Hablas Pedagogy? Languages Education
Grammar Gurus
History Repeats Itself Social Sciences Education
Map and Map Quest
Everyone Gets a Medal Special Education
IEP Architects
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers Specific Subjects Education
Studio to Schoolroom
Show Your Work, Then Teach It STEM Education
Math Whisperers

Arts

Sleep Deprivation by Design Architecture
Building Blocks

Professional

The Hard Hat Caste Construction
The Owners of the Site Trailer