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Design Visionaries
| # ▲ | 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 | 44 | 11% | 41% / 59% | 48% | $71,851 | 56 | 100% | — |
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Cornell
Ithaca,
NY
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Ithaca, NY | 119 | 8% | 43% / 57% | 24% | $67,461 | 41 | 99% | — |
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Georgia Tech
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 56 | 13% | 36% / 64% | 13% | $64,485 | 67 | 95% | — |
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MIT
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 27 | 5% | 33% / 67% | 15% | $95,480 | 91 | 94% | — |
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Rice
Houston,
TX
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Houston, TX | 43 | 8% | 42% / 58% | 44% | $72,145 | 57 | — | — |
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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station,
TX
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College Station, TX | 227 | 52% | 48% / 52% | 1% | $72,182 | 76 | 94% | — |
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Cooper Union
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 25 | 12% | 44% / 56% | 20% | $66,167 | 65 | — | — |
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U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 158 | 11% | 34% / 66% | 13% | $72,691 | 78 | 90% | — |
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U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame,
IN
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Notre Dame, IN | 38 | 9% | 21% / 79% | 8% | $80,631 | 71 | 100% | — |
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U. of Southern California
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 92 | 11% | 45% / 55% | 11% | $68,280 | 46 | 99% | — |
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Blueprint Masters
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo,
CA
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San Luis Obispo, CA | 228 | 30% | 46% / 54% | 3% | $71,325 | 81 | 97% | — |
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Northeastern
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 67 | 22% | 43% / 57% | 21% | $75,166 | 67 | — | — |
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Pennsylvania State
University Park,
PA
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University Park, PA | 75 | 55% | 48% / 52% | 3% | $80,067 | 84 | 100% | — |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy,
NY
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Troy, NY | 60 | 63% | 45% / 55% | 5% | $72,453 | 64 | 95% | — |
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Syracuse
Syracuse,
NY
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Syracuse, NY | 153 | 35% | 39% / 61% | 36% | $72,335 | 62 | 100% | — |
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Tulane
New Orleans,
LA
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New Orleans, LA | 22 | 14% | 45% / 55% | 5% | $75,805 | 59 | 93% | — |
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U. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati,
OH
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Cincinnati, OH | 138 | 85% | 38% / 62% | 7% | $65,731 | 71 | 94% | — |
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U. of Miami
Coral Gables,
FL
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Coral Gables, FL | 96 | 17% | 46% / 54% | 14% | $59,593 | 29 | — | — |
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U. of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
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Austin, TX | 108 | 22% | 33% / 67% | 4% | $73,051 | 75 | 92% | — |
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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg,
VA
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Blacksburg, VA | 182 | 55% | 36% / 64% | 7% | $77,997 | 85 | 96% | — |
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Studio Culture
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Columbia
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 42 | 4% | 36% / 64% | 5% | $76,505 | 66 | 90% | — |
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Harvard
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | — | 4% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Princeton
Princeton,
NJ
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Princeton, NJ | 14 | 4% | 21% / 79% | 0% | $70,966 | 60 | — | — |
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Purdue
West Lafayette,
IN
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West Lafayette, IN | 62 | 43% | 21% / 79% | 5% | $57,874 | 52 | 100% | — |
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Stanford
Palo Alto,
CA
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Palo Alto, CA | 17 | 4% | 53% / 47% | 0% | $76,396 | 70 | — | — |
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UCLA
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 20 | 9% | 10% / 90% | 15% | $53,674 | 26 | 86% | — |
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U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign,
IL
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Champaign, IL | 98 | 37% | 49% / 51% | 8% | $67,244 | 67 | 100% | — |
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U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
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Ann Arbor, MI | 83 | 16% | 29% / 71% | 16% | $64,650 | 35 | 98% | — |
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U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 47 | 5% | 32% / 68% | 6% | $73,805 | 64 | 95% | — |
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Yale
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | 30 | 3% | 23% / 77% | 0% | $84,220 | 77 | 94% | — |
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Building Blocks
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Arizona State
Tempe,
AZ
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Tempe, AZ | 317 | 88% | 42% / 58% | 6% | $63,337 | 67 | 95% | — |
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Florida International
Miami,
FL
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Miami, FL | — | 42% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 106 | 66% | 44% / 56% | 21% | $54,548 | 23 | 90% | — |
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Michigan State
East Lansing,
MI
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East Lansing, MI | 18 | 83% | 11% / 89% | 11% | $53,546 | 25 | 92% | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 24 | 9% | 29% / 71% | 0% | — | — | — | — |
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Ohio State
Columbus,
OH
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Columbus, OH | 131 | 49% | 39% / 61% | 5% | $65,924 | 62 | 95% | — |
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U. of California, Davis
Davis,
CA
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Davis, CA | 46 | 46% | 28% / 72% | 9% | — | — | — | — |
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U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla,
CA
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La Jolla, CA | 59 | 29% | 37% / 63% | 2% | $63,594 | 50 | 100% | — |
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U. of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | — | 5% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder,
CO
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Boulder, CO | — | 71% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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U. of Florida
Gainesville,
FL
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Gainesville, FL | 156 | 20% | 32% / 68% | 1% | $64,287 | 72 | 96% | — |
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U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 83 | 76% | 36% / 64% | 11% | $60,923 | 64 | 93% | — |
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U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park,
MD
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College Park, MD | 133 | 45% | 47% / 53% | 4% | $62,759 | 60 | 94% | — |
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U. of Virginia
Charlottesville,
VA
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Charlottesville, VA | 91 | 13% | 41% / 59% | 5% | $72,485 | 62 | 98% | — |
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U. of Washington
Seattle,
WA
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Seattle, WA | 141 | 42% | 40% / 60% | 4% | $59,562 | 54 | 94% | — |
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