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Design Visionaries
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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| 1 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh,
PA
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Pittsburgh, PA | 51 | 11% | 47% / 53% | 31% | $77,457 | — |
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Cornell University
Ithaca,
NY
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Ithaca, NY | 110 | 7% | 37% / 63% | 34% | $65,441 | — |
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 57 | 15% | 40% / 60% | 2% | $73,769 | — |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 16 | 5% | 31% / 69% | 6% | $92,530 | — |
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Rice University
Houston,
TX
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Houston, TX | 38 | 8% | 26% / 74% | 55% | — | — |
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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station,
TX
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College Station, TX | 197 | 47% | 48% / 52% | 1% | $71,996 | — |
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The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 28 | 12% | 39% / 61% | 39% | — | — |
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University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 160 | 11% | 34% / 66% | 11% | $80,026 | — |
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University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame,
IN
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Notre Dame, IN | 42 | 9% | 36% / 64% | 2% | $84,807 | — |
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University of Southern California
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 80 | 9% | 41% / 59% | 15% | $69,816 | — |
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Blueprint Masters
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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| 1 |
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo,
CA
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San Luis Obispo, CA | 244 | 30% | 45% / 55% | 7% | $68,206 | — |
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Northeastern University
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 57 | 5% | 32% / 68% | 9% | $71,532 | — |
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Pennsylvania State University
University Park,
PA
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University Park, PA | 93 | 55% | 44% / 56% | 3% | $78,224 | — |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy,
NY
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Troy, NY | 53 | 52% | 42% / 58% | 4% | $69,327 | — |
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Syracuse University
Syracuse,
NY
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Syracuse, NY | 145 | 35% | 41% / 59% | 32% | — | — |
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Tulane University
New Orleans,
LA
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New Orleans, LA | 35 | 8% | 43% / 57% | 14% | $80,481 | — |
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University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati,
OH
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Cincinnati, OH | 147 | 72% | 35% / 65% | 5% | $75,481 | — |
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University of Miami
Coral Gables,
FL
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Coral Gables, FL | 90 | 17% | 46% / 54% | 11% | — | — |
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University of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
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Austin, TX | 91 | 25% | 31% / 69% | 3% | $78,937 | — |
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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg,
VA
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Blacksburg, VA | 189 | 42% | 39% / 61% | 21% | $66,600 | — |
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Studio Culture
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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| 1 |
Columbia University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 28 | 4% | 25% / 75% | 21% | $78,519 | — |
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Harvard University
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | — | 3% | — | — | — | — |
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Princeton University
Princeton,
NJ
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Princeton, NJ | 15 | 4% | 53% / 47% | 0% | — | — |
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Purdue University
West Lafayette,
IN
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West Lafayette, IN | 37 | 50% | 22% / 78% | 11% | $58,272 | — |
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Stanford University
Stanford,
CA
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Stanford, CA | 13 | 4% | 23% / 77% | 8% | — | — |
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University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 17 | 9% | 59% / 41% | 12% | $64,081 | — |
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign,
IL
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Champaign, IL | 99 | 43% | 55% / 45% | 12% | — | — |
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
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Ann Arbor, MI | 72 | 15% | 38% / 63% | 6% | $75,980 | — |
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 26 | 4% | 58% / 42% | 8% | $75,767 | — |
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Yale University
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | 26 | 4% | 42% / 58% | 0% | $84,524 | — |
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Building Blocks
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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Arizona State University
Tempe,
AZ
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Tempe, AZ | 269 | 88% | 46% / 54% | 5% | $64,925 | — |
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Florida International University
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 | 88 | 55% | 56% / 44% | 23% | — | — |
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Michigan State University
East Lansing,
MI
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East Lansing, MI | 19 | 65% | 11% / 89% | 0% | $57,562 | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | — | 8% | — | — | — | — |
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Ohio State University
Columbus,
OH
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Columbus, OH | 117 | 53% | 44% / 56% | 3% | $72,565 | — |
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University of California, Davis
Davis,
CA
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Davis, CA | — | 37% | — | — | — | — |
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University of California, San Diego
La Jolla,
CA
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La Jolla, CA | 50 | 24% | 52% / 48% | 12% | $63,281 | — |
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University of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | — | 5% | — | — | — | — |
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University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder,
CO
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Boulder, CO | — | 75% | — | — | — | — |
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University of Florida
Gainesville,
FL
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Gainesville, FL | 135 | 23% | 33% / 67% | 5% | $65,621 | — |
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University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 74 | 55% | 47% / 53% | 14% | $66,893 | — |
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University of Maryland, College Park
College Park,
MD
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College Park, MD | 138 | 42% | 53% / 47% | 7% | $72,443 | — |
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville,
VA
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Charlottesville, VA | 116 | 13% | 34% / 66% | 7% | $74,208 | — |
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University of Washington
Seattle,
WA
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Seattle, WA | 107 | 44% | 43% / 57% | 13% | $69,020 | — |
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