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The Curatorial Elite
The Ivy-covered pathways directly into the MoMA, the Met, and Sotheby's.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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Williams
Williamstown,
MA
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Williamstown, MA | — | 9% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Yale
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | 16 | 3% | 25% / 75% | 6% | $29,915 | 1 | 94% | — |
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Columbia
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 26 | 4% | 23% / 77% | 19% | $51,351 | 7 | 93% | — |
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Harvard
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 11 | 4% | 27% / 73% | 0% | $47,407 | 6 | — | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 28 | 9% | 7% / 93% | 21% | $57,167 | 20 | 91% | — |
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Theoretical Heavyweights
Brutally rigorous academic programs for future critics and historians.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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U. of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 16 | 5% | 19% / 81% | 25% | $66,846 | 38 | — | — |
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U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 39 | 11% | 15% / 85% | 8% | $50,742 | 27 | 85% | — |
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Princeton
Princeton,
NJ
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Princeton, NJ | 11 | 4% | 18% / 82% | 9% | $48,299 | 7 | — | — |
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UCLA
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 51 | 9% | 18% / 82% | 14% | $40,714 | 5 | 90% | — |
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Bard
Annandale-On-Hudson,
NY
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Annandale-On-Hudson, NY | — | 48% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Liberal Arts Aesthetes
Intimate class sizes and incredible campus museums to cut your teeth on.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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Vassar
Poughkeepsie,
NY
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Poughkeepsie, NY | — | 21% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr,
PA
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Bryn Mawr, PA | 11 | 28% | 0% / 100% | 18% | $40,550 | 2 | — | — |
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Smith
Northampton,
MA
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Northampton, MA | 12 | 30% | 0% / 100% | 0% | $36,970 | 2 | 98% | — |
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Oberlin
Oberlin,
OH
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Oberlin, OH | 10 | 34% | 20% / 80% | 0% | $44,920 | 3 | 92% | — |
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Kenyon
Gambier,
OH
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Gambier, OH | 10 | 30% | 0% / 100% | 10% | $54,129 | 7 | 91% | — |
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Arts Admin Powerhouses
Blending business acumen with a keen eye for culture and entertainment.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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Northwestern
Evanston,
IL
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Evanston, IL | 5 | 7% | 0% / 100% | 20% | $48,993 | 5 | — | — |
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U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 10 | 5% | 30% / 70% | 10% | $49,896 | 7 | 83% | — |
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Brown
Providence,
RI
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Providence, RI | 10 | 6% | 30% / 70% | 20% | $72,199 | 54 | 88% | — |
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Stanford
Palo Alto,
CA
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Palo Alto, CA | 5 | 4% | 0% / 100% | 20% | $49,490 | 8 | — | — |
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U. of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
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Austin, TX | 26 | 22% | 15% / 85% | 0% | $46,131 | 11 | 85% | — |
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