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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 | 5-Year Earn | ||
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Williams College
Williamstown,
MA
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Williamstown, MA | — | 8% | — | — | — | — |
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Yale University
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | 15 | 4% | 20% / 80% | 0% | $29,846 | — |
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Columbia University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 26 | 4% | 31% / 69% | 12% | $51,603 | — |
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Harvard University
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 18 | 3% | 39% / 61% | 6% | — | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 45 | 8% | 24% / 76% | 40% | $51,808 | — |
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Theoretical Heavyweights
Brutally rigorous academic programs for future critics and historians.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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University of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 20 | 5% | 25% / 75% | 20% | — | — |
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University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 34 | 11% | 9% / 91% | 9% | $51,328 | — |
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Princeton University
Princeton,
NJ
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Princeton, NJ | 12 | 4% | 33% / 67% | 0% | — | — |
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University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 50 | 9% | 14% / 86% | 8% | $48,018 | — |
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Bard College
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 | 5-Year Earn | ||
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Vassar College
Poughkeepsie,
NY
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Poughkeepsie, NY | — | 15% | — | — | — | — |
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Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr,
PA
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Bryn Mawr, PA | 6 | 29% | 0% / 100% | 17% | — | — |
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Smith College
Northampton,
MA
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Northampton, MA | 8 | 20% | 0% / 100% | 0% | $35,533 | — |
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Oberlin College
Oberlin,
OH
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Oberlin, OH | 10 | 25% | 10% / 90% | 0% | — | — |
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Kenyon College
Gambier,
OH
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Gambier, OH | 14 | 25% | 7% / 93% | 0% | — | — |
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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 | 5-Year Earn | ||
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Northwestern University
Evanston,
IL
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Evanston, IL | 7 | 7% | 14% / 86% | 0% | — | — |
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 8 | 4% | 0% / 100% | 13% | $45,667 | — |
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Brown University
Providence,
RI
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Providence, RI | 13 | 5% | 23% / 77% | 15% | $73,551 | — |
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Stanford University
Stanford,
CA
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Stanford, CA | 6 | 4% | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | — |
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University of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
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Austin, TX | 34 | 25% | 9% / 91% | 0% | $56,104 | — |
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