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# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Columbia University
New York, NY
New York, NY 54 4% 50% / 50% 4% $64,176 —
2 Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 264 7% 45% / 55% 5% $64,812 —
3 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 46 3% 65% / 35% 11% — —
4 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 22 5% 50% / 50% 18% — —
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 23 5% 22% / 78% 4% $92,008 —
6 Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA 76 4% 53% / 47% 4% $67,418 —
7 University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 143 11% 24% / 76% 6% $67,702 —
8 University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 442 9% 33% / 67% 0% $66,911 —
9 University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 351 24% 38% / 62% 7% $74,006 —
10 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 96 8% 36% / 64% 4% $83,596 —
11 Yale University
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT — 4% — — — —

Lab Gods

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA 6 3% 33% / 67% 0% — —
2 Duke University
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 159 5% 35% / 65% 1% $75,112 —
3 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 182 8% 37% / 63% 8% $75,934 —
4 Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ — 4% — — — —
5 University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 389 37% 34% / 66% 10% $59,225 —
6 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 126 5% 38% / 62% 10% $69,303 —
7 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 305 15% 27% / 73% 4% $65,678 —
8 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 160 4% 35% / 65% 11% $79,842 —
9 University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 194 44% 38% / 62% 4% $68,382 —

The Double Helix

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 169 13% 30% / 70% 11% $62,913 —
2 Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 202 11% 37% / 63% 13% $84,123 —
3 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 590 65% 32% / 68% 1% $70,437 —
4 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 137 7% 34% / 66% 6% $76,781 —
5 Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 405 55% 28% / 72% 3% $69,536 —
6 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 577 23% 34% / 66% 1% $63,625 —
7 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 571 16% 35% / 65% 3% $68,543 —
8 University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 744 25% 33% / 67% 1% $67,820 —
9 University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 354 43% 35% / 65% 3% $73,991 —
10 Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN 15 4% 40% / 60% 7% — —

Petri Dish Elite

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Brown University
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 102 5% 28% / 72% 5% $64,499 —
2 Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 125 15% 28% / 72% 3% $68,720 —
3 North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 435 40% 29% / 71% 1% $72,472 —
4 Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 489 53% 36% / 64% 2% $72,996 —
5 Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 118 50% 35% / 65% 6% $84,634 —
6 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 319 47% 34% / 66% 0% $76,979 —
7 University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 793 21% 32% / 68% 6% $63,834 —
8 University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, CA 377 26% 37% / 63% 2% $67,317 —
9 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL — 43% — — — —
10 University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 447 45% 31% / 69% 2% $63,725 —

Cell Division

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 865 88% 34% / 66% 3% $58,669 —
2 Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN 264 72% 37% / 63% 1% $71,388 —
3 Rice University
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 106 8% 40% / 60% 4% — —
4 University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA 582 66% 38% / 62% 1% $54,645 —
5 University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA 141 47% 38% / 62% 0% $62,347 —
6 University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 358 55% 37% / 63% 5% $67,600 —
7 University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 428 42% 36% / 64% 2% $69,254 —
8 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 73 9% 44% / 56% 1% $68,385 —
9 University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 262 13% 28% / 72% 3% $67,301 —
10 Washington State University
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA 256 75% 31% / 69% 2% $58,620 —

Mitosis Mode

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 21 11% 14% / 86% 5% — —
2 Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH 119 35% 43% / 57% 8% $68,975 —
3 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO 200 82% 32% / 69% 2% $58,319 —
4 Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Hanover, NH 41 5% 51% / 49% 7% $71,972 —
5 Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 173 85% 37% / 63% 1% $65,826 —
6 Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 126 5% 39% / 61% 5% $90,311 —
7 Tufts University
Medford, MA
Medford, MA 140 10% 33% / 67% 4% $66,963 —
8 University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO — 75% — — — —
9 University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables, FL 86 17% 23% / 77% 2% $62,205 —
10 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 293 42% 31% / 69% 2% $62,472 —

Natural Selection

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 CUNY City College
New York, NY
New York, NY 115 42% 28% / 72% 4% $72,358 —
2 Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 414 23% 31% / 69% 0% $54,562 —
3 George Washington University
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 68 28% 18% / 82% 1% $60,121 —
4 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 35 9% 37% / 63% 6% $62,316 —
5 Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR 185 75% 30% / 70% 2% $51,445 —
6 University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH 176 72% 35% / 65% 3% $69,636 —
7 University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT 167 49% 31% / 69% 5% $68,469 —
8 University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Lawrence, KS 28 88% 32% / 68% 4% $66,957 —
9 University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 212 33% 34% / 66% 11% $73,592 —
10 University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT 261 82% 44% / 56% 3% $69,775 —

Evolving

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Florida International University
Miami, FL
Miami, FL 934 42% 31% / 69% 3% $56,245 —
2 Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
Manhattan, KS 94 95% 32% / 68% 3% $72,576 —
3 Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans, LA — 8% — — — —
4 University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA 92 83% 39% / 61% 3% $68,125 —
5 University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD — 70% — — — —
6 University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Columbia, MO 263 72% 37% / 63% 1% $71,335 —
7 University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 177 9% 37% / 63% 2% $91,919 —
8 Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Richmond, VA 413 72% 28% / 72% 3% $63,861 —
9 Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Winston-Salem, NC 85 15% 29% / 71% 2% $70,426 —
10 Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Detroit, MI 123 72% 41% / 59% 5% $67,881 —

The Control Group

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Auburn University
Auburn, AL
Auburn, AL 24 47% 17% / 83% 0% $87,542 —
2 Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Chestnut Hill, MA 185 14% 33% / 67% 6% $74,343 —
3 Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Waltham, MA 74 45% 41% / 59% 9% $61,394 —
4 Clemson University
Clemson, SC
Clemson, SC 336 42% 31% / 69% 0% $73,468 —
5 Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 336 58% 27% / 73% 15% $65,357 —
6 Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 360 72% 28% / 72% 1% $72,083 —
7 Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 74 48% 39% / 61% 3% $70,599 —
8 Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 232 55% 32% / 68% 3% $75,489 —
9 Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, TX 266 55% 37% / 63% 1% $57,710 —
10 University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Birmingham, AL 127 72% 30% / 70% 4% $61,734 —
11 University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL 449 25% 30% / 70% 1% $53,441 —
12 University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Newark, DE 158 55% 33% / 67% 3% $79,566 —
13 University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, HI 109 55% 35% / 65% 4% $50,122 —
14 University of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 342 55% 32% / 68% 3% $64,277 —
15 University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY 172 90% 38% / 62% 1% $69,449 —
16 University of Oklahoma - Norman
Norman, OK
Norman, OK — 72% — — — —
17 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR 180 78% 34% / 66% 1% $63,238 —
18 University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC 376 55% 28% / 72% 1% $71,128 —
19 University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL 332 35% 32% / 68% 3% $57,649 —
20 University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX 288 72% 39% / 61% 3% $68,068 —
21 University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Burlington, VT 112 60% 31% / 69% 0% $62,530 —