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Infrastructure Elite

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 110 13% 58% / 42% 10% $91,659 94 95% —
2 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 6 5% 50% / 50% 33% $89,695 88 94% —
3 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 247 43% 63% / 37% 7% $88,842 92 95% —
4 Stanford
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA 13 4% 38% / 62% 8% $109,439 96 94% —
5 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 285 52% 75% / 25% 0% $98,834 96 99% —
6 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 91 11% 59% / 41% 7% $91,492 93 96% —
7 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 173 37% 68% / 32% 27% $91,527 92 97% —
8 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 30 16% 50% / 50% 0% $88,421 83 93% —
9 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 179 22% 61% / 39% 2% $96,359 94 95% —
10 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 208 55% 69% / 31% 3% $85,365 90 99% —

Bridge Builders

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Caltech
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA — 4% — — — — — —
2 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY 14 4% 36% / 64% 7% $89,660 84 94% —
3 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 44 8% 50% / 50% 14% $96,087 88 97% —
4 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 25 7% 44% / 56% 4% $99,281 90 — —
5 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 32 4% 34% / 66% 19% $97,600 91 — —
6 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN
Terre Haute, IN 29 81% 62% / 38% 0% $92,796 88 96% —
7 United States Air Force Academy
Usaf Academy, CO
Usaf Academy, CO 51 12% 65% / 35% 2% $90,856 — — —
8 United States Military Academy
West Point, NY
West Point, NY 37 12% 89% / 11% 0% $89,161 — — —
9 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 85 9% 49% / 51% 4% $90,114 90 95% —
10 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 147 29% 65% / 35% 3% $81,805 82 97% —

Project Managers

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Bucknell
Lewisburg, PA
Lewisburg, PA 22 32% 50% / 50% 0% $89,747 84 100% —
2 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 33 11% 55% / 45% 12% $108,056 95 100% —
3 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 98 83% 72% / 28% 2% $87,611 88 96% —
4 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 286 55% 73% / 27% 6% $90,819 92 98% —
5 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 21 8% 38% / 62% 14% $96,104 89 94% —
6 United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
Annapolis, MD — 9% — — — — — —
7 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 129 46% 65% / 35% 5% $89,308 90 96% —
8 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 88 71% 59% / 41% 22% $84,512 87 95% —
9 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 99 42% 59% / 41% 5% $85,064 89 96% —
10 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 60 41% 80% / 20% 2% $85,884 87 96% —

Hard Hat Ready

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 137 88% 66% / 34% 11% $88,108 92 96% —
2 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 6 6% 83% / 17% 0% $99,166 91 — —
3 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 127 49% 85% / 15% 3% $84,686 87 96% —
4 Santa Clara
Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara, CA 28 48% 61% / 39% 4% $100,107 93 100% —
5 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 113 20% 69% / 31% 1% $87,174 93 95% —
6 U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 76 76% 70% / 30% 9% $82,748 90 94% —
7 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 87 45% 59% / 41% 2% $84,965 88 96% —
8 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 34 11% 41% / 59% 3% $103,086 93 98% —
9 Villanova
Villanova, PA
Villanova, PA 60 28% 50% / 50% 2% $86,503 80 98% —
10 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT — 3% — — — — — —

The Deep Bench

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Golden, CO 82 29% 57% / 43% 2% $89,398 90 92% —
2 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO 73 82% 73% / 27% 4% $84,901 90 96% —
3 Duke
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 14 5% 50% / 50% 0% $103,554 91 — —
4 Gonzaga
Spokane, WA
Spokane, WA 38 80% 58% / 42% 3% $82,056 83 98% —
5 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 154 85% 81% / 19% 2% $94,413 95 97% —
6 Manhattan
Riverdale, NY
Riverdale, NY 90 62% 82% / 18% 0% $98,055 94 96% —
7 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 25 9% 60% / 40% 20% $88,717 85 96% —
8 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 161 40% 72% / 28% 1% $87,939 92 98% —
9 Oregon State
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR 138 75% 70% / 30% 2% $85,901 90 100% —
10 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 81 29% 62% / 38% 7% $83,562 86 100% —
11 U. of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 91 76% 68% / 32% 30% $92,831 96 95% —
12 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 31 9% 58% / 42% 0% $96,827 88 100% —
13 Washington State
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA 73 75% 75% / 25% 4% $89,210 94 96% —