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Toughest Schools

All-Nighter Hall of Fame

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Caltech
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA 250 4% 55% / 45% 10% $133,624 99 100% —
2 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 1,893 11% 49% / 51% 19% $147,257 100 96% —
3 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 4,187 8% 45% / 55% 10% $109,802 96 94% —
4 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 1,393 6% 43% / 57% 15% $94,049 88 91% —
5 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 1,158 5% 51% / 49% 10% $158,428 100 94% —
6 U. of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 2,085 5% 52% / 48% 15% $121,990 98 94% —

Library Lockdown

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 4,872 13% 60% / 40% 10% $114,357 99 95% —
2 Harvey Mudd
Claremont, CA
Claremont, CA 228 12% 50% / 50% 12% $155,129 100 93% —
3 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 1,337 4% 50% / 50% 11% $107,946 96 95% —
4 Swarthmore
Swarthmore, PA
Swarthmore, PA 456 8% 50% / 50% 14% $93,979 88 97% —
5 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 10,346 11% 46% / 54% 15% $99,940 96 93% —

Caffeine Required

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 5,291 13% 43% / 57% 22% $80,064 74 94% —
2 Reed
Portland, OR
Portland, OR 406 29% 38% / 62% 8% $52,744 9 89% —
3 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Troy, NY 1,266 63% 71% / 29% 14% $107,025 96 96% —
4 Wellesley
Wellesley, MA
Wellesley, MA 573 15% 0% / 100% 13% $79,349 74 97% —

The Students Claim They Do

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA
Needham, MA 94 8% 47% / 53% 5% $112,036 97 94% —
2 Grinnell
Grinnell, IA
Grinnell, IA 453 14% 46% / 54% 22% $75,627 60 97% —
3 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN
Terre Haute, IN 522 81% 74% / 26% 5% $115,555 98 97% —
4 Gettysburg
Gettysburg, PA
Gettysburg, PA 552 35% 50% / 50% 7% $74,293 62 96% —
5 Centre
Danville, KY
Danville, KY 320 48% 43% / 57% 4% $61,664 39 97% —
6 Lafayette
Easton, PA
Easton, PA 718 31% 50% / 50% 8% $86,313 81 97% —
7 Bucknell
Lewisburg, PA
Lewisburg, PA 906 32% 47% / 53% 4% $88,655 83 96% —
8 Williams
Williamstown, MA
Williamstown, MA 575 9% 48% / 52% 8% $94,459 88 91% —
9 Saint Olaf
Northfield, MN
Northfield, MN 681 45% 40% / 60% 11% $62,959 39 97% —
10 Colby
Waterville, ME
Waterville, ME 619 8% 45% / 55% 8% $88,337 82 96% —
11 Bowdoin
Brunswick, ME
Brunswick, ME 528 7% 51% / 49% 7% $94,964 88 95% —
12 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 2,170 12% 48% / 52% 8% $101,892 91 99% —
13 Amherst
Amherst, MA
Amherst, MA 537 8% 46% / 54% 12% $98,620 91 93% —