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Much Ado About Nothing

English, Literature & Writing

The Great American Novelists

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY 144 4% 38% / 63% 15% $67,168 43 86% —
2 Harvard
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 47 4% 26% / 74% 6% $60,217 30 92% —
3 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 82 9% 24% / 76% 7% $61,513 33 — —
4 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 56 4% 30% / 70% 4% $58,162 24 100% —
5 Stanford
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA 46 4% 37% / 63% 11% $53,827 13 86% —
6 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 298 11% 29% / 71% 5% $52,923 34 85% —
7 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 292 9% 22% / 78% 2% $52,347 22 91% —
8 U. of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 36 5% 31% / 69% 14% $56,422 12 87% —
9 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 49 5% 35% / 65% 10% $60,071 27 82% —
10 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT 82 3% 30% / 70% 9% $61,229 23 95% —

Ink & Quill

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 103 6% 38% / 62% 6% $53,029 8 92% —
2 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 27 8% 19% / 81% 11% $64,804 33 96% —
3 Duke
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 13 5% 31% / 69% 8% $79,627 66 92% —
4 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 1 5% 0% / 100% 0% $73,055 69 — —
5 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 132 49% 26% / 74% 2% $48,274 15 91% —
6 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 74 55% 27% / 73% 3% $51,404 26 92% —
7 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 108 37% 31% / 69% 1% $59,385 49 96% —
8 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 97 16% 26% / 74% 2% $55,436 12 96% —
9 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 151 22% 22% / 78% 1% $57,415 39 94% —
10 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 93 13% 20% / 80% 0% $64,932 43 91% —

Bookworm Elite

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 157 88% 29% / 71% 1% $49,504 31 88% —
2 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 51 13% 20% / 80% 6% $51,484 8 91% —
3 Georgetown
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 43 14% 14% / 86% 2% $76,323 67 96% —
4 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 27 6% 26% / 74% 4% $60,342 24 86% —
5 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 28 7% 25% / 75% 11% $60,813 22 100% —
6 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 146 46% 23% / 77% 1% $45,482 10 91% —
7 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 135 29% 29% / 71% 1% $46,439 11 88% —
8 U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, CA 152 38% 29% / 71% 2% $51,614 21 89% —
9 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 153 42% 29% / 71% 1% $48,443 22 87% —
10 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 96 41% 29% / 71% 1% $54,287 28 96% —

Well-Versed

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Chestnut Hill, MA 66 13% 23% / 77% 3% $66,214 39 93% —
2 CUNY City
New York, NY
New York, NY 69 42% 30% / 70% 3% $51,820 60 87% —
3 Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
Hanover, NH 38 6% 18% / 82% 3% $84,973 80 96% —
4 Emory
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 52 10% 21% / 79% 0% $58,262 17 96% —
5 Indiana
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN 39 76% 26% / 74% 0% $49,500 17 95% —
6 U. of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, HI 64 88% 17% / 83% 2% $37,594 8 86% —
7 U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 75 76% 31% / 69% 3% $50,411 37 92% —
8 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 112 17% 21% / 79% 2% $55,524 34 94% —
9 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 21 9% 19% / 81% 0% $68,781 44 93% —
10 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 53 11% 40% / 60% 6% $55,209 12 86% —

Page Turners

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 19 11% 42% / 58% 0% $92,624 86 100% —
2 George Washington
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 28 47% 25% / 75% 7% $62,893 33 97% —
3 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 84 83% 20% / 80% 0% $53,749 25 92% —
4 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 94 43% 22% / 78% 1% $48,993 26 97% —
5 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 100 29% 21% / 79% 1% $46,045 8 93% —
6 U. of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA 93 82% 32% / 68% 0% $37,532 4 90% —
7 U. of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA 204 80% 35% / 65% 2% $43,150 11 98% —
8 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 93 45% 33% / 67% 1% $54,880 39 92% —
9 U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 210 59% 37% / 63% 2% $53,912 33 97% —
10 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 43 12% 28% / 72% 2% $60,996 20 — —

Required Reading

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Brandeis
Waltham, MA
Waltham, MA 26 45% 35% / 65% 0% $49,055 6 98% —
2 Florida State
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 265 20% 22% / 78% 0% $48,997 48 94% —
3 Georgia State
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 79 58% 22% / 78% 4% $48,726 37 89% —
4 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 23 8% 17% / 83% 4% $61,635 27 91% —
5 Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY 58 35% 22% / 78% 2% $61,321 32 98% —
6 Tufts
Medford, MA
Medford, MA 33 11% 33% / 67% 0% $59,121 19 90% —
7 U. of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA 155 86% 30% / 70% 2% $46,864 13 90% —
8 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 103 71% 36% / 64% 0% $37,825 4 92% —
9 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 144 20% 28% / 72% 1% $53,233 47 92% —
10 U. of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Lawrence, KS 61 93% 18% / 82% 0% $47,266 22 87% —
11 U. of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR 76 87% 16% / 84% 1% $44,189 10 87% —
12 Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN 23 5% 43% / 57% 0% $69,050 45 93% —