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Grandma Eyebrow Raisers

Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious

Mount Olympus

Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, has heard about them.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	1,912	3%		50% / 50%	11%	$122,351	—
2	Yale University New Haven, CT	New Haven, CT	1,665	4%		49% / 51%	8%	$136,001	—
3	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Princeton, NJ	1,324	4%		48% / 52%	10%	$154,667	—
4	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Stanford, CA	2,002	4%		46% / 54%	10%	$149,219	—

Ivies, But

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Brown University Providence, RI	Providence, RI	1,944	5%		48% / 52%	11%	$126,336	—
2	Columbia University New York, NY	New York, NY	2,433	4%		50% / 50%	18%	$116,276	—
3	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Ithaca, NY	3,875	7%		46% / 54%	10%	$113,181	—
4	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	Hanover, NH	1,257	5%		52% / 48%	9%	$116,643	—
5	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia, PA	2,806	4%		46% / 54%	12%	$174,961	—

Nerd Cred

We build the future.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	1,099	5%		51% / 49%	10%	$165,471	—
2	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Pasadena, CA	235	3%		57% / 43%	9%	$117,893	—
3	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh, PA	1,678	11%		51% / 49%	19%	$157,437	—
4	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	4,576	15%		62% / 38%	11%	$132,716	—
5	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Berkeley, CA	9,207	11%		46% / 54%	13%	$109,700	—

Is Everyone an Ivy+ Now?

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD	1,344	5%		48% / 52%	13%	$103,798	—
2	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	Chicago, IL	1,926	5%		53% / 47%	16%	$130,457	—
3	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Evanston, IL	2,159	7%		45% / 55%	10%	$97,375	—
4	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Notre Dame, IN	2,357	9%		51% / 49%	4%	$116,199	—
5	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	Saint Louis, MO	1,994	8%		48% / 52%	8%	$119,020	—

Moving to a Warmer Climate

Ivies of the South

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Duke University Durham, NC	Durham, NC	2,128	5%		45% / 55%	16%	$137,012	—
2	Emory University Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	2,034	11%		41% / 59%	16%	$89,033	—
3	Rice University Houston, TX	Houston, TX	1,069	8%		53% / 47%	12%	$129,896	—
4	Tulane University New Orleans, LA	New Orleans, LA	2,022	8%		40% / 60%	7%	$94,604	—
5	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	Nashville, TN	1,855	4%		47% / 53%	8%	$99,854	—

Big City, World Famous

Location, Location, Location!

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	9,582	9%		40% / 60%	8%	$74,623	—
2	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	5,715	9%		47% / 53%	12%	$94,844	—
3	Georgetown University Washington, DC	Washington, DC	1,835	9%		43% / 57%	14%	$93,797	—
4	New York University New York, NY	New York, NY	6,210	8%		42% / 58%	24%	$85,178	—

I Love a Man in Uniform

Military Elite

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	United States Air Force Academy Usaf Academy, CO	Usaf Academy, CO	974	11%		69% / 31%	2%	—	—
2	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	West Point, NY	1,072	9%		78% / 22%	1%	—	—
3	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	Annapolis, MD	1,054	9%		70% / 30%	1%	—	—