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Polyglot Powerhouses
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Georgetown
Washington,
DC
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Washington, DC | 42 | 14% | 26% / 74% | 7% | $67,521 | 46 | 92% | — |
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Harvard
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 25 | 4% | 36% / 64% | 12% | $75,871 | 70 | — | — |
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MIT
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 1 | 5% | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | — | — | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 15 | 9% | 40% / 60% | 7% | $67,910 | 52 | 93% | — |
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Ohio State
Columbus,
OH
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Columbus, OH | 97 | 49% | 39% / 61% | 0% | $55,716 | 34 | 87% | — |
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Stanford
Palo Alto,
CA
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Palo Alto, CA | 17 | 4% | 29% / 71% | 18% | $78,877 | 74 | — | — |
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U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 132 | 11% | 31% / 69% | 7% | $55,770 | 42 | 82% | — |
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UCLA
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 191 | 9% | 39% / 61% | 11% | $61,094 | 48 | 86% | — |
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U. of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 29 | 5% | 48% / 52% | 7% | $72,765 | 55 | — | — |
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U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 14 | 5% | 21% / 79% | 0% | $71,032 | 58 | — | — |
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Syntax Scholars
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Michigan State
East Lansing,
MI
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East Lansing, MI | 43 | 83% | 40% / 60% | 0% | $58,597 | 40 | 87% | — |
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Pennsylvania State
University Park,
PA
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University Park, PA | 67 | 55% | 27% / 73% | 3% | $60,035 | 51 | 98% | — |
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U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla,
CA
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La Jolla, CA | 3 | 29% | 0% / 100% | 0% | $49,794 | 13 | — | — |
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U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara,
CA
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Santa Barbara, CA | 49 | 38% | 39% / 61% | 6% | $51,669 | 21 | 91% | — |
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U. of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu,
HI
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Honolulu, HI | 91 | 88% | 36% / 64% | 2% | $51,962 | 41 | 74% | — |
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U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign,
IL
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Champaign, IL | 40 | 37% | 28% / 73% | 3% | $55,313 | 37 | 92% | — |
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U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park,
MD
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College Park, MD | 73 | 45% | 30% / 70% | 0% | $57,446 | 46 | 85% | — |
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U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
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Ann Arbor, MI | 130 | 16% | 33% / 67% | 2% | $59,435 | 20 | 91% | — |
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U. of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
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Austin, TX | 72 | 22% | 24% / 76% | 4% | $58,409 | 42 | 90% | — |
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U. of Washington
Seattle,
WA
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Seattle, WA | 132 | 42% | 33% / 67% | 4% | $50,217 | 27 | 80% | — |
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Morpheme Masters
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Arizona State
Tempe,
AZ
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Tempe, AZ | 78 | 88% | 44% / 56% | 1% | $49,799 | 32 | 78% | — |
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Boston University
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 35 | 13% | 29% / 71% | 9% | $47,336 | 5 | 90% | — |
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Cornell
Ithaca,
NY
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Ithaca, NY | 28 | 8% | 36% / 64% | 11% | $67,036 | 40 | 97% | — |
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Indiana
Bloomington,
IN
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Bloomington, IN | 49 | 76% | 29% / 71% | 2% | $59,020 | 44 | 87% | — |
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Northern Arizona
Flagstaff,
AZ
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Flagstaff, AZ | 42 | 90% | 29% / 71% | 0% | $52,176 | 43 | 96% | — |
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U. of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz,
CA
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Santa Cruz, CA | 80 | 82% | 33% / 68% | 0% | $39,182 | 5 | 92% | — |
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U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder,
CO
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Boulder, CO | 61 | 71% | 39% / 61% | 2% | $51,260 | 23 | 89% | — |
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U. of Connecticut
Storrs,
CT
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Storrs, CT | 40 | 54% | 35% / 65% | 3% | $56,910 | 43 | 95% | — |
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U. of Oregon
Eugene,
OR
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Eugene, OR | 78 | 87% | 29% / 71% | 1% | $46,864 | 15 | 82% | — |
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Yale
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | 11 | 3% | 64% / 36% | 0% | $75,424 | 62 | — | — |
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Grammar Nerds
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh,
PA
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Pittsburgh, PA | 8 | 11% | 38% / 63% | 25% | $70,490 | 53 | — | — |
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Columbia
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 36 | 4% | 44% / 56% | 14% | $80,120 | 73 | 93% | — |
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Iowa State
Ames,
IA
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Ames, IA | 24 | 85% | 21% / 79% | 0% | $51,049 | 34 | 89% | — |
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Northwestern
Evanston,
IL
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Evanston, IL | 20 | 7% | 35% / 65% | 15% | $68,791 | 46 | — | — |
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Princeton
Princeton,
NJ
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Princeton, NJ | 24 | 4% | 38% / 63% | 13% | $67,868 | 52 | — | — |
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Purdue
West Lafayette,
IN
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West Lafayette, IN | 59 | 43% | 27% / 73% | 3% | $58,970 | 55 | — | — |
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U. of Kansas
Lawrence,
KS
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Lawrence, KS | 61 | 93% | 36% / 64% | 3% | $64,574 | 68 | 86% | — |
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U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh,
PA
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Pittsburgh, PA | 79 | 59% | 29% / 71% | 1% | $54,842 | 36 | 95% | — |
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U. of Southern California
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 36 | 11% | 33% / 67% | 14% | $58,657 | 19 | 86% | — |
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U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison,
WI
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Madison, WI | 128 | 41% | 30% / 70% | 2% | $61,911 | 51 | 94% | — |
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NY Times Crossword Puzzle Experts
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore,
MD
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Baltimore, MD | 0 | 6% | — | — | — | 69 | — | — |
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U. of California, Irvine
Irvine,
CA
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Irvine, CA | 28 | 29% | 21% / 79% | 0% | $47,370 | 12 | 89% | — |
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Georgia State
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 37 | 58% | 35% / 65% | 0% | $39,505 | 13 | 75% | — |
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CUNY City
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 8 | 42% | 13% / 88% | 0% | $56,652 | 70 | 82% | — |
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U. of Iowa
Iowa City,
IA
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Iowa City, IA | 55 | 80% | 40% / 60% | 4% | $53,247 | 35 | 95% | — |
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Brown
Providence,
RI
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Providence, RI | 2 | 6% | 50% / 50% | 0% | $69,027 | 45 | — | — |
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Washington State
Pullman,
WA
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Pullman, WA | 20 | 75% | 50% / 50% | 0% | $66,117 | 76 | 100% | — |
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Rice
Houston,
TX
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Houston, TX | 17 | 8% | 24% / 76% | 6% | $72,386 | 57 | — | — |
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George Washington
Washington,
DC
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Washington, DC | 12 | 47% | 25% / 75% | 8% | $81,450 | 76 | 94% | — |
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U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill,
NC
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Chapel Hill, NC | 37 | 17% | 35% / 65% | 5% | $57,467 | 40 | 89% | — |
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