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The Thinkers
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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Harvard
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 29 | 4% | 38% / 62% | 14% | $83,445 | 81 | — | — |
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MIT
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 2 | 5% | 0% / 100% | 0% | $92,788 | 90 | — | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 37 | 9% | 41% / 59% | 46% | $72,413 | 62 | 88% | — |
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Princeton
Princeton,
NJ
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Princeton, NJ | 21 | 4% | 62% / 38% | 10% | $73,864 | 66 | — | — |
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Stanford
Palo Alto,
CA
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Palo Alto, CA | 92 | 4% | 50% / 50% | 8% | $83,849 | 80 | 96% | — |
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U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 74 | 11% | 54% / 46% | 7% | $48,332 | 20 | 88% | — |
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U. of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | — | 5% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame,
IN
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Notre Dame, IN | 10 | 9% | 80% / 20% | 10% | $69,414 | 46 | 100% | — |
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U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh,
PA
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Pittsburgh, PA | 39 | 59% | 67% / 33% | 21% | $51,529 | 26 | 100% | — |
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Yale
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | 21 | 3% | 48% / 52% | 10% | $82,247 | 74 | — | — |
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The Questioners
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Boston College
Chestnut Hill,
MA
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Chestnut Hill, MA | 27 | 13% | 67% / 33% | 4% | $53,707 | 10 | 88% | — |
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Boston University
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 47 | 13% | 45% / 55% | 17% | $63,450 | 34 | 96% | — |
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Cornell
Ithaca,
NY
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Ithaca, NY | 25 | 8% | 48% / 52% | 16% | $69,800 | 48 | — | — |
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Johns Hopkins
Baltimore,
MD
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Baltimore, MD | 1 | 6% | 100% / 0% | 0% | $71,349 | 56 | — | — |
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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station,
TX
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College Station, TX | 24 | 52% | 50% / 50% | 0% | $62,938 | 59 | 89% | — |
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U. of California, Irvine
Irvine,
CA
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Irvine, CA | 42 | 29% | 55% / 45% | 10% | $48,690 | 15 | 90% | — |
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U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla,
CA
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La Jolla, CA | 17 | 29% | 47% / 53% | 12% | $31,812 | 2 | 87% | — |
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U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
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Ann Arbor, MI | 32 | 16% | 50% / 50% | 3% | $74,127 | 61 | 91% | — |
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U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill,
NC
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Chapel Hill, NC | 27 | 17% | 41% / 59% | 4% | $60,882 | 50 | 100% | — |
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U. of Southern California
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 63 | 11% | 51% / 49% | 8% | $83,881 | 78 | 84% | — |
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Armchair Philosophers
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Brown
Providence,
RI
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Providence, RI | 25 | 6% | 52% / 48% | 20% | $70,418 | 49 | — | — |
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Columbia
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 42 | 4% | 69% / 31% | 14% | $34,463 | 1 | 76% | — |
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CUNY City
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 9 | 42% | 67% / 33% | 22% | $45,632 | 44 | 84% | — |
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Georgetown
Washington,
DC
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Washington, DC | 91 | 14% | 37% / 63% | 14% | $68,644 | 49 | — | — |
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Indiana
Bloomington,
IN
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Bloomington, IN | 14 | 76% | 50% / 50% | 7% | $48,940 | 16 | 100% | — |
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Pennsylvania State
University Park,
PA
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University Park, PA | 49 | 55% | 49% / 51% | 8% | $64,289 | 61 | 80% | — |
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U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 22 | 5% | 55% / 45% | 18% | $101,405 | 93 | 95% | — |
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U. of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
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Austin, TX | 50 | 22% | 48% / 52% | 4% | $55,712 | 34 | 81% | — |
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U. of Virginia
Charlottesville,
VA
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Charlottesville, VA | 19 | 13% | 58% / 42% | 0% | $63,144 | 38 | 100% | — |
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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis,
MO
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Saint Louis, MO | 10 | 12% | 80% / 20% | 0% | $70,968 | 50 | — | — |
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Late Night Debaters
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
DePaul
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 13 | 88% | 62% / 38% | 0% | $50,641 | 20 | 83% | — |
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Duke
Durham,
NC
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Durham, NC | 8 | 5% | 38% / 63% | 13% | $69,412 | 40 | — | — |
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Emory
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 48 | 10% | 46% / 54% | 15% | $78,045 | 69 | — | — |
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Northwestern
Evanston,
IL
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Evanston, IL | 16 | 7% | 56% / 44% | 19% | $71,476 | 53 | — | — |
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UCLA
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 110 | 9% | 51% / 49% | 4% | $47,302 | 12 | 82% | — |
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U. of California, Riverside
Riverside,
CA
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Riverside, CA | 47 | 86% | 43% / 57% | 0% | $56,454 | 38 | 94% | — |
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U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder,
CO
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Boulder, CO | 49 | 71% | 53% / 47% | 2% | $53,314 | 29 | 87% | — |
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U. of Memphis
Memphis,
TN
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Memphis, TN | 6 | 72% | 50% / 50% | 0% | $42,755 | 27 | 86% | — |
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U. of Utah
Salt Lake City,
UT
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Salt Lake City, UT | 24 | 82% | 71% / 29% | 8% | $57,675 | 54 | — | — |
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Vanderbilt
Nashville,
TN
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Nashville, TN | 8 | 5% | 38% / 63% | 0% | $113,191 | 97 | 95% | — |
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Existential Crisis Club
| # ▲ | 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 | 14 | 11% | 29% / 71% | 0% | $69,636 | 50 | — | — |
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Fordham
Bronx,
NY
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Bronx, NY | 28 | 47% | 61% / 39% | 4% | $88,510 | 85 | 80% | — |
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Michigan State
East Lansing,
MI
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East Lansing, MI | 14 | 83% | 29% / 71% | 7% | $55,361 | 30 | — | — |
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U. of California, Davis
Davis,
CA
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Davis, CA | 70 | 46% | 36% / 64% | 10% | $51,480 | 21 | 95% | — |
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U. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati,
OH
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Cincinnati, OH | 6 | 85% | 33% / 67% | 0% | $51,857 | 38 | — | — |
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U. of Connecticut
Storrs,
CT
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Storrs, CT | 14 | 54% | 50% / 50% | 14% | $53,325 | 32 | — | — |
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