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Can't Hide Behind Your GPA
SAT-required, Highest Medians
1600-Aspiring
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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| 1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 1,099 | 5% | 51% / 49% | 10% | $165,471 | — |
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California Institute of Technology
Pasadena,
CA
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Pasadena, CA | 235 | 3% | 57% / 43% | 9% | $117,893 | — |
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore,
MD
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Baltimore, MD | 1,344 | 5% | 48% / 52% | 13% | $103,798 | — |
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Harvard University
Cambridge,
MA
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Cambridge, MA | 1,912 | 3% | 50% / 50% | 11% | $122,351 | — |
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Above Average in High School is Not Enough
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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| 1 |
Rice University
Houston,
TX
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Houston, TX | 1,069 | 8% | 53% / 47% | 12% | $129,896 | — |
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| 2 |
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 2,806 | 4% | 46% / 54% | 12% | $174,961 | — |
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Yale University
New Haven,
CT
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New Haven, CT | 1,665 | 4% | 49% / 51% | 8% | $136,001 | — |
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Brown University
Providence,
RI
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Providence, RI | 1,944 | 5% | 48% / 52% | 11% | $126,336 | — |
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Northwestern University
Evanston,
IL
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Evanston, IL | 2,159 | 7% | 45% / 55% | 10% | $97,375 | — |
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville,
TN
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Nashville, TN | 1,855 | 4% | 47% / 53% | 8% | $99,854 | — |
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Dartmouth College
Hanover,
NH
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Hanover, NH | 1,257 | 5% | 52% / 48% | 9% | $116,643 | — |
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Cornell University
Ithaca,
NY
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Ithaca, NY | 3,875 | 7% | 46% / 54% | 10% | $113,181 | — |
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University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame,
IN
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Notre Dame, IN | 2,357 | 9% | 51% / 49% | 4% | $116,199 | — |
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Georgetown University
Washington,
DC
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Washington, DC | 1,835 | 9% | 43% / 57% | 14% | $93,797 | — |
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United States Naval Academy
Annapolis,
MD
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Annapolis, MD | 1,054 | 9% | 70% / 30% | 1% | — | — |
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 4,576 | 15% | 62% / 38% | 11% | $132,716 | — |
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University of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
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Austin, TX | 10,478 | 25% | 42% / 58% | 4% | $89,009 | — |
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