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# University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 7,603 9% 39% / 61% 25% $86,970 84 93%
2 Tufts
Medford, MA
Medford, MA 1,843 11% 44% / 56% 12% $89,037 83 94%
3 U. of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 2,085 5% 52% / 48% 15% $121,990 98 94%
4 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 5,846 11% 49% / 51% 13% $83,729 78 93%
5 Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN 1,830 5% 49% / 51% 10% $100,153 91 95%

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# University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 1,904 6% 50% / 50% 11% $113,220 97 92%
2 Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
Hanover, NH 1,357 6% 50% / 50% 14% $105,723 94 96%
3 Harvey Mudd
Claremont, CA
Claremont, CA 228 12% 50% / 50% 12% $155,129 100 93%
4 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 2,917 5% 45% / 55% 13% $147,105 100 95%
5 Wellesley
Wellesley, MA
Wellesley, MA 573 15% 0% / 100% 13% $79,349 74 97%

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# University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 5,291 13% 43% / 57% 22% $80,064 74 94%
2 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY 2,496 4% 50% / 50% 20% $107,738 95 90%
3 Georgetown
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 1,868 14% 42% / 58% 14% $95,834 89 93%
4 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 2,431 7% 44% / 56% 10% $92,655 86 96%
5 Sarah Lawrence
Bronxville, NY
Bronxville, NY 354 38% 22% / 78% 7% $39,291 2 88%