Top 2018 Rankings For California State University - Sacramento
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All 2018 Rankings For California State University - Sacramento
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | |
| California |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | |
| California | 35 of 79 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | |
| California | 36 of 79 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | 60 of 124 |
| California | 27 of 79 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 465 of 2354 |
| Ethnic | 40 of 2597 |
| Male / Female | 786 of 2594 |
| Location |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 37 of 527 |
| Most Focused | 206 of 527 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 114 of 286 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 93 of 247 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 18 of 391 |
| Most Focused | 98 of 391 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 197 of 1413 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 86 of 892 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 130 of 1371 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 65 of 850 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 292 of 825 |
| Best Value | 314 of 798 |
| Most Popular | 106 of 2042 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 82 of 903 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 249 of 724 |
| Best Value | 302 of 701 |
| Most Popular | 22 of 1719 |
| Most Focused | 541 of 1720 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 43 of 725 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 260 of 582 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 34 of 1219 |
| Most Focused | 202 of 1219 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 20 of 714 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 203 of 519 |
| Best Value | 195 of 508 |
| Most Popular | 8 of 1039 |
| Most Focused | 110 of 1036 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 22 of 606 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 151 of 343 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 56 of 233 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 207 of 568 |
| Best Value | 163 of 547 |
| Most Popular | 211 of 1603 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 121 of 826 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 103 of 268 |
| Best Value | 55 of 260 |
| Most Popular | 62 of 599 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 83 of 360 |
Education
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 64 of 1365 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 708 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 18 of 1169 |
| Most Focused | 492 of 1169 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 50 of 503 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 115 of 582 |
| Most Focused | 270 of 582 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 130 of 356 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 36 of 260 |
| Most Focused | 121 of 260 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 209 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 81 of 272 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 45 of 191 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 101 of 343 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 87 of 274 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 64 of 326 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Engineering Technologies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 178 |
Construction Engineering Technology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 87 of 1359 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 155 of 874 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 63 of 1280 |
| Most Focused | 565 of 1281 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 154 of 805 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
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| Most Popular | 37 of 376 |
| Most Focused | 157 of 376 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 202 |
General Family & Consumer Sciences
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| Most Popular | 5 of 84 |
| Most Focused | 21 of 84 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 280 of 939 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 169 of 656 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 151 of 817 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 116 of 581 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 245 of 582 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 108 of 1703 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 77 of 692 |
Communication Sciences
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| Most Popular | 10 of 262 |
| Most Focused | 94 of 262 |
Health Sciences & Services
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| Most Popular | 27 of 278 |
| Most Focused |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 170 of 513 |
| Best Value | 205 of 497 |
| Most Popular | 168 of 1124 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 513 |
History
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 46 of 1260 |
| Most Focused | 563 of 1261 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
History
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 46 of 1260 |
| Most Focused | 563 of 1261 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 241 of 831 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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| Top Ranked | 122 of 399 |
| Best Value | 171 of 380 |
| Most Popular | 24 of 1127 |
| Most Focused | 439 of 1128 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 361 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
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| Top Ranked | 113 of 401 |
| Best Value | 155 of 382 |
| Most Popular | 19 of 1105 |
| Most Focused | 427 of 1103 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 421 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 124 of 340 |
| Best Value | 146 of 328 |
| Most Popular | 171 of 1152 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 462 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 122 of 352 |
| Best Value | 141 of 339 |
| Most Popular | 171 of 1152 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 43 of 505 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 154 of 1231 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 172 of 810 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 121 of 1178 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 146 of 772 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 119 of 1017 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 113 of 394 |
Gerontology
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| Most Popular | 1 of 31 |
| Most Focused | 8 of 31 |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | 114 of 529 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | 116 of 745 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 56 of 271 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 87 of 689 |
| Most Focused |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked | 81 of 452 |
| Best Value | 144 of 445 |
| Most Popular | 32 of 889 |
| Most Focused | 413 of 890 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 88 of 415 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked | 174 of 443 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 44 of 819 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 46 of 456 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
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| Top Ranked | 26 of 59 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 12 of 109 |
| Most Focused | 51 of 109 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 72 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 79 of 956 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 141 of 616 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 40 of 756 |
| Most Focused | 359 of 756 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 123 of 544 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 192 of 1143 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 188 of 787 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 202 of 1087 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 149 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 125 of 430 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 79 of 346 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 265 of 705 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 133 of 534 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 52 of 1490 |
| Most Focused | 650 of 1492 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 189 of 899 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 402 of 832 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 43 of 1405 |
| Most Focused | 578 of 1407 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 175 of 842 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked | 198 of 406 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 22 of 863 |
| Most Focused | 406 of 862 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 211 of 457 |
Social Work
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| Top Ranked | 144 of 366 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 3 of 577 |
| Most Focused | 252 of 576 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 106 of 368 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 243 of 676 |
| Best Value | 168 of 661 |
| Most Popular | 50 of 1316 |
| Most Focused | 291 of 1317 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 212 of 877 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 96 of 422 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 122 of 339 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 63 of 729 |
| Most Focused | 221 of 729 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 116 of 542 |
General Social Sciences
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| Most Popular | 42 of 278 |
| Most Focused |
Geography & Cartography
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 55 of 267 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 44 of 227 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 76 of 1081 |
| Most Focused | 474 of 1081 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 106 of 763 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 10 of 971 |
| Most Focused | 119 of 969 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 202 of 695 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 117 of 1529 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 136 of 852 |
Design & Applied Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 110 of 653 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 52 of 268 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 185 of 809 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 115 of 544 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 68 of 364 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 80 of 175 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 230 of 507 |
| Best Value | 193 of 498 |
| Most Popular | 161 of 1114 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 30 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 169 of 1030 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 122 of 657 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Baseball (D1) | |
| Men's Basketball (D1) | |
| Men's Football (FCS) | |
| Men's Soccer (D1) |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D1) | |
| Women's Soccer (D1) | |
| Women's Softball (D1) | |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) |
Veterans
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| Overall | 361 of 1423 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 87 of 178 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 257 of 831 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 115 of 829 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 135 of 861 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 114 of 759 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 121 of 590 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 50 of 527 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 86 of 587 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 38 of 274 |
Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 80 of 164 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 101 of 267 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 163 of 617 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 110 of 631 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 141 of 358 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 109 of 374 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 173 of 606 |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 52 of 531 |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 65 of 577 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 65 of 601 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 72 of 419 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 58 of 421 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 32 of 349 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 24 of 361 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 216 of 473 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 176 of 476 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 20 of 459 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 60 of 451 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 59 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 107 of 246 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 198 of 477 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 184 of 413 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 85 of 251 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 135 of 841 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 103 of 848 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 110 of 410 |
Social Work
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 49 of 369 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 76 of 681 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 105 of 273 |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 163 of 442 |
Geography & Cartography
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 105 of 601 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 66 of 528 |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 171 of 648 |
Design & Applied Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 44 of 521 |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall | 106 of 1164 |
International Quality
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| OVERALL | |
| China | |
| Hong Kong | |
| India | |
| Iran | |
| Japan | |
| Malaysia | |
| Mexico | |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| South Korea | |
| Taiwan | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Vietnam |
International Value
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| OVERALL | 247 of 1148 |
| China | 237 of 786 |
| Hong Kong | 78 of 178 |
| India | 154 of 607 |
| Iran | |
| Japan | 198 of 407 |
| Malaysia | 104 of 208 |
| Mexico | |
| Saudi Arabia | 226 of 539 |
| South Korea | 190 of 558 |
| Taiwan | 129 of 333 |
| United Kingdom | 154 of 462 |
| Vietnam | 146 of 442 |
