Top 2020 Rankings For Columbia University in the City of New York
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All 2020 Rankings For Columbia University in the City of New York
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 26 of 1722 |
| Middle Atlantic | 6 of 328 |
| New York | 3 of 132 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 574 of 1483 |
| Middle Atlantic | 95 of 287 |
| New York | 36 of 115 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 87 of 1482 |
| Middle Atlantic | 16 of 287 |
| New York | 22 of 115 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 626 of 1483 |
| Middle Atlantic | 107 of 287 |
| New York | 40 of 115 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 11 of 2200 |
| Ethnic | 90 of 2419 |
| Male / Female | 457 of 2417 |
| Location | 15 of 2174 |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Top Ranked | 26 of 109 |
| Best Value | 48 of 107 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 142 |
General Architecture
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 91 |
| Best Value | 14 of 89 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 91 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | 19 of 173 |
| Best Value | 26 of 169 |
| Most Popular | 26 of 508 |
| Most Focused | 46 of 508 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 281 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 170 |
| Best Value | 23 of 166 |
| Most Popular | 16 of 359 |
| Most Focused | 34 of 359 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 250 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 68 of 384 |
| Most Focused | 99 of 384 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 63 of 824 |
| Best Value | 348 of 808 |
| Most Popular | 176 of 1422 |
| Most Focused | 568 of 1422 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 889 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked | 36 of 237 |
| Best Value | 84 of 233 |
| Most Popular | 180 of 574 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 357 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 20 of 820 |
| Best Value | 284 of 803 |
| Most Popular | 255 of 1379 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 846 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences
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| Most Popular | 36 of 184 |
| Most Focused | 67 of 184 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 135 of 901 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Most Popular | 816 of 1667 |
| Most Focused |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 32 of 602 |
| Best Value | 198 of 575 |
| Most Popular | 83 of 1512 |
| Most Focused | 204 of 1512 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 823 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 286 |
| Best Value | 88 of 278 |
| Most Popular | 18 of 604 |
| Most Focused | 29 of 605 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 359 |
Information Science
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 123 |
Education
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| Most Popular | |
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General Education
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| Most Popular | |
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Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 48 of 309 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 121 of 595 |
| Most Focused | 126 of 595 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 354 |
Biomedical Engineering
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| Most Popular | 59 of 141 |
| Most Focused | 40 of 141 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 92 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 151 |
| Best Value | 48 of 150 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 146 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 23 of 207 |
| Best Value | 79 of 203 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 208 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 50 of 165 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 138 of 282 |
| Most Focused | 138 of 282 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 189 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 23 of 269 |
| Best Value | 90 of 264 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 274 |
Engineering Physics
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| Most Popular | 13 of 80 |
| Most Focused | 34 of 80 |
Environmental Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 46 |
| Best Value | 9 of 45 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 56 |
Industrial Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 90 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 272 |
| Best Value | 103 of 268 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 263 |
Operations Research
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| Most Popular | 2 of 10 |
| Most Focused | 4 of 10 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 600 |
| Best Value | 177 of 585 |
| Most Popular | 84 of 1350 |
| Most Focused | 208 of 1351 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 870 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 621 |
| Best Value | 185 of 603 |
| Most Popular | 108 of 1268 |
| Most Focused | 234 of 1267 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 800 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 64 of 365 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 200 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 341 |
| Best Value | 78 of 334 |
| Most Popular | 34 of 942 |
| Most Focused | 79 of 940 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 652 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | 25 of 231 |
| Most Focused | 90 of 231 |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | 37 of 272 |
| Most Focused | 79 of 272 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 196 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 60 of 299 |
| Most Focused | 57 of 299 |
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
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| Most Popular | 3 of 51 |
| Most Focused | 7 of 51 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 352 |
| Best Value | 87 of 345 |
| Most Popular | 89 of 809 |
| Most Focused | 235 of 809 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 570 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
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| Most Popular | 21 of 106 |
| Most Focused | 25 of 106 |
Health Professions
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 667 |
Nursing
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 500 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 549 |
| Best Value | 145 of 533 |
| Most Popular | 39 of 1246 |
| Most Focused | 100 of 1247 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 138 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 581 |
| Best Value | 158 of 565 |
| Most Popular | 39 of 1246 |
| Most Focused | 100 of 1247 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 826 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 13 of 341 |
| Best Value | 120 of 329 |
| Most Popular | 532 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 455 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 351 |
| Best Value | 120 of 338 |
| Most Popular | 532 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 503 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 472 |
| Best Value | 101 of 460 |
| Most Popular | 31 of 1225 |
| Most Focused | 43 of 1222 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 800 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 55 |
| Best Value | 17 of 54 |
| Most Popular | 32 of 189 |
| Most Focused | 59 of 189 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 93 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 476 |
| Best Value | 104 of 465 |
| Most Popular | 64 of 1170 |
| Most Focused | 130 of 1171 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 769 |
Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 66 |
| Best Value | 9 of 66 |
| Most Popular | 20 of 132 |
| Most Focused | 13 of 132 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 83 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 257 of 1030 |
| Most Focused |
Mathematics & Computer Science
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| Most Popular | 18 of 40 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 20 |
Sustainability Science
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| Most Popular | 3 of 64 |
| Most Focused | 11 of 64 |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
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Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
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Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 242 |
| Best Value | 36 of 235 |
| Most Popular | 10 of 943 |
| Most Focused | 91 of 939 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 606 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 229 |
| Best Value | 27 of 222 |
| Most Popular | 9 of 732 |
| Most Focused | 46 of 731 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 524 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | 4 of 53 |
| Most Focused | 21 of 53 |
Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 77 |
| Best Value | 26 of 76 |
| Most Popular | 102 of 540 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 332 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 479 |
| Best Value | 141 of 470 |
| Most Popular | 97 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | 232 of 1156 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 788 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics
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| Most Popular | 27 of 82 |
| Most Focused | 30 of 82 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 31 of 435 |
| Best Value | 148 of 426 |
| Most Popular | 285 of 1099 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 242 |
| Best Value | 71 of 241 |
| Most Popular | 45 of 428 |
| Most Focused | 84 of 428 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 340 |
Materials Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
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Physics
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 263 |
| Best Value | 62 of 261 |
| Most Popular | 91 of 717 |
| Most Focused | 235 of 717 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 536 |
Psychology
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| Most Popular | 287 of 1476 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 897 |
Child Development & Psychology
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| Most Popular | 15 of 116 |
| Most Focused | 28 of 116 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 667 |
| Best Value | 191 of 654 |
| Most Popular | 46 of 1314 |
| Most Focused | 40 of 1316 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 870 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 260 |
| Best Value | 45 of 254 |
| Most Popular | 83 of 427 |
| Most Focused | 106 of 427 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 339 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 417 |
| Best Value | 82 of 410 |
| Most Popular | 30 of 714 |
| Most Focused | 31 of 714 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 535 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 588 |
| Best Value | 137 of 577 |
| Most Popular | 27 of 1080 |
| Most Focused | 34 of 1079 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 758 |
Social Sciences (Other)
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| Most Popular | 16 of 97 |
| Most Focused | 46 of 97 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 532 |
| Best Value | 144 of 523 |
| Most Popular | 126 of 962 |
| Most Focused | 276 of 962 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 686 |
Urban Studies
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 30 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 26 of 76 |
| Most Focused | 27 of 76 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 54 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 48 of 640 |
| Best Value | 233 of 626 |
| Most Popular | 171 of 1482 |
| Most Focused | 472 of 1482 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 843 |
Dance
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 314 |
| Best Value | 128 of 308 |
| Most Popular | 273 of 808 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 538 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 500 |
| Best Value | 102 of 501 |
| Most Popular | 158 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | 402 of 1075 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 696 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 89 of 371 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 216 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | 505 of 1036 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 659 |
Visual & Performing Arts (Other)
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| Most Popular | 2 of 38 |
| Most Focused | 6 of 38 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 105 of 1750 |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 36 of 109 |
General Architecture
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 91 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 173 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 170 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 66 of 825 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 35 of 237 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 27 of 821 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 51 of 603 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 286 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 46 of 309 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 151 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 24 of 207 |
Computer Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 61 of 165 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 29 of 269 |
Environmental Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 46 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 37 of 272 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 8 of 602 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 11 of 621 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 342 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 353 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 33 of 344 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 20 of 354 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 469 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 11 of 55 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 476 |
Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 66 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 241 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 229 |
Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 8 of 76 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 479 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 26 of 435 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 10 of 242 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 263 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 667 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 263 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 417 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 588 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 533 |
Urban Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 14 of 30 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 68 of 640 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 63 of 314 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 526 |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 176 of 370 |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall | 424 of 1291 |
International Quality
International Value
