Top 2017 Rankings For Columbia University in the City of New York
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All 2017 Rankings For Columbia University in the City of New York
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 25 of 1389 |
| Middle Atlantic | 5 of 265 |
| New York | 3 of 111 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | |
| Middle Atlantic | 117 of 234 |
| New York |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 301 of 1208 |
| Middle Atlantic | 59 of 234 |
| New York | 33 of 97 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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Diversity
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| Overall | 6 of 2400 |
| Ethnic | 101 of 2658 |
| Male / Female | 112 of 1718 |
| Location | 31 of 2403 |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Top Ranked | 33 of 114 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 146 |
General Architecture
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 99 |
| Best Value | 46 of 94 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 96 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 186 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 25 of 535 |
| Most Focused | 65 of 535 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 288 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 187 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 20 of 370 |
| Most Focused | 49 of 370 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 249 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 59 of 390 |
| Most Focused | 122 of 390 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 62 of 818 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 177 of 1399 |
| Most Focused | 660 of 1399 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 889 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked | 33 of 235 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 112 of 550 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 364 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 21 of 811 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 291 of 1357 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 849 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences
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| Most Popular | 35 of 153 |
| Most Focused | 74 of 153 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Most Popular | 1034 of 2090 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 135 of 904 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Most Popular | 569 of 1756 |
| Most Focused |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 29 of 554 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 113 of 1633 |
| Most Focused | 438 of 1632 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 833 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 269 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 22 of 604 |
| Most Focused | 48 of 605 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 368 |
Information Science
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 133 |
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 | 42 of 305 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 91 of 553 |
| Most Focused | 114 of 553 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 355 |
Biomedical Engineering
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| Most Popular | 63 of 130 |
| Most Focused | 47 of 130 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 92 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 13 of 151 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 69 of 166 |
| Most Focused | 52 of 166 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 146 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 211 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 122 of 254 |
| Most Focused | 121 of 254 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 209 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 45 of 150 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 112 of 266 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 192 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 260 |
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 275 |
Engineering Mechanics
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| Most Popular | |
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Engineering Physics
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| Most Popular | 14 of 75 |
| Most Focused |
Environmental Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 45 |
| Best Value | 19 of 44 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 57 |
Industrial Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 92 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 269 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 263 |
Operations Research
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| Most Popular | 2 of 11 |
| Most Focused | 3 of 11 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 625 |
| Best Value | 271 of 589 |
| Most Popular | 54 of 1353 |
| Most Focused | 144 of 1353 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 870 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 11 of 643 |
| Best Value | 302 of 607 |
| Most Popular | 80 of 1276 |
| Most Focused | 189 of 1275 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 808 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 37 of 367 |
| Most Focused | 131 of 367 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 204 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 357 |
| Best Value | 148 of 342 |
| Most Popular | 37 of 949 |
| Most Focused | 94 of 948 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 659 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | 17 of 234 |
| Most Focused | 80 of 234 |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 223 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 103 of 285 |
| Most Focused | 122 of 285 |
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
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| Most Popular | 3 of 50 |
| Most Focused | 5 of 50 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 375 |
| Best Value | 160 of 357 |
| Most Popular | 73 of 828 |
| Most Focused | 210 of 828 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 591 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
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| Most Popular | 17 of 111 |
| Most Focused | 25 of 111 |
Health Professions
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| Most Popular | 424 of 1720 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 714 |
Nursing
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| Most Popular | 198 of 1106 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 500 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 588 |
| Best Value | 267 of 557 |
| Most Popular | 44 of 1250 |
| Most Focused | 123 of 1251 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 138 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 612 |
| Best Value | 275 of 581 |
| Most Popular | 44 of 1250 |
| Most Focused | 123 of 1251 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 826 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 350 |
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 465 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 14 of 362 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 510 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 485 |
| Best Value | 214 of 465 |
| Most Popular | 42 of 1239 |
| Most Focused | 65 of 1238 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 822 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 56 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 24 of 172 |
| Most Focused | 41 of 172 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 97 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 505 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 96 of 1190 |
| Most Focused | 318 of 1190 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 787 |
Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 55 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 22 of 114 |
| Most Focused | 13 of 114 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 80 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 120 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 195 of 1004 |
| Most Focused | 479 of 1004 |
Classical & Ancient Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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Mathematics & Computer Science
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| Most Popular | 8 of 45 |
| Most Focused | 15 of 45 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 22 |
Sustainability Science
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| Most Popular | 2 of 50 |
| Most Focused | 10 of 50 |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
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Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 263 |
| Best Value | 101 of 253 |
| Most Popular | 26 of 945 |
| Most Focused | 161 of 944 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 612 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 260 |
| Best Value | 121 of 248 |
| Most Popular | 24 of 743 |
| Most Focused | 113 of 742 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 537 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | 3 of 55 |
| Most Focused | 25 of 55 |
Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 106 |
| Best Value | 51 of 102 |
| Most Popular | 118 of 542 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 334 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 462 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 75 of 1143 |
| Most Focused | 222 of 1143 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 793 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics
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| Most Popular | 16 of 75 |
| Most Focused | 21 of 75 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 31 of 430 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 414 of 1084 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 748 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 7 of 242 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 47 of 423 |
| Most Focused | 117 of 423 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 345 |
Materials Sciences
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Physical Sciences (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
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Physics
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| Top Ranked | 15 of 245 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 45 of 718 |
| Most Focused | 161 of 718 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 545 |
Psychology
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| Most Popular | 258 of 1490 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 900 |
Child Development & Psychology
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| Most Popular | 8 of 79 |
| Most Focused | 17 of 79 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 698 |
| Best Value | 314 of 656 |
| Most Popular | 49 of 1321 |
| Most Focused | 55 of 1319 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 882 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 286 |
| Best Value | 118 of 273 |
| Most Popular | 58 of 423 |
| Most Focused | 72 of 423 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 345 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 435 |
| Best Value | 181 of 413 |
| Most Popular | 22 of 733 |
| Most Focused | 28 of 733 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 549 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 606 |
| Best Value | 269 of 586 |
| Most Popular | 28 of 1077 |
| Most Focused | 40 of 1075 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 769 |
Social Sciences (Other)
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| Most Popular | 27 of 91 |
| Most Focused |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 11 of 553 |
| Best Value | 261 of 532 |
| Most Popular | 208 of 969 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 697 |
Urban Studies
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| Top Ranked | 11 of 30 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 20 of 75 |
| Most Focused | 25 of 75 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 56 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 51 of 672 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 235 of 1565 |
| Most Focused | 719 of 1565 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 854 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Most Popular | 407 of 814 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 543 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 536 |
| Best Value | 223 of 513 |
| Most Popular | 155 of 1123 |
| Most Focused | 426 of 1123 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 702 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 70 of 393 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 193 of 1035 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 659 |
Visual & Performing Arts (Other)
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| Most Popular | 3 of 37 |
| Most Focused | 12 of 37 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Baseball (D1) | 43 of 284 |
| Men's Basketball (D1) | 136 of 335 |
| Men's Fencing | 2 of 9 |
| Men's Football (FCS) | |
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| Men's Tennis (D1) |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D1) | |
| Women's Fencing | 3 of 15 |
| Women's Field Hockey (D1) | 23 of 78 |
| Women's Lacrosse (D1) | |
| Women's Soccer (D1) | 106 of 315 |
| Women's Softball (D1) | 141 of 282 |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) |
Veterans
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| Overall | 43 of 1429 |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 39 of 114 |
General Architecture
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 11 of 99 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 186 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 187 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 56 of 828 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 29 of 236 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 24 of 822 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 42 of 575 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 22 of 275 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 41 of 310 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 17 of 152 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 214 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 50 of 151 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 21 of 265 |
Environmental Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 45 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 34 of 273 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 635 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 652 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 361 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 375 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 595 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 625 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 50 of 361 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 31 of 373 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 490 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 56 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 10 of 508 |
Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 55 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 41 of 122 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 265 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 260 |
Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 108 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 22 of 465 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 22 of 431 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 7 of 244 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 9 of 245 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 714 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 286 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 435 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 625 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 558 |
Urban Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 9 of 30 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 78 of 683 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 526 |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 128 of 396 |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall | 31 of 990 |
International Quality
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| OVERALL | 1 of 1250 |
| Australia | 1 of 196 |
| Bangladesh | 2 of 267 |
| Brazil | 1 of 455 |
| Canada | 1 of 667 |
| China | 1 of 833 |
| Colombia | 1 of 278 |
| Ecuador | 1 of 143 |
| Egypt | 2 of 169 |
| France | 1 of 313 |
| Germany | 1 of 385 |
| Ghana | 1 of 227 |
| Greece | 1 of 118 |
| Hong Kong | 7 of 201 |
| India | 4 of 645 |
| Indonesia | 9 of 210 |
| Iran | 22 of 262 |
| Israel | 1 of 92 |
| Italy | 1 of 189 |
| Jamaica | 1 of 149 |
| Japan | 1 of 435 |
| Jordan | 5 of 157 |
| Kenya | 5 of 206 |
| Kuwait | 28 of 182 |
| Malaysia | 4 of 235 |
| Mexico | 2 of 328 |
| Mongolia | 1 of 73 |
| Nepal | 2 of 357 |
| Netherlands | 1 of 103 |
| Nigeria | 2 of 435 |
| Norway | 1 of 108 |
| Pakistan | 2 of 263 |
| Peru | 1 of 128 |
| Philippines | 1 of 143 |
| Russia | 1 of 250 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 of 560 |
| Singapore | 1 of 145 |
| South Korea | 1 of 625 |
| Spain | 1 of 294 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 of 161 |
| Sweden | 1 of 182 |
| Taiwan | 2 of 364 |
| Thailand | 1 of 256 |
| Turkey | 1 of 286 |
| Ukraine | 2 of 102 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 of 105 |
| United Kingdom | 1 of 526 |
| Venezuela | 3 of 265 |
| Vietnam | 6 of 496 |
International Value
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