Top 2020 Rankings For DePaul University
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All 2020 Rankings For DePaul University
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 260 of 1726 |
| Great Lakes | 37 of 268 |
| Illinois | 10 of 63 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 720 of 1483 |
| Great Lakes | |
| Illinois |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 730 of 1483 |
| Great Lakes | |
| Illinois | 26 of 52 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | |
| Great Lakes | |
| Illinois | 24 of 52 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 78 of 2179 |
| Ethnic | 408 of 2417 |
| Male / Female | 292 of 2417 |
| Location | 272 of 2183 |
Best Religiously Affiliated
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| Roman Catholic | 36 of 182 |
Architecture & Related Services
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Architectural History
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| Most Popular | |
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Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 114 of 508 |
| Most Focused | 249 of 508 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 101 of 281 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 96 of 359 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 96 of 250 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 140 of 384 |
| Most Focused |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 389 of 824 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 434 of 1422 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 405 of 890 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 293 of 820 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 335 of 1379 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 351 of 846 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 847 |
| Best Value | 200 of 810 |
| Most Popular | 68 of 1932 |
| Most Focused | 392 of 1931 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 145 of 901 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 29 of 621 |
| Best Value | 174 of 601 |
| Most Popular | 16 of 1280 |
| Most Focused | 108 of 1283 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 60 of 647 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 132 of 744 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 557 of 1667 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 219 of 724 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 112 |
| Best Value | 42 of 112 |
| Most Popular | 46 of 209 |
| Most Focused | 84 of 209 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 22 of 150 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 389 |
| Best Value | 109 of 378 |
| Most Popular | 29 of 662 |
| Most Focused | 53 of 662 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 186 of 416 |
Hospitality Management
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 115 |
| Best Value | 53 of 111 |
| Most Popular | 100 of 253 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 122 |
Management Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 14 of 145 |
| Best Value | 50 of 140 |
| Most Popular | 89 of 345 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 201 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 69 |
| Best Value | 18 of 67 |
| Most Popular | 7 of 171 |
| Most Focused | 20 of 171 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 83 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 34 of 415 |
| Best Value | 119 of 402 |
| Most Popular | 44 of 763 |
| Most Focused | 132 of 763 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 71 of 448 |
Real Estate
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 37 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 600 |
| Best Value | 145 of 587 |
| Most Popular | 28 of 1212 |
| Most Focused | 41 of 1209 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 80 of 713 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 100 of 523 |
| Best Value | 250 of 508 |
| Most Popular | 94 of 1022 |
| Most Focused | 406 of 1022 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 79 of 600 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 26 of 183 |
| Best Value | 52 of 180 |
| Most Popular | 70 of 342 |
| Most Focused | 128 of 342 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 38 of 227 |
Public Relations & Advertising
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| Most Popular | 11 of 334 |
| Most Focused | 10 of 334 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 41 of 173 |
Communications Technologies & Support
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| Most Popular | 25 of 194 |
| Most Focused |
Graphic Communications
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| Most Popular | 14 of 130 |
| Most Focused |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 11 of 601 |
| Best Value | 86 of 575 |
| Most Popular | 63 of 1511 |
| Most Focused | 275 of 1512 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Computer & Information Sciences (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
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Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 108 of 356 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 207 of 829 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 148 of 451 |
Computer Programming
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| Most Popular | 9 of 142 |
| Most Focused | 66 of 142 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 128 of 286 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 85 of 605 |
| Most Focused | 274 of 605 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Computer Software & Applications
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| Most Popular | 62 of 191 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 33 |
Computer Systems Networking
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| Most Popular | 28 of 141 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 25 |
Information Science
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| Top Ranked | 19 of 83 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 82 of 243 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 124 |
Information Technology
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| Most Popular | 114 of 284 |
| Most Focused |
Education
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| Top Ranked | 46 of 413 |
| Best Value | 189 of 404 |
| Most Popular | 211 of 1363 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 73 of 706 |
Special Education
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 154 of 1161 |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 346 |
| Best Value | 169 of 340 |
| Most Popular | 227 of 861 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 55 of 506 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 130 of 601 |
| Best Value | 221 of 585 |
| Most Popular | 129 of 1351 |
| Most Focused | 627 of 1351 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 286 of 871 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 85 of 621 |
| Best Value | 158 of 603 |
| Most Popular | 125 of 1266 |
| Most Focused | 526 of 1267 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 268 of 799 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 44 of 199 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 305 of 941 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 142 of 653 |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | 110 of 272 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 66 of 196 |
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 281 of 809 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 121 of 571 |
Health Professions
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| Most Popular | 501 of 1665 |
| Most Focused |
Health Sciences & Services
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| Most Popular | 20 of 301 |
| Most Focused | 101 of 301 |
Nursing
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | 225 of 547 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 218 of 1247 |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | 227 of 579 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 218 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 191 of 822 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 341 |
| Best Value | 77 of 329 |
| Most Popular | 82 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | 316 of 1158 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 51 of 455 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 19 of 351 |
| Best Value | 88 of 338 |
| Most Popular | 82 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | 316 of 1158 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 55 of 503 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 170 of 471 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 157 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | 608 of 1223 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 153 of 805 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 139 of 475 |
| Best Value | 203 of 465 |
| Most Popular | 121 of 1171 |
| Most Focused | 517 of 1171 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 127 of 771 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Mathematics & Computer Science
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 20 |
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution
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| Most Popular | 15 of 54 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | 146 of 750 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 267 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 114 of 695 |
| Most Focused |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Health & Physical Education
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 111 of 242 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 118 of 939 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 146 of 605 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | 89 of 229 |
| Best Value | 80 of 222 |
| Most Popular | 102 of 731 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 133 of 525 |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 205 of 540 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 100 of 332 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 479 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 127 of 786 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 217 of 435 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 385 of 1099 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 156 of 753 |
Physics
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 141 of 537 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 214 of 835 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 146 of 1476 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 129 of 897 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 200 of 840 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 133 of 1381 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 114 of 833 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked | 75 of 401 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 453 |
Public Policy
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
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| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 185 of 670 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 178 of 1316 |
| Most Focused | 561 of 1316 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 198 of 873 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 108 of 339 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 285 of 715 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 56 of 536 |
Geography & Cartography
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 45 of 223 |
International Relations & National Security
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| Most Popular | 62 of 316 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 57 of 202 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 243 of 590 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 106 of 1081 |
| Most Focused | 317 of 1081 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 202 of 757 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 92 of 533 |
| Best Value | 166 of 523 |
| Most Popular | 162 of 962 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 68 of 687 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 49 of 640 |
| Best Value | 121 of 626 |
| Most Popular | 56 of 1481 |
| Most Focused | 277 of 1482 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 147 of 848 |
Arts & Media Management
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| Most Popular | 35 of 153 |
| Most Focused |
Design & Applied Arts
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| Most Popular | 183 of 617 |
| Most Focused |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 56 of 314 |
| Best Value | 99 of 308 |
| Most Popular | 18 of 807 |
| Most Focused | 114 of 808 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 60 of 535 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked | 29 of 136 |
| Best Value | 12 of 133 |
| Most Popular | 21 of 345 |
| Most Focused | 91 of 345 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 48 of 177 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 201 of 512 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 328 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 145 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 53 of 371 |
| Best Value | 136 of 365 |
| Most Popular | 80 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | 404 of 1036 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 117 of 658 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Basketball (D1) | |
| Men's Soccer (D1) | 50 of 189 |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D1) | 11 of 325 |
| Women's Soccer (D1) | 48 of 307 |
| Women's Softball (D1) | 30 of 274 |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) | 87 of 308 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 202 of 1750 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 74 of 173 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 68 of 170 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 321 of 820 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 27 of 852 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 17 of 625 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 210 of 748 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 112 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 21 of 390 |
Hospitality Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 34 of 116 |
Management Information Systems
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 18 of 146 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 8 of 69 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 20 of 416 |
Real Estate
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 27 of 599 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 77 of 521 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 24 of 183 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 7 of 603 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 134 of 357 |
Computer Science
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 143 of 286 |
Information Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 28 of 84 |
Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 109 of 416 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 67 of 348 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 90 of 601 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 42 of 621 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 136 of 352 |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 225 of 547 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 218 of 579 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 344 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 9 of 354 |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 145 of 472 |
Mathematics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 100 of 476 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 77 of 241 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 54 of 229 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 222 of 834 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 191 of 839 |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 106 of 400 |
Public Policy
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 184 of 669 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 190 of 418 |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 213 of 589 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 74 of 533 |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 50 of 640 |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 66 of 314 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 136 |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 182 of 513 |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 51 of 370 |
Non-Traditional Students
better worse | |
| Overall | 142 of 1291 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 21 of 522 |
| Top Ranked Online | 1 of 54 |
| Most Popular Online | 26 of 129 |
Communication & Media Studies
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 74 of 453 |
| Top Ranked Online | 6 of 41 |
| Most Popular Online | 20 of 105 |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 6 of 504 |
| Top Ranked Online | 1 of 92 |
| Most Popular Online | 101 of 267 |
Computer Information Systems
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 112 of 314 |
| Top Ranked Online | 8 of 51 |
| Most Popular Online | 49 of 149 |
International Quality
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| OVERALL | 150 of 1240 |
| Brazil | 92 of 488 |
| Canada | 127 of 690 |
| China | 115 of 847 |
| Colombia | 112 of 301 |
| Ecuador | |
| Egypt | 88 of 187 |
| France | 144 of 321 |
| Germany | 114 of 407 |
| Greece | |
| Hong Kong | |
| India | 122 of 664 |
| Indonesia | |
| Iran | |
| Italy | 109 of 226 |
| Japan | 127 of 448 |
| Jordan | 62 of 151 |
| Kenya | 90 of 214 |
| Kuwait | |
| Malaysia | 80 of 246 |
| Mexico | 128 of 337 |
| Mongolia | 29 of 77 |
| Nepal | 156 of 372 |
| Netherlands | 45 of 124 |
| Nigeria | 66 of 475 |
| Pakistan | 102 of 316 |
| Philippines | |
| Russia | 94 of 248 |
| Saudi Arabia | 78 of 555 |
| South Korea | 138 of 595 |
| Spain | 135 of 361 |
| Taiwan | 99 of 371 |
| Thailand | 69 of 249 |
| Turkey | 103 of 281 |
| Ukraine | |
| United Arab Emirates | |
| United Kingdom | 138 of 560 |
| Venezuela | 88 of 248 |
| Vietnam | 108 of 511 |
International Value
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| OVERALL | 565 of 1209 |
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| China | |
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| Egypt | |
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| Germany | |
| Greece | 57 of 125 |
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| Kuwait | |
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