Top 2017 Rankings For Hofstra University
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All 2017 Rankings For Hofstra University
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 285 of 1387 |
| Middle Atlantic | 77 of 265 |
| New York | 34 of 111 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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Diversity
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| Overall | 136 of 2399 |
| Ethnic | 462 of 2655 |
| Male / Female | 340 of 1717 |
| Location | 412 of 2397 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Most Popular | 252 of 535 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 46 of 288 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 154 of 370 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 46 of 249 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 262 of 818 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 471 of 1399 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 102 of 892 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 201 of 550 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 42 of 363 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 262 of 812 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 490 of 1357 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 113 of 850 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 78 of 830 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 273 of 2090 |
| Most Focused | 619 of 2090 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 42 of 903 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 76 of 608 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 158 of 1344 |
| Most Focused | 279 of 1344 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 652 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 109 of 727 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 461 of 1756 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 31 of 728 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 161 |
Entrepreneurial Studies
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 57 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 82 of 195 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 84 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 376 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 158 of 634 |
| Most Focused | 143 of 634 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 420 |
Human Resource Management
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| Most Popular | |
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International Business
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| Top Ranked | 30 of 142 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 118 of 368 |
| Most Focused | 176 of 368 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 229 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
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| Most Popular | 64 of 152 |
| Most Focused | 74 of 152 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 396 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 119 of 764 |
| Most Focused | 83 of 764 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 455 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 13 of 588 |
| Best Value | 226 of 567 |
| Most Popular | 80 of 1208 |
| Most Focused | 20 of 1212 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 159 of 719 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 114 of 537 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 491 of 1018 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 67 of 608 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 20 of 190 |
| Best Value | 92 of 186 |
| Most Popular | 53 of 350 |
| Most Focused | 30 of 350 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 237 |
Public Relations & Advertising
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| Most Popular | 55 of 313 |
| Most Focused | 43 of 313 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 179 |
Radio, Television & Digital Communication
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| Most Popular | 24 of 243 |
| Most Focused | 19 of 243 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 137 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 760 of 1632 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 305 of 832 |
Computer Information Systems
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Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 255 of 605 |
| Most Focused | |
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Education
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| Top Ranked | 11 of 451 |
| Best Value | 206 of 428 |
| Most Popular | 301 of 1377 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 710 |
Education (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
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Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 420 of 1174 |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 379 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 141 of 879 |
| Most Focused | 282 of 879 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 510 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 356 |
Computer Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 33 of 192 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 38 of 275 |
Engineering Science
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| Most Popular | 6 of 32 |
| Most Focused | 6 of 32 |
Industrial Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 92 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 41 of 264 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 190 of 625 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 196 of 1354 |
| Most Focused | 322 of 1354 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 874 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 154 of 644 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 161 of 1275 |
| Most Focused | 202 of 1275 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 805 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 159 of 360 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 248 of 948 |
| Most Focused | 333 of 948 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 69 of 661 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
East Asian Languages
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| Most Popular | |
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Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 132 of 285 |
| Most Focused | 105 of 285 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 185 of 375 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 342 of 828 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 59 of 592 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
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| Most Popular | |
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Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 69 of 577 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 589 of 1720 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 104 of 692 |
Allied Health Professions
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| Most Popular | 99 of 672 |
| Most Focused | 266 of 672 |
Communication Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 129 of 260 |
Health Sciences & Services
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| Most Popular | 108 of 247 |
| Most Focused |
Health/Medical Prep Programs
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| Most Popular | |
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Public Health
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 98 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 85 of 247 |
| Most Focused | 114 of 247 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 109 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 216 of 590 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 280 of 1251 |
| Most Focused | 505 of 1251 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 220 of 615 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 280 of 1251 |
| Most Focused | 505 of 1251 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 76 of 828 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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| Most Popular | |
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Criminal Justice & Corrections
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| Top Ranked | 51 of 402 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 424 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 33 of 465 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 37 of 508 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 223 of 486 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 203 of 1238 |
| Most Focused | 358 of 1238 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 92 of 818 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 206 of 504 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 174 of 1190 |
| Most Focused | 308 of 1190 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 69 of 786 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 323 of 1004 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 65 of 394 |
International Studies
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| Top Ranked | 33 of 75 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 64 of 248 |
| Most Focused | 75 of 248 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 130 |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
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Sustainability Science
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 252 of 944 |
| Most Focused | 413 of 944 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 613 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 186 of 742 |
| Most Focused | 276 of 742 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 57 of 536 |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 399 of 1143 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 112 of 792 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 207 of 430 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 392 of 1084 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 69 of 748 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 48 of 345 |
Physics
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| Most Popular | 351 of 718 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 62 of 544 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 230 of 848 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 312 of 1490 |
| Most Focused | 739 of 1490 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 125 of 901 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 218 of 854 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 291 of 1421 |
| Most Focused | 670 of 1421 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 115 of 857 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 187 of 691 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 268 of 1320 |
| Most Focused | 399 of 1320 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 92 of 878 |
Anthropology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 51 of 344 |
Criminology
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| Most Popular | 57 of 140 |
| Most Focused |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 158 of 549 |
General Social Sciences
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Geography & Cartography
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| Top Ranked | 68 of 181 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 108 of 262 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 227 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 167 of 613 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 180 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | 206 of 1075 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 769 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 168 of 552 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 308 of 969 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 59 of 697 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 207 of 672 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 318 of 1565 |
| Most Focused | 606 of 1565 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 112 of 851 |
Dance
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| Most Popular | 77 of 225 |
| Most Focused | 80 of 225 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 140 of 322 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 83 of 814 |
| Most Focused | 148 of 814 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 94 of 546 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 201 of 533 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 384 of 1123 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 72 of 700 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 175 of 1035 |
| Most Focused | 325 of 1035 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 660 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Baseball (D1) | 109 of 284 |
| Men's Basketball (D1) | 96 of 335 |
| Men's Lacrosse (D1) | 26 of 64 |
| Men's Soccer (D1) | 35 of 191 |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D1) | 43 of 333 |
| Women's Field Hockey (D1) | 12 of 78 |
| Women's Lacrosse (D1) | 17 of 98 |
| Women's Soccer (D1) | 30 of 315 |
| Women's Softball (D1) | 4 of 282 |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) | 14 of 318 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 413 of 1428 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 314 of 828 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 370 of 822 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 132 of 866 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 102 of 629 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 244 of 760 |
Entrepreneurial Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 42 of 386 |
International Business
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 54 of 146 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 50 of 407 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 14 of 598 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 159 of 546 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 28 of 192 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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Computer Science
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Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 28 of 459 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 31 of 389 |
Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 208 of 632 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 161 of 651 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 138 of 362 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 145 of 600 |
Public Health
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 33 of 100 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 267 of 597 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 264 of 623 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 238 of 508 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
International Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 37 of 76 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Physical Sciences
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Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 318 of 864 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 286 of 870 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 226 of 698 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Geography & Cartography
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 161 of 619 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 220 of 557 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 297 of 683 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 255 of 539 |
Music
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Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall |
International Quality
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| OVERALL | 167 of 1184 |
| Bangladesh | 111 of 267 |
| Brazil | 101 of 447 |
| Canada | 133 of 671 |
| China | 101 of 821 |
| France | 141 of 311 |
| Germany | 119 of 380 |
| Greece | |
| India | 165 of 641 |
| Italy | 93 of 188 |
| Jamaica | 54 of 149 |
| Japan | 148 of 443 |
| Nigeria | 114 of 438 |
| Pakistan | |
| Peru | |
| Russia | |
| Saudi Arabia | 168 of 561 |
| South Korea | 194 of 609 |
| Taiwan | 138 of 363 |
| United Kingdom | 92 of 517 |
| Venezuela | 107 of 265 |
International Value
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