Top 2018 Rankings For Hofstra University
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All 2018 Rankings For Hofstra University
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 253 of 1383 |
| Middle Atlantic | 72 of 263 |
| New York | 32 of 109 |
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 | 119 of 2356 |
| Ethnic | 474 of 2594 |
| Male / Female | 573 of 2594 |
| Location | 326 of 2361 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 286 |
Area Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 247 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 324 of 823 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 471 of 1413 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 102 of 892 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 42 of 367 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 231 of 818 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 400 of 1372 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 113 of 850 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 96 of 825 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 315 of 2041 |
| Most Focused | 631 of 2041 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 42 of 903 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 74 of 600 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 248 of 1312 |
| Most Focused | 415 of 1312 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 652 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 106 of 724 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 510 of 1720 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 31 of 724 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked | 38 of 108 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 157 |
Entrepreneurial Studies
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| Most Popular | 100 of 203 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 81 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | 36 of 382 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 174 of 642 |
| Most Focused | 152 of 642 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 417 |
Human Resource Management
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International Business
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| Top Ranked | 27 of 143 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 115 of 366 |
| Most Focused | 147 of 366 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 224 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
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| Most Popular | 65 of 164 |
| Most Focused | 66 of 164 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 31 of 402 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 147 of 769 |
| Most Focused | 89 of 769 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 454 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 583 |
| Best Value | 219 of 570 |
| Most Popular | 97 of 1219 |
| Most Focused | 11 of 1222 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 158 of 715 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 100 of 519 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 66 of 606 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 183 |
| Best Value | 80 of 180 |
| Most Popular | 60 of 343 |
| Most Focused | 32 of 343 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 233 |
Public Relations & Advertising
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| Most Popular | 53 of 326 |
| Most Focused | 39 of 326 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 179 |
Radio, Television & Digital Communication
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| Most Popular | 33 of 240 |
| Most Focused | 18 of 240 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 127 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 280 of 568 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 799 of 1603 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 303 of 826 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Most Popular | |
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Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 133 of 268 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 273 of 599 |
| Most Focused | |
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Education
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| Top Ranked | 7 of 422 |
| Best Value | 180 of 409 |
| Most Popular | 335 of 1366 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 708 |
Education (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 407 of 1169 |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 352 |
| Best Value | 166 of 342 |
| Most Popular | 167 of 864 |
| Most Focused | 320 of 864 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 503 |
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 191 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 37 of 274 |
Engineering Science
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| Most Popular | 10 of 36 |
| Most Focused | 10 of 36 |
Industrial Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 91 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 41 of 264 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 161 of 612 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 249 of 1360 |
| Most Focused | 368 of 1360 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 874 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 132 of 625 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 202 of 1281 |
| Most Focused | 251 of 1281 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 805 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 271 of 939 |
| Most Focused | 326 of 939 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 69 of 656 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | 112 of 225 |
| Most Focused |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | |
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Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 291 of 817 |
| Most Focused | 377 of 817 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 581 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 50 of 582 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 547 of 1704 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 104 of 692 |
Allied Health Professions
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| Most Popular | 75 of 671 |
| Most Focused | 214 of 671 |
Communication Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 119 of 262 |
Health Sciences & Services
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| Most Popular | 131 of 278 |
| Most Focused |
Health/Medical Prep Programs
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| Most Popular | |
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Public Health
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| Top Ranked | 21 of 100 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 70 of 273 |
| Most Focused | 81 of 273 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 107 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 199 of 570 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 289 of 1261 |
| Most Focused | 438 of 1261 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 201 of 594 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 289 of 1261 |
| Most Focused | 438 of 1261 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 78 of 831 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 421 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 71 of 340 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 33 of 462 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 69 of 352 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 37 of 505 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 220 of 468 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 274 of 1231 |
| Most Focused | 445 of 1231 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 91 of 810 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 203 of 471 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 230 of 1178 |
| Most Focused | 389 of 1178 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 69 of 772 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked | 47 of 115 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 298 of 1017 |
| Most Focused | 480 of 1017 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 67 of 394 |
International Studies
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| Top Ranked | 30 of 75 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 64 of 259 |
| Most Focused | 73 of 259 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 127 |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Natural Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Sustainability Science
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| Most Popular | 19 of 62 |
| Most Focused | 29 of 62 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 243 of 956 |
| Most Focused | 394 of 956 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 62 of 616 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 229 of 756 |
| Most Focused | 270 of 756 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 57 of 544 |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Physical Sciences
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| Most Popular | 466 of 1143 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 111 of 787 |
Chemistry
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 68 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 49 of 346 |
Physics
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 534 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 217 of 826 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 331 of 1492 |
| Most Focused | 687 of 1492 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 125 of 899 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 208 of 832 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 305 of 1407 |
| Most Focused | 612 of 1407 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 114 of 842 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 211 of 676 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 296 of 1317 |
| Most Focused | 392 of 1317 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 92 of 877 |
Anthropology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 51 of 339 |
Criminology
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| Most Popular | 63 of 146 |
| Most Focused |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 215 of 442 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 354 of 729 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 156 of 542 |
Geography & Cartography
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 227 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 171 of 597 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 228 of 1081 |
| Most Focused | 263 of 1081 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 762 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 155 of 524 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 295 of 969 |
| Most Focused | 431 of 969 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 59 of 695 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 198 of 628 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 415 of 1529 |
| Most Focused | 740 of 1529 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 112 of 852 |
Dance
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| Most Popular | 76 of 227 |
| Most Focused | 72 of 227 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 123 of 306 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 96 of 809 |
| Most Focused | 132 of 809 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 93 of 544 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 198 of 507 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 72 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 359 of 1030 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 657 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Baseball (D1) | |
| Men's Basketball (D1) | 110 of 323 |
| Men's Lacrosse (D1) | 4 of 64 |
| Men's Soccer (D1) | 38 of 187 |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D1) | 85 of 323 |
| Women's Field Hockey (D1) | 16 of 77 |
| Women's Lacrosse (D1) | 23 of 100 |
| Women's Soccer (D1) | 32 of 305 |
| Women's Softball (D1) | 14 of 272 |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) | 24 of 306 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 159 of 1423 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 378 of 831 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 233 of 829 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 131 of 861 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 72 of 623 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 177 of 759 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 40 of 109 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 29 of 394 |
International Business
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 27 of 147 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 19 of 414 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 8 of 588 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 109 of 527 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 20 of 184 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 430 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 361 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 160 of 617 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 116 of 631 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 150 of 358 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 120 of 374 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 104 of 606 |
Public Health
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 27 of 102 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 194 of 577 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 190 of 601 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 147 of 361 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 217 of 473 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 182 of 476 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 44 of 117 |
International Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 20 of 76 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 114 of 246 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 242 of 841 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 214 of 848 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 237 of 681 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 192 of 442 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 127 of 601 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 168 of 528 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 256 of 648 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 151 of 309 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 194 of 521 |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall |
International Quality
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| OVERALL | 163 of 1174 |
| Bangladesh | 107 of 258 |
| Brazil | 95 of 419 |
| Canada | 142 of 612 |
| China | 100 of 798 |
| Germany | 96 of 324 |
| India | 161 of 618 |
| Italy | 88 of 182 |
| Japan | 139 of 414 |
| Nigeria | 117 of 417 |
| Pakistan | |
| Peru | |
| Russia | |
| Saudi Arabia | 178 of 548 |
| South Korea | 196 of 567 |
| Taiwan | 156 of 341 |
| United Kingdom | 90 of 467 |
International Value
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