Top 2020 Rankings For Hofstra University
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All 2020 Rankings For Hofstra University
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 284 of 1727 |
| Middle Atlantic | 78 of 328 |
| New York | 35 of 132 |
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 | 172 of 2180 |
| Ethnic | 487 of 2417 |
| Male / Female | 607 of 2417 |
| Location | 404 of 2183 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 46 of 281 |
Area Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 250 |
Ethnic Studies
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Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 260 of 824 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 502 of 1422 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 102 of 890 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | 191 of 574 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 42 of 357 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 257 of 820 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 476 of 1379 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 111 of 846 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 76 of 848 |
| Best Value | 354 of 810 |
| Most Popular | 276 of 1931 |
| Most Focused | 493 of 1931 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 43 of 901 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 74 of 621 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 173 of 1282 |
| Most Focused | 208 of 1282 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 648 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 120 of 744 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 505 of 1667 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 31 of 724 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 150 |
Entrepreneurial Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 84 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | 31 of 389 |
| Best Value | 170 of 378 |
| Most Popular | 152 of 662 |
| Most Focused | 110 of 662 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 416 |
Human Resource Management
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| Most Popular | |
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International Business
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 143 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 98 of 373 |
| Most Focused | 124 of 373 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 222 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
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| Most Popular | |
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Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 415 |
| Best Value | 184 of 402 |
| Most Popular | 108 of 763 |
| Most Focused | 42 of 764 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 448 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 599 |
| Best Value | 181 of 587 |
| Most Popular | 103 of 1210 |
| Most Focused | 25 of 1208 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 158 of 713 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 135 of 523 |
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 66 of 600 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 183 |
| Best Value | 63 of 180 |
| Most Popular | 63 of 342 |
| Most Focused | 31 of 342 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 227 |
Public Relations & Advertising
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| Most Popular | 65 of 334 |
| Most Focused | 60 of 334 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 173 |
Radio, Television & Digital Communication
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 98 |
| Best Value | 41 of 97 |
| Most Popular | 27 of 247 |
| Most Focused | 15 of 247 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 127 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 648 of 1512 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 304 of 824 |
Computer Information Systems
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Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 260 of 605 |
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Education
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 412 |
| Best Value | 184 of 404 |
| Most Popular | 370 of 1363 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 706 |
Education (Other)
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| Most Popular | 35 of 72 |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 481 of 1161 |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 347 |
| Best Value | 155 of 340 |
| Most Popular | 192 of 861 |
| Most Focused | 370 of 861 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 506 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 295 of 595 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 354 |
Computer Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 33 of 187 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 38 of 274 |
Engineering Science
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| Most Popular | 10 of 35 |
| Most Focused | 9 of 35 |
Industrial Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 90 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 41 of 263 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 201 of 601 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 300 of 1351 |
| Most Focused | 493 of 1351 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 870 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 155 of 621 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 240 of 1267 |
| Most Focused | 338 of 1267 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 798 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 248 of 941 |
| Most Focused | 303 of 941 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 69 of 653 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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East Asian Languages
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| Most Popular | |
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Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 133 of 299 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 297 of 809 |
| Most Focused | 396 of 809 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 571 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 57 of 591 |
| Best Value | 276 of 564 |
| Most Popular | 523 of 1665 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 102 of 686 |
Allied Health Professions
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| Most Popular | 73 of 658 |
| Most Focused | 202 of 658 |
Communication Sciences
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Health Sciences & Services
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| Most Popular | 108 of 301 |
| Most Focused |
Health/Medical Prep Programs
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| Most Popular | |
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Public Health
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| Top Ranked | 27 of 101 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 85 of 294 |
| Most Focused | 98 of 294 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 108 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 228 of 547 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 376 of 1247 |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | 233 of 579 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 376 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 77 of 822 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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| Most Popular | |
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Criminal Justice & Corrections
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 418 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 33 of 455 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 36 of 503 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 389 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 90 of 805 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Most Popular | |
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Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 227 of 475 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 357 of 1171 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 69 of 771 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 324 of 1030 |
| Most Focused | 513 of 1030 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 68 of 397 |
International Studies
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| Top Ranked | 32 of 68 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 71 of 266 |
| Most Focused | 71 of 266 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 128 |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Sustainability Science
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| Most Popular | 23 of 64 |
| 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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| Most Popular | 277 of 939 |
| Most Focused | 424 of 939 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 62 of 605 |
Philosophy
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| Most Popular | 289 of 731 |
| Most Focused | 360 of 731 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 525 |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 237 of 540 |
| Most Focused |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 461 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 112 of 786 |
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 | 48 of 341 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 212 of 717 |
| Most Focused | 273 of 717 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 537 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 226 of 835 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 335 of 1476 |
| Most Focused | 699 of 1476 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 125 of 897 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 215 of 840 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 308 of 1381 |
| Most Focused | 623 of 1381 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 110 of 833 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 234 of 670 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 283 of 1316 |
| Most Focused | 399 of 1316 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 91 of 873 |
Anthropology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 51 of 339 |
Criminology
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| Most Popular | 64 of 166 |
| Most Focused |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 156 of 536 |
General Social Sciences
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Geography & Cartography
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| Top Ranked | 63 of 162 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 108 of 261 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 223 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 195 of 590 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 232 of 1081 |
| Most Focused | 273 of 1081 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 756 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 143 of 533 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 294 of 962 |
| Most Focused | 430 of 962 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 59 of 687 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 281 of 640 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 352 of 1482 |
| Most Focused | 575 of 1482 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 112 of 848 |
Dance
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| Most Popular | 33 of 227 |
| Most Focused | 38 of 227 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 139 of 314 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 91 of 808 |
| Most Focused | 113 of 808 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 93 of 535 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 224 of 512 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 72 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 364 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 658 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Baseball (D1) | |
| Men's Basketball (D1) | 119 of 325 |
| Men's Lacrosse (D1) | 4 of 64 |
| Men's Soccer (D1) | 37 of 189 |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D1) | 89 of 325 |
| Women's Field Hockey (D1) | 16 of 77 |
| Women's Lacrosse (D1) | 22 of 101 |
| Women's Soccer (D1) | 38 of 307 |
| Women's Softball (D1) | 17 of 274 |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) | 26 of 308 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 256 of 1751 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 252 of 825 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 286 of 820 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 98 of 852 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 73 of 624 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 193 of 748 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 390 |
International Business
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 44 of 143 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 416 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 8 of 597 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 154 of 521 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 19 of 183 |
Radio, Television & Digital Communication
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 97 |
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 | 26 of 416 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 348 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Electrical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 182 of 601 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 128 of 621 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 166 of 352 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 93 of 595 |
Public Health
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 31 of 102 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 241 of 547 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 241 of 579 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 233 of 476 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
International Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 26 of 68 |
Physical Sciences
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Physics
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Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 255 of 834 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 232 of 839 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 244 of 669 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 208 of 418 |
Geography & Cartography
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 161 of 589 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 144 of 533 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 148 of 314 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 239 of 513 |
Music
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Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall |
International Quality
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| OVERALL | 181 of 1240 |
| Australia | 103 of 223 |
| Bangladesh | 133 of 290 |
| Brazil | 144 of 488 |
| Canada | 164 of 690 |
| China | 124 of 847 |
| Colombia | 149 of 301 |
| Germany | 122 of 407 |
| Greece | |
| Hong Kong | |
| India | 178 of 664 |
| Italy | 103 of 226 |
| Jamaica | 57 of 157 |
| Japan | 185 of 448 |
| Mexico | 161 of 337 |
| Nigeria | 170 of 475 |
| Pakistan | 157 of 316 |
| Peru | |
| Philippines | |
| Russia | |
| Saudi Arabia | 194 of 555 |
| South Korea | 223 of 595 |
| Spain | 134 of 361 |
| Taiwan | |
| United Kingdom | 118 of 560 |
| Venezuela | 118 of 248 |
International Value
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