Top 2017 Rankings For Ithaca College
A more complete picture of where Ithaca College is the "best of the best" can be found on our 2017 Badges Awarded page.
All 2017 Rankings For Ithaca College
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 148 of 1387 |
| Middle Atlantic | 38 of 265 |
| New York | 19 of 111 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 487 of 1208 |
| Middle Atlantic | 90 of 234 |
| New York | 40 of 97 |
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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| Nationwide | 566 of 1208 |
| Middle Atlantic | 108 of 234 |
| New York | 46 of 97 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 393 of 2396 |
| Ethnic | |
| Male / Female | 727 of 1717 |
| Location | 271 of 2396 |
Architecture & Related Services
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General Architecture
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Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 137 of 818 |
| Best Value | 368 of 779 |
| Most Popular | 366 of 1399 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 109 of 892 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked | 115 of 235 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 213 of 550 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 67 of 363 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 207 of 812 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 102 of 850 |
Physiology & Pathology Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 13 of 31 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 28 of 65 |
| Most Focused | 29 of 65 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 34 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 213 of 830 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 596 of 2090 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 217 of 904 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 119 of 608 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 422 of 1344 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 107 of 652 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 95 of 727 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 312 of 1756 |
| Most Focused | 868 of 1756 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 159 of 727 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 588 |
| Best Value | 164 of 567 |
| Most Popular | 70 of 1209 |
| Most Focused | 5 of 1220 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 150 of 719 |
Communication & Media Studies
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Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 190 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 124 of 350 |
| Most Focused | 87 of 350 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 36 of 237 |
Public Relations & Advertising
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| Most Popular | 30 of 313 |
| Most Focused | 9 of 313 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 179 |
Radio, Television & Digital Communication
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| Most Popular | 14 of 243 |
| Most Focused | 8 of 243 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 137 |
Communications Technologies & Support
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Audiovisual Communications
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Computer & Information Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 129 of 832 |
Computer Science
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| Most Popular | 299 of 605 |
| Most Focused |
Education
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 450 |
| Best Value | 210 of 428 |
| Most Popular | 521 of 1377 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 710 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | 11 of 381 |
| Best Value | 165 of 363 |
| Most Popular | 149 of 879 |
| Most Focused | 253 of 879 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 511 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 71 of 625 |
| Best Value | 196 of 589 |
| Most Popular | 223 of 1354 |
| Most Focused | 280 of 1354 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 130 of 873 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 158 of 644 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 413 of 1275 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 110 of 806 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 49 of 367 |
| Most Focused | 95 of 367 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 29 of 203 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 85 of 661 |
Romance Languages
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 82 of 592 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 106 of 577 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 377 of 1720 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 127 of 692 |
Allied Health Professions
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Communication Sciences
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Health & Medical Administrative Services
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| Top Ranked | 20 of 114 |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 147 |
Health Sciences & Services
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Public Health
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| Top Ranked | 29 of 98 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 122 of 247 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 109 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
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| Most Popular | 4 of 191 |
| Most Focused | 12 of 191 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 189 of 590 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 433 of 1251 |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | 190 of 615 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 433 of 1251 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 102 of 828 |
Legal Professions
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| Most Popular | 184 of 418 |
| Most Focused |
Non-Professional General Legal Studies
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 27 |
| Best Value | 11 of 23 |
| Most Popular | 49 of 121 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 49 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 62 of 465 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 66 of 508 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 120 of 818 |
Mathematics
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 100 of 786 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 444 of 1004 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 395 |
Gerontology
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| Most Popular | |
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Mathematics & Computer Science
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Multicultural & Diversity Studies
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| Most Popular | 6 of 24 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | 222 of 708 |
| Most Focused | 310 of 708 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 34 of 270 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 188 of 650 |
| Most Focused | 262 of 650 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked | 74 of 462 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 323 of 883 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 416 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked | 51 of 451 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 378 of 819 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 31 of 460 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 58 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 74 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 438 of 944 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 85 of 613 |
Philosophy
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 79 of 536 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | 15 of 55 |
| Most Focused |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 478 of 1143 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 792 |
Chemistry
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 97 of 748 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 226 of 718 |
| Most Focused | 253 of 718 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 90 of 544 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 291 of 848 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 574 of 1490 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 154 of 901 |
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology
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| Most Popular | |
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General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 257 of 854 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 619 of 1421 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 142 of 857 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 219 of 691 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 530 of 1320 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 231 of 878 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | 131 of 285 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 69 of 344 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 212 of 431 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 82 of 549 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 236 of 613 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 117 of 768 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 144 of 552 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 365 of 969 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 77 of 697 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 34 of 672 |
| Best Value | 137 of 641 |
| Most Popular | 80 of 1566 |
| Most Focused | 187 of 1565 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 86 of 851 |
Arts & Media Management
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Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 13 of 322 |
| Best Value | 68 of 312 |
| Most Popular | 27 of 813 |
| Most Focused | 37 of 813 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 144 of 546 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 141 |
| Best Value | 14 of 139 |
| Most Popular | 21 of 363 |
| Most Focused | 63 of 363 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 181 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 96 of 700 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 393 |
| Best Value | 108 of 382 |
| Most Popular | 35 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | 71 of 1035 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 59 of 660 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Baseball (D3) | 37 of 332 |
| Men's Basketball (D3) | 87 of 365 |
| Men's Football (D3) | 29 of 227 |
| Men's Lacrosse (D3) | 15 of 205 |
| Men's Soccer (D3) | 102 of 358 |
| Men's Swimming (D3) | |
| Men's Wrestling (D3) | 2 of 28 |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D3) | 17 of 373 |
| Women's Golf (D3) | 3 of 29 |
| Women's Lacrosse (D3) | 44 of 228 |
| Women's Rowing (D3) | 17 of 37 |
| Women's Soccer (D3) | 18 of 367 |
| Women's Softball (D3) | 33 of 350 |
| Women's Volleyball (D3) | 38 of 357 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 684 of 1428 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 259 of 828 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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General Biology
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Physiology & Pathology Sciences
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Business, Management & Marketing
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Accounting
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Business Administration & Management
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Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 36 of 599 |
Journalism
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Education
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Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 129 of 389 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 180 of 632 |
General English Literature
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Health Professions
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Health & Medical Administrative Services
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Public Health
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History
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History
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Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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Health & Physical Education
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Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
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Physical Sciences
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Physics
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Psychology
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General Psychology
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Social Sciences
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Anthropology
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Economics
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Political Science & Government
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Sociology
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Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 96 of 683 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 68 of 324 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 50 of 145 |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 77 of 396 |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall |
International Quality
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| OVERALL | 238 of 1184 |
| Bangladesh | |
| Brazil | 173 of 447 |
| Canada | 241 of 671 |
| China | 282 of 821 |
| India | 291 of 641 |
| Japan | 216 of 443 |
| Nepal | 159 of 356 |
| Pakistan | |
| Singapore | |
| South Korea | 287 of 609 |
| Spain | 145 of 293 |
| Vietnam | 239 of 495 |
International Value
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