Top 2019 Rankings For Kansas State University
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All 2019 Rankings For Kansas State University
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Top Quality Overall
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Nationwide | 371 of 1779 |
The Plains States | 33 of 196 |
Kansas | 2 of 27 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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Nationwide | 591 of 1510 |
The Plains States | |
Kansas | 2 of 23 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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Nationwide | 707 of 1510 |
The Plains States | |
Kansas | 2 of 23 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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Nationwide | 134 of 1511 |
The Plains States | 27 of 165 |
Kansas | 2 of 23 |
Diversity
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Overall | 673 of 2238 |
Ethnic | |
Male / Female | 305 of 2486 |
Location | 630 of 2238 |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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Top Ranked | 4 of 104 |
Best Value | 13 of 104 |
Most Popular | 5 of 228 |
Most Focused | 18 of 228 |
Highest Paid Grads | 27 of 99 |
Agricultural Economics & Business
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Top Ranked | 10 of 70 |
Best Value | 13 of 70 |
Most Popular | 9 of 117 |
Most Focused | 25 of 117 |
Highest Paid Grads | 20 of 72 |
Agricultural Mechanization
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Most Popular | 9 of 23 |
Most Focused |
Agricultural Public Services
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Most Popular | 7 of 26 |
Most Focused | 12 of 26 |
Animal Science
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Top Ranked | 7 of 76 |
Best Value | 8 of 76 |
Most Popular | 3 of 91 |
Most Focused | 8 of 91 |
Highest Paid Grads | 34 of 72 |
Food Processing
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Most Popular | 1 of 8 |
Most Focused | 1 of 8 |
Food Science Technology
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Top Ranked | 12 of 34 |
Best Value | 7 of 34 |
Most Popular | 11 of 51 |
Most Focused | 10 of 51 |
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Plant Sciences
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Most Popular | 3 of 79 |
Most Focused | 18 of 79 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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Ethnic Studies
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Most Popular | |
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Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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Top Ranked | 179 of 824 |
Best Value | 186 of 808 |
Most Popular | 199 of 1426 |
Most Focused | |
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Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 200 of 574 |
Most Focused | |
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General Biology
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Top Ranked | 297 of 820 |
Best Value | 368 of 803 |
Most Popular | 302 of 1383 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 417 of 847 |
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
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Most Popular | 44 of 95 |
Most Focused | 40 of 95 |
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Zoology
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Best Value | |
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Business, Management & Marketing
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Top Ranked | 155 of 851 |
Best Value | 203 of 810 |
Most Popular | 135 of 1991 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 321 of 903 |
Accounting
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Top Ranked | 167 of 623 |
Best Value | 241 of 601 |
Most Popular | 142 of 1286 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Business Administration & Management
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Top Ranked | 188 of 747 |
Best Value | 281 of 711 |
Most Popular | 269 of 1675 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 221 of 725 |
Entrepreneurial Studies
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Top Ranked | 27 of 57 |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 16 of 234 |
Most Focused | 90 of 234 |
Highest Paid Grads |
Finance & Financial Management
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Top Ranked | 58 of 389 |
Best Value | 62 of 378 |
Most Popular | 80 of 664 |
Most Focused | 182 of 664 |
Highest Paid Grads | 171 of 416 |
General Business/Commerce
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Most Popular | 237 of 502 |
Most Focused |
Hospitality Management
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Top Ranked | 44 of 115 |
Best Value | 51 of 111 |
Most Popular | 74 of 255 |
Most Focused | |
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Management Information Systems
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Most Popular | 87 of 347 |
Most Focused |
Marketing
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Top Ranked | 143 of 416 |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 62 of 766 |
Most Focused | 226 of 766 |
Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 449 |
Communication & Journalism
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Top Ranked | 204 of 601 |
Best Value | 286 of 587 |
Most Popular | 166 of 1215 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 337 of 713 |
Communication & Media Studies
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Top Ranked | 233 of 524 |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 370 of 1027 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 277 of 601 |
Journalism
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Top Ranked | 78 of 184 |
Best Value | 89 of 180 |
Most Popular | 27 of 343 |
Most Focused | 46 of 343 |
Highest Paid Grads | 98 of 228 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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Top Ranked | 157 of 603 |
Best Value | 140 of 575 |
Most Popular | 261 of 1551 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Computer Information Systems
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Top Ranked | 39 of 357 |
Best Value | 52 of 338 |
Most Popular | 121 of 838 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 75 of 451 |
Information Science
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Top Ranked | 41 of 83 |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 107 of 243 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 59 of 124 |
Education
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Top Ranked | 92 of 414 |
Best Value | 196 of 404 |
Most Popular | 48 of 1368 |
Most Focused | 498 of 1366 |
Highest Paid Grads | 218 of 707 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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Most Popular | 16 of 1168 |
Most Focused | 297 of 1164 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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Top Ranked | 81 of 347 |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 139 of 863 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 170 of 506 |
Engineering
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Top Ranked | 97 of 309 |
Best Value | 59 of 302 |
Most Popular | 77 of 596 |
Most Focused | 166 of 596 |
Highest Paid Grads |
Agricultural Engineering
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 15 of 31 |
Most Focused | 11 of 31 |
Highest Paid Grads |
Architectural Engineering
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Most Popular | 4 of 23 |
Most Focused | 7 of 23 |
Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 20 |
Chemical Engineering
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | 62 of 150 |
Most Popular | |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 146 |
Civil Engineering
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Top Ranked | 92 of 207 |
Best Value | 55 of 203 |
Most Popular | 75 of 263 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Computer Engineering
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | 61 of 161 |
Most Popular | 103 of 283 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Electrical Engineering
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Top Ranked | 132 of 269 |
Best Value | 109 of 264 |
Most Popular | 99 of 350 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Industrial Engineering
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 37 of 108 |
Most Focused | 49 of 108 |
Highest Paid Grads | 44 of 90 |
Mechanical Engineering
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Top Ranked | 102 of 272 |
Best Value | 60 of 268 |
Most Popular | 84 of 337 |
Most Focused | 164 of 337 |
Highest Paid Grads |
Engineering Technologies
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Most Popular | 60 of 445 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 42 of 175 |
Construction Engineering Technology
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Most Popular | 7 of 66 |
Most Focused | 18 of 66 |
General Engineering Technology
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Most Popular | 15 of 73 |
Most Focused |
English Language & Literature
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 399 of 1355 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 360 of 871 |
General English Literature
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Top Ranked | 300 of 622 |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 330 of 1271 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 330 of 800 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
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Top Ranked | 10 of 138 |
Best Value | 18 of 132 |
Most Popular | 16 of 374 |
Most Focused | 45 of 374 |
Highest Paid Grads | 95 of 200 |
Food, Nutrition & Related Services
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Most Popular | 20 of 94 |
Most Focused | 33 of 94 |
Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 64 |
General Family & Consumer Sciences
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Most Popular | |
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Human Development & Family Studies
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Top Ranked | 28 of 122 |
Best Value | 35 of 117 |
Most Popular | 14 of 264 |
Most Focused | 52 of 264 |
Highest Paid Grads | 55 of 128 |
Textile & Apparel Studies
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Top Ranked | 19 of 47 |
Best Value | 21 of 46 |
Most Popular | 24 of 69 |
Most Focused | 27 of 69 |
Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 48 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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Most Popular | 253 of 942 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 227 of 653 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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Most Popular | 61 of 300 |
Most Focused | 117 of 300 |
Health Professions
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Top Ranked | 27 of 593 |
Best Value | 96 of 564 |
Most Popular | 619 of 1678 |
Most Focused | |
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Allied Health Professions
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Most Popular | 185 of 663 |
Most Focused |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
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Most Popular | |
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Communication Sciences
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Most Popular | |
Most Focused |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
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Top Ranked | 22 of 67 |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 19 of 130 |
Most Focused | 43 of 130 |
Highest Paid Grads |
Health/Medical Prep Programs
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Most Popular | 46 of 158 |
Most Focused |
History
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 228 of 1251 |
Most Focused |
History
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 228 of 1251 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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Most Popular | |
Most Focused |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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Most Popular | |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 204 of 504 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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Top Ranked | 121 of 471 |
Best Value | 70 of 460 |
Most Popular | 221 of 1223 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 365 of 805 |
Mathematics
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Top Ranked | 183 of 475 |
Best Value | 145 of 465 |
Most Popular | 278 of 1171 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 341 of 771 |
Statistics
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Mechanic & Repair Technologies
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Most Popular | |
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Vehicle Maintenance & Repair
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Most Popular | |
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Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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Most Popular | 266 of 1032 |
Most Focused |
Natural Sciences
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Most Popular | 5 of 57 |
Most Focused | 24 of 57 |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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Most Popular | 188 of 753 |
Most Focused |
Natural Resource Management
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Most Popular | 16 of 74 |
Most Focused | 36 of 74 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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Top Ranked | 56 of 467 |
Best Value | 151 of 458 |
Most Popular | 75 of 898 |
Most Focused | |
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Health & Physical Education
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Top Ranked | 114 of 458 |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 80 of 835 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Recreation Administration
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Most Popular | 40 of 94 |
Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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Most Popular | 469 of 941 |
Most Focused | |
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Philosophy
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Most Popular | 318 of 733 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Physical Sciences
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Top Ranked | 156 of 479 |
Best Value | 134 of 470 |
Most Popular | 171 of 1156 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Chemistry
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Top Ranked | 179 of 435 |
Best Value | 199 of 426 |
Most Popular | 221 of 1099 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 354 of 753 |
General Physical Sciences
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Most Popular | |
Most Focused |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 108 of 428 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Physics
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 254 of 717 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Psychology
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Top Ranked | 148 of 836 |
Best Value | 169 of 809 |
Most Popular | 339 of 1502 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 142 of 898 |
Child Development & Psychology
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Most Popular | |
Most Focused |
General Psychology
better worse | |
Top Ranked | 195 of 841 |
Best Value | 224 of 814 |
Most Popular | 357 of 1407 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 127 of 834 |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
Top Ranked | 178 of 402 |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 181 of 868 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 213 of 453 |
Social Work
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Top Ranked | 110 of 361 |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 115 of 578 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 110 of 367 |
Social Sciences
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Top Ranked | 176 of 671 |
Best Value | 156 of 654 |
Most Popular | 113 of 1319 |
Most Focused | 439 of 1319 |
Highest Paid Grads |
Anthropology
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Economics
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 209 of 715 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
General Social Sciences
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Most Popular | 16 of 287 |
Most Focused | 50 of 287 |
Geography & Cartography
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Top Ranked | 55 of 162 |
Best Value | 76 of 160 |
Most Popular | |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Political Science & Government
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Top Ranked | |
Best Value | |
Most Popular | 221 of 1083 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Sociology
better worse | |
Top Ranked | 162 of 534 |
Best Value | 148 of 523 |
Most Popular | 69 of 964 |
Most Focused | 319 of 964 |
Highest Paid Grads |
Transportation & Materials Moving
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Most Popular | 28 of 106 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 37 |
Air Transportation
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Most Popular | 22 of 99 |
Most Focused |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
Top Ranked | 117 of 641 |
Best Value | 107 of 626 |
Most Popular | 261 of 1522 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads |
Design & Applied Arts
better worse | |
Top Ranked | 72 of 217 |
Best Value | 67 of 209 |
Most Popular | 303 of 654 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 132 of 266 |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
Top Ranked | 56 of 314 |
Best Value | 53 of 308 |
Most Popular | 214 of 808 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 249 of 535 |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
Top Ranked | 227 of 512 |
Best Value | 239 of 501 |
Most Popular | 135 of 1103 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 296 of 693 |
Music
better worse | |
Top Ranked | 115 of 371 |
Best Value | 146 of 365 |
Most Popular | 209 of 1036 |
Most Focused | |
Highest Paid Grads | 285 of 658 |
Men's Sports
better worse | |
Men's Baseball (D1) | 131 of 272 |
Men's Basketball (D1) | 98 of 325 |
Men's Football (FBS) | 46 of 124 |
Women's Sports
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Women's Basketball (D1) | 98 of 325 |
Women's Volleyball (D1) | 109 of 308 |
Veterans
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Overall | 106 of 1821 |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 104 |
Agricultural Economics & Business
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 8 of 70 |
Animal Science
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 76 |
Food Science Technology
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 34 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 101 of 825 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 82 of 237 |
General Biology
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 207 of 820 |
Zoology
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 20 of 43 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 146 of 853 |
Accounting
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 146 of 625 |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 221 of 749 |
Entrepreneurial Studies
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 18 of 57 |
Finance & Financial Management
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 30 of 390 |
Hospitality Management
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 49 of 116 |
Marketing
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 156 of 417 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 181 of 600 |
Communication & Media Studies
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Top Ranked Veterans |
Journalism
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 63 of 184 |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 139 of 603 |
Computer Information Systems
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 357 |
Information Science
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Top Ranked Veterans |
Education
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 135 of 416 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 102 of 348 |
Engineering
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 75 of 309 |
Agricultural Engineering
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Top Ranked Veterans |
Chemical Engineering
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans |
Civil Engineering
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 72 of 207 |
Computer Engineering
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 70 of 165 |
Electrical Engineering
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 99 of 269 |
Industrial Engineering
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 38 of 86 |
Mechanical Engineering
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 70 of 272 |
English Language & Literature
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Top Ranked Veterans |
General English Literature
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 258 of 622 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 9 of 138 |
Human Development & Family Studies
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 17 of 122 |
Textile & Apparel Studies
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 18 of 47 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 20 of 595 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 21 of 67 |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 76 of 472 |
Mathematics
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 106 of 476 |
Statistics
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 54 of 465 |
Health & Physical Education
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 120 of 456 |
Physical Sciences
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 109 of 479 |
Chemistry
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 113 of 435 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 105 of 242 |
Physics
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 106 of 263 |
Psychology
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 65 of 835 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 112 of 840 |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans |
Social Work
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 155 of 360 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 125 of 670 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans |
Economics
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 177 of 418 |
Geography & Cartography
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 46 of 162 |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 278 of 590 |
Sociology
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 103 of 534 |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 94 of 640 |
Design & Applied Arts
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 72 of 216 |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 47 of 314 |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 139 of 513 |
Music
better worse | |
Top Ranked Veterans | 91 of 370 |
Non-Traditional Students
better worse | |
Overall | 383 of 1159 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
Best for Non-Traditional Students | 174 of 653 |
Top Ranked Online | 41 of 297 |
Most Popular Online |
Finance & Financial Management
better worse | |
Best for Non-Traditional Students | 32 of 316 |
Top Ranked Online | 2 of 28 |
Most Popular Online |
General Business/Commerce
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Most Popular Online |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
better worse | |
Best for Non-Traditional Students | 8 of 124 |
Top Ranked Online | 3 of 24 |
Most Popular Online | 6 of 54 |
Human Development & Family Studies
better worse | |
Best for Non-Traditional Students | 29 of 110 |
Top Ranked Online | 4 of 23 |
Most Popular Online | 5 of 44 |
History
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Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
Top Ranked Online | 5 of 31 |
Most Popular Online | 16 of 56 |
History
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Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
Top Ranked Online | 5 of 31 |
Most Popular Online | 16 of 56 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
Best for Non-Traditional Students | 126 of 478 |
Top Ranked Online | 12 of 96 |
Most Popular Online | 28 of 170 |
General Social Sciences
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Most Popular Online | 8 of 48 |
International Quality
International Value