Top 2017 Rankings For New York University
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All 2017 Rankings For New York University
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 102 of 1388 |
| Middle Atlantic | 31 of 265 |
| New York | 15 of 111 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Middle Atlantic | |
| New York |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Middle Atlantic | |
| New York |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| New York |
Diversity
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| Overall | 27 of 2389 |
| Ethnic | 181 of 2654 |
| Male / Female | |
| Location | 64 of 2397 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | 14 of 186 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 28 of 535 |
| Most Focused | 193 of 535 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 288 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | 14 of 187 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 22 of 370 |
| Most Focused | 133 of 370 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 249 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 101 of 390 |
| Most Focused |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 37 of 819 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 121 of 1399 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 29 of 892 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked | 39 of 235 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 41 of 550 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 363 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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| Top Ranked | 20 of 69 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 22 of 178 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 108 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 14 of 814 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 278 of 1357 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 36 of 849 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences
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| Most Popular | 45 of 153 |
| Most Focused |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 830 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 111 of 2090 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 909 |
Accounting
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 652 |
Business Administration & Management
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Business, Management & Marketing (Other)
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| Most Popular | 11 of 102 |
| Most Focused |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 161 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 377 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 222 of 634 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 421 |
General Business/Commerce
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| Most Popular | 8 of 516 |
| Most Focused | 186 of 516 |
General Sales & Marketing
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| Most Popular | 31 of 65 |
| Most Focused |
Hospitality Management
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 117 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 60 of 270 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 127 |
Human Resource Management
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 175 |
International Business
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| Most Popular | |
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Management Information Systems
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Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
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Real Estate
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 39 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 588 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 65 of 1208 |
| Most Focused | 461 of 1209 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 38 of 718 |
Communication & Journalism (Other)
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| Most Popular | 34 of 74 |
| Most Focused |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 538 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 52 of 1018 |
| Most Focused | 462 of 1018 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 41 of 608 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 190 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 37 of 350 |
| Most Focused | 134 of 350 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 237 |
Communications Technologies & Support
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| Most Popular | |
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Audiovisual Communications
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| Most Popular | |
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Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 556 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 84 of 1631 |
| Most Focused | 793 of 1632 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 38 of 832 |
Computer & Information Sciences (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
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Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 336 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 32 of 872 |
| Most Focused | 297 of 871 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 457 |
Computer Software & Applications
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| Most Popular | 99 of 256 |
| Most Focused |
Education
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| Top Ranked | 52 of 450 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 277 of 1377 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 714 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 361 of 1174 |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | 48 of 380 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 123 of 879 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 513 |
Engineering
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| Most Popular | 132 of 553 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 355 |
Chemical Engineering
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Civil Engineering
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| Most Popular | 119 of 254 |
| Most Focused |
Computer Engineering
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| Most Popular | 84 of 266 |
| Most Focused |
Construction Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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Electrical Engineering
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| Most Popular | 85 of 336 |
| Most Focused |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Most Popular | 120 of 317 |
| Most Focused |
Operations Research
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
English Language & Literature
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| Most Popular | 94 of 1354 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 875 |
Literature
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| Most Popular | 1 of 43 |
| Most Focused | 14 of 43 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
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| Most Popular | 157 of 372 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 201 |
Food, Nutrition & Related Services
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| Most Popular | 32 of 104 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 70 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 21 of 360 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 40 of 948 |
| Most Focused | 335 of 948 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 662 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | |
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Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | 55 of 305 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 223 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 71 of 285 |
| Most Focused |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 376 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 31 of 829 |
| Most Focused | 330 of 828 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 593 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
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| Most Popular | |
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Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 577 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 83 of 1718 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 698 |
Communication Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
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Dental Support Services
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| Most Popular | 7 of 134 |
| Most Focused |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 513 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 41 of 1105 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 512 |
Public Health
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | 31 of 590 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 78 of 1250 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 138 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 30 of 615 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 78 of 1250 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 829 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 351 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 49 of 1181 |
| Most Focused | 355 of 1180 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 464 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 361 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 49 of 1181 |
| Most Focused | 355 of 1180 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 508 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 38 of 486 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 45 of 1240 |
| Most Focused | 380 of 1238 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 34 of 817 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 26 of 504 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 34 of 1189 |
| Most Focused | 448 of 1190 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 41 of 785 |
Statistics (Other)
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| Most Popular | 4 of 18 |
| Most Focused |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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Medieval Studies
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| Most Popular | 11 of 28 |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 62 of 264 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 29 of 945 |
| Most Focused | 412 of 944 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 612 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | 32 of 260 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 19 of 742 |
| Most Focused | 250 of 742 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 535 |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 217 of 542 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 335 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 57 of 462 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 113 of 1143 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 793 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 30 of 430 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 56 of 1083 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 747 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 245 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 76 of 718 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 22 of 545 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 19 of 848 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 79 of 1491 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 20 of 901 |
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology
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| Most Popular | 14 of 133 |
| Most Focused |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 45 of 854 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 91 of 1422 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 857 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked | 24 of 392 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 252 of 851 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 455 |
Public Administration (Other)
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| Most Popular | 11 of 25 |
| Most Focused |
Social Work
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 357 |
| Best Value | 168 of 344 |
| Most Popular | 237 of 572 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 370 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 690 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 19 of 1319 |
| Most Focused | 152 of 1319 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 48 of 878 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 285 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 43 of 423 |
| Most Focused | 203 of 423 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 344 |
Archeology
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| Most Popular | 14 of 38 |
| Most Focused |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 14 of 431 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 6 of 732 |
| Most Focused | 73 of 733 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 134 of 549 |
General Social Sciences
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| Most Popular | 21 of 299 |
| Most Focused | 114 of 299 |
International Relations & National Security
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| Most Popular | 100 of 332 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 215 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 614 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 25 of 1073 |
| Most Focused | 228 of 1075 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 22 of 769 |
Social Sciences (Other)
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| Most Popular | 34 of 91 |
| Most Focused |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 552 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 183 of 969 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 30 of 698 |
Urban Studies
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 30 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 7 of 75 |
| Most Focused | 33 of 75 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 56 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 672 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 6 of 1579 |
| Most Focused | 184 of 1565 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 845 |
Dance
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| Most Popular | 28 of 225 |
| Most Focused |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 323 |
| Best Value | 145 of 312 |
| Most Popular | 1 of 833 |
| Most Focused | 21 of 814 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 545 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 141 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 3 of 361 |
| Most Focused | 73 of 363 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 182 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 531 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 29 of 1124 |
| Most Focused | 430 of 1123 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 701 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 53 of 393 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 12 of 1034 |
| Most Focused | 299 of 1035 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 660 |
Visual & Performing Arts (Other)
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| Most Popular | 1 of 37 |
| Most Focused | 15 of 37 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Swimming (D3) | 8 of 18 |
| Men's Tennis (D3) |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Rowing (D3) | 8 of 37 |
| Women's Swimming (D3) | 8 of 18 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 368 of 1428 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 17 of 186 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 187 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 62 of 828 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 55 of 236 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 29 of 69 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 31 of 822 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 92 of 866 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 387 |
Hospitality Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 14 of 120 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 599 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 28 of 546 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 192 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 33 of 575 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 350 |
Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 28 of 362 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 10 of 377 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 79 of 600 |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 525 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 47 of 597 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 45 of 623 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 11 of 361 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 373 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 44 of 490 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 36 of 508 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 79 of 266 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 41 of 261 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 70 of 465 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 49 of 431 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 44 of 245 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 35 of 864 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 106 of 870 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 54 of 397 |
Social Work
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 357 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 694 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 18 of 286 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 432 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 22 of 620 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 43 of 557 |
Urban Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 14 of 30 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 684 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 18 of 324 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 145 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 538 |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 137 of 396 |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall | 63 of 989 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Online | 2 of 250 |
| Most Popular Online |
Business Administration & Management
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| Most Popular Online |
International Quality
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| OVERALL | 8 of 1176 |
| Australia | 3 of 197 |
| Bangladesh | 6 of 267 |
| Brazil | 2 of 444 |
| Canada | 3 of 667 |
| China | 7 of 824 |
| Colombia | 2 of 278 |
| Ecuador | 2 of 142 |
| Egypt | 4 of 169 |
| France | 3 of 313 |
| Germany | 3 of 380 |
| Ghana | 11 of 226 |
| Greece | 4 of 117 |
| Hong Kong | 10 of 201 |
| India | 5 of 641 |
| Indonesia | 8 of 210 |
| Iran | 7 of 262 |
| Israel | 4 of 92 |
| Italy | 2 of 189 |
| Jamaica | 3 of 149 |
| Japan | 6 of 444 |
| Jordan | 2 of 157 |
| Kenya | 8 of 206 |
| Kuwait | 21 of 182 |
| Malaysia | 8 of 235 |
| Mexico | 3 of 330 |
| Mongolia | 6 of 73 |
| Nepal | 13 of 356 |
| Netherlands | 3 of 103 |
| Nigeria | 4 of 440 |
| Norway | 2 of 108 |
| Oman | 15 of 68 |
| Pakistan | 1 of 263 |
| Peru | 2 of 128 |
| Philippines | 2 of 142 |
| Russia | 3 of 250 |
| Saudi Arabia | 11 of 561 |
| Singapore | 2 of 144 |
| South Korea | 3 of 612 |
| Spain | 4 of 292 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 of 161 |
| Sweden | 2 of 183 |
| Taiwan | 3 of 361 |
| Thailand | 2 of 256 |
| Turkey | 5 of 282 |
| Ukraine | 3 of 102 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 of 105 |
| United Kingdom | 2 of 513 |
| Venezuela | 4 of 265 |
| Vietnam | 16 of 495 |
International Value
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