Top 2020 Rankings For Princeton University
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All 2020 Rankings For Princeton University
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 20 of 1724 |
| Middle Atlantic | 4 of 328 |
| New Jersey | 1 of 32 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 324 of 1483 |
| Middle Atlantic | 55 of 287 |
| New Jersey | 7 of 27 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 2 of 1538 |
| Middle Atlantic | 1 of 286 |
| New Jersey | 1 of 27 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 540 of 1483 |
| Middle Atlantic | 95 of 287 |
| New Jersey | 11 of 27 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 14 of 2188 |
| Ethnic | 229 of 2418 |
| Male / Female | 150 of 2415 |
| Location | 27 of 2177 |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 142 |
General Architecture
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 91 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | 11 of 173 |
| Best Value | 2 of 169 |
| Most Popular | 167 of 508 |
| Most Focused | 151 of 508 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 280 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | 11 of 170 |
| Best Value | 2 of 167 |
| Most Popular | 82 of 359 |
| Most Focused | 77 of 359 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 250 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 7 of 824 |
| Best Value | 124 of 808 |
| Most Popular | 245 of 1422 |
| Most Focused | 352 of 1422 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 882 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 236 |
| Best Value | 11 of 233 |
| Most Popular | 49 of 574 |
| Most Focused | 33 of 574 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 357 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 66 |
| Best Value | 3 of 66 |
| Most Popular | 18 of 173 |
| Most Focused | 14 of 173 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 99 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences
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Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 43 of 309 |
| Best Value | 54 of 302 |
| Most Popular | 118 of 595 |
| Most Focused | 53 of 595 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 354 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 30 of 151 |
| Best Value | 20 of 150 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 43 of 167 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 146 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 15 of 207 |
| Best Value | 25 of 203 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 75 of 263 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 208 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 7 of 165 |
| Best Value | 21 of 161 |
| Most Popular | 10 of 282 |
| Most Focused | 5 of 282 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 188 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 15 of 269 |
| Best Value | 27 of 264 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 94 of 350 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 278 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 34 of 272 |
| Best Value | 37 of 268 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 263 |
Operations Research
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| Most Popular | 3 of 10 |
| Most Focused | 2 of 10 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 27 of 601 |
| Best Value | 81 of 585 |
| Most Popular | 263 of 1351 |
| Most Focused | 292 of 1351 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 875 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 620 |
| Best Value | 61 of 603 |
| Most Popular | 213 of 1267 |
| Most Focused | 191 of 1267 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 796 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 340 |
| Best Value | 30 of 334 |
| Most Popular | 100 of 941 |
| Most Focused | 83 of 941 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 645 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | 12 of 231 |
| Most Focused | 30 of 231 |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | 120 of 272 |
| Most Focused | 91 of 272 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 196 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 87 of 299 |
| Most Focused | 24 of 299 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 351 |
| Best Value | 34 of 345 |
| Most Popular | 274 of 809 |
| Most Focused | 279 of 809 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 556 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 33 of 106 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 541 |
| Best Value | 47 of 533 |
| Most Popular | 56 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | 21 of 1250 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 138 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 571 |
| Best Value | 51 of 565 |
| Most Popular | 56 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | 21 of 1250 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 833 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 53 of 471 |
| Best Value | 63 of 460 |
| Most Popular | 224 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | 202 of 1223 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 806 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 476 |
| Best Value | 28 of 465 |
| Most Popular | 178 of 1171 |
| Most Focused | 158 of 1171 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 769 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 396 |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 244 |
| Best Value | 13 of 235 |
| Most Popular | 37 of 939 |
| Most Focused | 77 of 939 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 588 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 227 |
| Best Value | 6 of 222 |
| Most Popular | 35 of 731 |
| Most Focused | 37 of 731 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 526 |
Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 77 |
| Best Value | 10 of 76 |
| Most Popular | 52 of 540 |
| Most Focused | 160 of 540 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 333 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 478 |
| Best Value | 50 of 470 |
| Most Popular | 103 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | 72 of 1156 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 789 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics
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| Most Popular | 25 of 82 |
| Most Focused | 19 of 82 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 435 |
| Best Value | 37 of 426 |
| Most Popular | 118 of 1099 |
| Most Focused | 126 of 1099 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 750 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 242 |
| Best Value | 26 of 241 |
| Most Popular | 171 of 428 |
| Most Focused | 107 of 428 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 339 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 263 |
| Best Value | 14 of 261 |
| Most Popular | 62 of 717 |
| Most Focused | 74 of 717 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 536 |
Psychology
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| Most Popular | 670 of 1476 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 893 |
Child Development & Psychology
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| Most Popular | 39 of 116 |
| Most Focused | 40 of 116 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 400 |
| Best Value | 77 of 393 |
| Most Popular | 78 of 865 |
| Most Focused | 97 of 865 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 455 |
Public Policy
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 29 |
| Best Value | 1 of 29 |
| Most Popular | 4 of 68 |
| Most Focused | 2 of 68 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 38 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 15 of 670 |
| Best Value | 77 of 654 |
| Most Popular | 160 of 1316 |
| Most Focused | 98 of 1315 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 870 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | 27 of 260 |
| Best Value | 22 of 254 |
| Most Popular | 153 of 427 |
| Most Focused | 71 of 427 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 339 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 417 |
| Best Value | 17 of 410 |
| Most Popular | 83 of 715 |
| Most Focused | 55 of 715 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 536 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 588 |
| Best Value | 51 of 577 |
| Most Popular | 146 of 1081 |
| Most Focused | 88 of 1081 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 769 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 533 |
| Best Value | 52 of 523 |
| Most Popular | 216 of 962 |
| Most Focused | 223 of 962 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 690 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 86 of 640 |
| Best Value | 147 of 626 |
| Most Popular | 686 of 1482 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 833 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 508 |
| Best Value | 39 of 501 |
| Most Popular | 317 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | 398 of 1075 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 714 |
Music
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 656 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 557 of 1751 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 27 of 173 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 170 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 17 of 825 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 237 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 66 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 61 of 309 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 58 of 151 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 50 of 207 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 32 of 165 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 56 of 269 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 81 of 272 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 62 of 601 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 620 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 341 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 352 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 86 of 472 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 37 of 476 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 244 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 230 |
Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 7 of 76 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 479 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 17 of 435 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 242 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 263 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 400 |
Public Policy
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 29 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 37 of 669 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 68 of 260 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 418 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 9 of 588 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 534 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 216 of 640 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 17 of 514 |
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