Top 2017 Rankings For Samford University
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All 2017 Rankings For Samford University
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 240 of 1387 |
| Southeast | 30 of 355 |
| Alabama | 1 of 24 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 236 of 1208 |
| Southeast | 59 of 312 |
| Alabama | 3 of 24 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 368 of 1208 |
| Southeast | 81 of 312 |
| Alabama | 4 of 24 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 232 of 1208 |
| Southeast | 58 of 312 |
| Alabama | 2 of 24 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 1069 of 2397 |
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| Location | 316 of 2398 |
Best Religiously Affiliated
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| Baptist | 3 of 37 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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Area Studies
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Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 359 of 818 |
| Best Value | 384 of 779 |
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| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 298 of 892 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 288 of 812 |
| Best Value | 261 of 770 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 304 of 850 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 221 of 830 |
| Best Value | 206 of 778 |
| Most Popular | 772 of 2090 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 161 of 904 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 79 of 608 |
| Best Value | 86 of 577 |
| Most Popular | 529 of 1344 |
| Most Focused | 654 of 1344 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 139 of 652 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 214 of 727 |
| Best Value | 254 of 682 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 98 of 727 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 64 of 214 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 54 of 161 |
Entrepreneurial Studies
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| Top Ranked | 24 of 57 |
| Best Value | 12 of 56 |
| Most Popular | 65 of 195 |
| Most Focused | 48 of 195 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 35 of 84 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | 118 of 376 |
| Best Value | 104 of 362 |
| Most Popular | 309 of 634 |
| Most Focused | 197 of 634 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 139 of 420 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 145 of 396 |
| Best Value | 175 of 381 |
| Most Popular | 378 of 764 |
| Most Focused | 322 of 764 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 212 of 455 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 121 of 589 |
| Best Value | 114 of 567 |
| Most Popular | 380 of 1209 |
| Most Focused | 233 of 1209 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 289 of 719 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 177 of 537 |
| Best Value | 173 of 516 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 204 of 608 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 49 of 190 |
| Best Value | 32 of 186 |
| Most Popular | 103 of 350 |
| Most Focused | 22 of 350 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 96 of 237 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 182 of 832 |
Computer Science
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 162 of 368 |
Education
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| Most Popular | 653 of 1377 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 177 of 710 |
Student Counseling
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| Most Popular | |
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Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 526 of 1174 |
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Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 144 of 510 |
Engineering
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Engineering Physics
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 33 of 75 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 285 of 625 |
| Best Value | 258 of 589 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 313 of 873 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 266 of 644 |
| Best Value | 215 of 607 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 289 of 806 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 38 of 139 |
| Best Value | 41 of 133 |
| Most Popular | 142 of 372 |
| Most Focused | 76 of 372 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 97 of 202 |
Food, Nutrition & Related Services
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 28 of 104 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 27 of 70 |
Human Development & Family Studies
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| Top Ranked | 38 of 123 |
| Best Value | 50 of 118 |
| Most Popular | 113 of 260 |
| Most Focused | 78 of 260 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 46 of 135 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 381 of 948 |
| Most Focused | 249 of 948 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 321 of 661 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | 83 of 234 |
| Most Focused | 54 of 234 |
Germanic Languages
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Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 187 of 375 |
| Best Value | 134 of 357 |
| Most Popular | 357 of 828 |
| Most Focused | 239 of 828 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 259 of 592 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 42 of 577 |
| Best Value | 78 of 545 |
| Most Popular | 344 of 1720 |
| Most Focused | 510 of 1720 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 266 of 692 |
Allied Health Professions
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Health Professions (Other)
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Health/Medical Prep Programs
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| Most Popular | 63 of 152 |
| Most Focused | 74 of 152 |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 51 of 508 |
| Best Value | 54 of 481 |
| Most Popular | 523 of 1106 |
| Most Focused | 521 of 1106 |
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Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
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| Most Popular | 9 of 39 |
| Most Focused | 4 of 39 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 263 of 590 |
| Best Value | 251 of 557 |
| Most Popular | 516 of 1251 |
| Most Focused | 447 of 1251 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 272 of 615 |
| Best Value | 267 of 581 |
| Most Popular | 516 of 1251 |
| Most Focused | 447 of 1251 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 303 of 828 |
Legal Professions
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Legal Support Services
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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 175 of 465 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 181 of 508 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 345 of 818 |
Mathematics
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 302 of 786 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
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Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 127 of 270 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked | 80 of 462 |
| Best Value | 127 of 443 |
| Most Popular | 249 of 883 |
| Most Focused | 197 of 883 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 105 of 416 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked | 71 of 451 |
| Best Value | 111 of 432 |
| Most Popular | 221 of 819 |
| Most Focused | 170 of 819 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 129 of 460 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 68 of 253 |
| Most Popular | 183 of 944 |
| Most Focused | 178 of 944 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 272 of 613 |
Philosophy
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 259 of 536 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies (Other)
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Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 44 of 102 |
| Most Popular | 74 of 542 |
| Most Focused | 99 of 542 |
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Physical Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
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Chemistry
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 304 of 748 |
Physics
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 270 of 848 |
| Best Value | 243 of 800 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 232 of 901 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 236 of 854 |
| Best Value | 196 of 805 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 216 of 857 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 44 of 455 |
Human Services
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| Most Popular | |
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Public Administration
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 27 of 83 |
Social Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 431 of 878 |
Geography & Cartography
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 96 of 227 |
International Relations & National Security
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads |
Political Science & Government
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 296 of 768 |
Sociology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 277 of 697 |
Theology & Religious Vocations
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 99 |
Sacred Music
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| Most Popular | |
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Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 615 of 1565 |
| Most Focused | 657 of 1565 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 310 of 851 |
Design & Applied Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 115 of 271 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 344 of 814 |
| Most Focused | 242 of 814 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 233 of 546 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 269 of 700 |
Music
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 474 of 1035 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 257 of 660 |
Visual & Performing Arts (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
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Men's Sports
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| Men's Baseball (D1) | 87 of 284 |
| Men's Basketball (D1) | 151 of 335 |
| Men's Football (FCS) | 14 of 121 |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D1) | 104 of 333 |
| Women's Soccer (D1) | 60 of 315 |
| Women's Softball (D1) | 63 of 282 |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) | 65 of 318 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 178 of 1429 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 364 of 822 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 395 of 866 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 90 of 629 |
Business Administration & Management
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Entrepreneurial Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 175 of 386 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 155 of 599 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 265 of 546 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 57 of 192 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 316 of 651 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 58 of 144 |
Human Development & Family Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 63 of 129 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 167 of 377 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 102 of 600 |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 99 of 525 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 148 of 467 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 130 of 456 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 115 of 266 |
Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 53 of 108 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 337 of 864 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 273 of 870 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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Design & Applied Arts
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Drama & Theater Arts
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Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall |
International Quality
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| OVERALL | 249 of 1184 |
| Brazil | 190 of 447 |
| Canada | 258 of 671 |
| China | 225 of 821 |
| Nigeria | 185 of 438 |
| South Korea | 301 of 609 |
International Value
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| OVERALL | 198 of 1155 |
| Brazil | 170 of 438 |
| Canada | 239 of 659 |
| China | 195 of 808 |
| Nigeria | |
| South Korea | 261 of 599 |
