Top 2018 Rankings For San Jose State University
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All 2018 Rankings For San Jose State University
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 573 of 1383 |
| Far Western US | |
| California |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | |
| California | 29 of 79 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | |
| California | 29 of 79 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 469 of 1325 |
| Far Western US | 37 of 124 |
| California | 24 of 79 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 385 of 2355 |
| Ethnic | 136 of 2595 |
| Male / Female | 303 of 2594 |
| Location |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 56 of 286 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 301 of 823 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 178 of 1413 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 66 of 892 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 247 of 818 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 157 of 1372 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 50 of 850 |
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
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| Most Popular | 39 of 96 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 69 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 252 of 825 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 29 of 2042 |
| Most Focused | 544 of 2041 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 172 of 903 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 115 of 724 |
| Best Value | 267 of 701 |
| Most Popular | 7 of 1707 |
| Most Focused | 268 of 1720 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 93 of 725 |
Hospitality Management
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| Top Ranked | 47 of 116 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 37 of 258 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 52 of 124 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 67 of 582 |
| Best Value | 158 of 570 |
| Most Popular | 31 of 1220 |
| Most Focused | 199 of 1219 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 55 of 715 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Most Popular | 44 of 1035 |
| Most Focused | 393 of 1036 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 87 of 183 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 115 of 343 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 233 |
Public Relations & Advertising
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| Most Popular | 39 of 326 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 179 |
Radio, Television & Digital Communication
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| Most Popular | 37 of 240 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 127 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 109 of 568 |
| Best Value | 151 of 547 |
| Most Popular | 116 of 1602 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 46 of 826 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 60 of 268 |
| Best Value | 56 of 260 |
| Most Popular | 28 of 600 |
| Most Focused | 180 of 599 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 35 of 360 |
Education
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| Most Popular | 88 of 1366 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 708 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 25 of 1168 |
| Most Focused |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 104 of 309 |
| Best Value | 107 of 302 |
| Most Popular | 38 of 582 |
| Most Focused | 149 of 582 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 42 of 356 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 53 |
Biomedical Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 82 of 167 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 146 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 25 of 260 |
| Most Focused | 93 of 260 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 208 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 56 of 162 |
| Best Value | 55 of 157 |
| Most Popular | 15 of 272 |
| Most Focused | 68 of 272 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 27 of 191 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 129 of 261 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 35 of 343 |
| Most Focused | 149 of 343 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 48 of 274 |
General Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Industrial Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 34 of 109 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 91 |
Materials Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 45 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 46 of 326 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 59 of 264 |
Engineering Technologies
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| Most Popular | 120 of 459 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 179 |
Industrial Production Technology
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| Most Popular | 15 of 133 |
| Most Focused |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 215 of 612 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 92 of 1361 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 51 of 873 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 179 of 625 |
| Best Value | 258 of 609 |
| Most Popular | 74 of 1280 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 29 of 806 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 204 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 79 of 358 |
| Best Value | 76 of 352 |
| Most Popular | 88 of 939 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 656 |
East Asian Languages
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| Most Popular | 36 of 125 |
| Most Focused |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 103 of 286 |
| Most Focused |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 136 of 373 |
| Best Value | 164 of 366 |
| Most Popular | 109 of 817 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 583 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 46 of 582 |
| Best Value | 161 of 562 |
| Most Popular | 114 of 1704 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 36 of 692 |
Allied Health Professions
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| Most Popular | 330 of 671 |
| Most Focused |
Communication Sciences
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| Most Popular | 123 of 262 |
| Most Focused |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 12 of 72 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 7 of 128 |
| Most Focused | 38 of 128 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 79 |
Health Sciences & Services
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| Most Popular | 25 of 278 |
| Most Focused |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 175 of 513 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 269 of 1124 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 508 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | 262 of 570 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 134 of 1261 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 138 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 259 of 594 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 134 of 1261 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 29 of 831 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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| Top Ranked | 87 of 399 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 111 of 1128 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 361 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
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| Top Ranked | 75 of 401 |
| Best Value | 187 of 382 |
| Most Popular | 96 of 1103 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 421 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 109 of 340 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 282 of 1152 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 132 of 462 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 104 of 352 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 282 of 1152 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 139 of 505 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 212 of 1231 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 76 of 810 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 49 of 182 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 95 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 430 of 1178 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 79 of 772 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 129 of 1017 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 66 of 394 |
Behavioral Science
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| Most Popular | 8 of 74 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 16 |
International Studies
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| Most Popular | 95 of 259 |
| Most Focused |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | 261 of 529 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources & Conservation
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 62 of 745 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 271 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 41 of 689 |
| Most Focused | 334 of 689 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked | 30 of 452 |
| Best Value | 165 of 445 |
| Most Popular | 67 of 890 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 29 of 415 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked | 76 of 443 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 99 of 820 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 457 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 17 of 59 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 22 of 109 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 72 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 198 of 956 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 616 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 108 of 756 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 49 of 544 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 115 of 1143 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 140 of 787 |
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 43 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 45 of 1087 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 124 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 40 of 346 |
Physics
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 172 of 534 |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 223 of 826 |
| Best Value | 378 of 807 |
| Most Popular | 61 of 1491 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 51 of 899 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 210 of 832 |
| Best Value | 350 of 813 |
| Most Popular | 51 of 1409 |
| Most Focused | 699 of 1407 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 42 of 842 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 177 of 862 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 114 of 457 |
Social Work
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 148 of 366 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 118 of 576 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 29 of 368 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 223 of 676 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 102 of 1318 |
| Most Focused | 587 of 1317 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 178 of 877 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 133 of 272 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 128 of 422 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 339 |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 131 of 729 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 77 of 542 |
General Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 79 of 278 |
| Most Focused |
Geography & Cartography
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 227 |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 138 of 1081 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 763 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 212 of 524 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 27 of 968 |
| Most Focused | 252 of 969 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 182 of 695 |
Transportation & Materials Moving
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 37 of 105 |
| Most Focused |
Air Transportation
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 32 of 98 |
| Most Focused |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 79 of 628 |
| Best Value | 121 of 615 |
| Most Popular | 24 of 1529 |
| Most Focused | 368 of 1529 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 83 of 852 |
Dance
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 42 of 227 |
| Most Focused |
Design & Applied Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 53 of 219 |
| Best Value | 83 of 214 |
| Most Popular | 58 of 653 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 270 |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 78 of 306 |
| Best Value | 102 of 299 |
| Most Popular | 203 of 809 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 544 |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 166 of 507 |
| Best Value | 229 of 498 |
| Most Popular | 3 of 1111 |
| Most Focused | 123 of 1114 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 139 of 693 |
General Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 77 of 173 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 66 |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 122 of 376 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 155 of 1030 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 657 |
Men's Sports
better worse | |
| Men's Baseball (D1) | |
| Men's Basketball (D1) | |
| Men's Football (FBS) | |
| Men's Soccer (D1) |
Women's Sports
better worse | |
| Women's Basketball (D1) | |
| Women's Soccer (D1) | |
| Women's Softball (D1) | 122 of 272 |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) | |
| Women's Water Polo |
Veterans
better worse | |
| Overall | 313 of 1423 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 138 of 831 |
General Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 56 of 828 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 217 of 861 |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 59 of 759 |
Hospitality Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 48 of 120 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 26 of 590 |
Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 63 of 184 |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 57 of 587 |
Computer Science
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 28 of 274 |
Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 64 of 316 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 29 of 58 |
Chemical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Civil Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 84 of 213 |
Computer Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 20 of 164 |
Electrical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 83 of 267 |
Industrial Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 37 of 81 |
Materials Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mechanical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 105 of 276 |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 74 of 617 |
General English Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 34 of 631 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 358 |
Romance Languages
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 22 of 374 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 29 of 605 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 73 |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 181 of 531 |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 137 of 577 |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 128 of 601 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 121 of 419 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 84 of 421 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 116 of 349 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 90 of 361 |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 144 of 473 |
Applied Mathematics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 226 of 476 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 38 of 117 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 459 |
Health & Physical Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 34 of 451 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 59 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 120 of 248 |
Philosophy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 90 of 246 |
Physical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 217 of 477 |
Chemistry
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 161 of 413 |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 99 of 841 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 76 of 848 |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Social Work
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 149 of 369 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 146 of 681 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 63 of 273 |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 126 of 442 |
Geography & Cartography
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 191 of 601 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 93 of 528 |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 46 of 648 |
Design & Applied Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 41 of 235 |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 37 of 309 |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 57 of 521 |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 64 of 380 |
Non-Traditional Students
better worse | |
| Overall | 136 of 1164 |
International Quality
better worse | |
| OVERALL | 312 of 1174 |
| Bangladesh | |
| Brazil | 184 of 419 |
| Canada | 235 of 612 |
| China | 218 of 798 |
| Egypt | |
| France | |
| Germany | 117 of 324 |
| Hong Kong | |
| India | 124 of 618 |
| Indonesia | |
| Iran | |
| Italy | |
| Japan | 101 of 414 |
| Jordan | |
| Kuwait | |
| Malaysia | |
| Mexico | |
| Netherlands | |
| Nigeria | |
| Pakistan | |
| Peru | |
| Philippines | |
| Russia | |
| Saudi Arabia | 186 of 548 |
| South Korea | 207 of 567 |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Sweden | 60 of 146 |
| Taiwan | 120 of 341 |
| Thailand | |
| Turkey | |
| United Arab Emirates | |
| United Kingdom | 194 of 467 |
| Vietnam | 115 of 450 |
International Value
better worse | |
| OVERALL | 81 of 1147 |
| Bangladesh | 96 of 252 |
| Brazil | 65 of 408 |
| Canada | 70 of 603 |
| China | 51 of 786 |
| Egypt | 44 of 154 |
| France | 30 of 272 |
| Germany | 23 of 322 |
| Hong Kong | 18 of 178 |
| India | 33 of 607 |
| Indonesia | 11 of 191 |
| Iran | 72 of 248 |
| Italy | 40 of 178 |
| Japan | 30 of 407 |
| Jordan | 31 of 133 |
| Kuwait | 50 of 173 |
| Malaysia | 37 of 208 |
| Mexico | 72 of 274 |
| Netherlands | 15 of 82 |
| Nigeria | 118 of 408 |
| Pakistan | 41 of 238 |
| Peru | 29 of 117 |
| Philippines | 28 of 115 |
| Russia | 40 of 218 |
| Saudi Arabia | 77 of 539 |
| South Korea | 73 of 558 |
| Sri Lanka | 63 of 154 |
| Sweden | 10 of 142 |
| Taiwan | 22 of 333 |
| Thailand | 27 of 223 |
| Turkey | 50 of 258 |
| United Arab Emirates | 23 of 100 |
| United Kingdom | 41 of 462 |
| Vietnam | 16 of 442 |
