Top 2019 Rankings For Santa Clara University
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All 2019 Rankings For Santa Clara University
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 83 of 1777 |
| Far Western US | 12 of 177 |
| California | 12 of 114 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | 65 of 148 |
| California |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | 62 of 148 |
| California |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | 64 of 148 |
| California | 42 of 93 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 47 of 2238 |
| Ethnic | 308 of 2486 |
| Male / Female | 12 of 2500 |
| Location | 268 of 2239 |
Best Religiously Affiliated
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| Roman Catholic | 6 of 185 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Most Popular | 120 of 508 |
| Most Focused | 123 of 508 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 51 of 384 |
| Most Focused | 61 of 384 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 142 of 824 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 299 of 1426 |
| Most Focused | 604 of 1426 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 27 of 891 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked | 78 of 237 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 144 of 574 |
| Most Focused | 227 of 574 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 357 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 82 of 820 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 281 of 1383 |
| Most Focused | 572 of 1383 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 847 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 84 of 851 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 349 of 1990 |
| Most Focused | 795 of 1990 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 904 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 50 of 623 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 250 of 1286 |
| Most Focused | 433 of 1286 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 667 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked | 19 of 113 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 104 of 211 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 152 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | 13 of 389 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 89 of 664 |
| Most Focused | 27 of 663 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 416 |
Human Resource Management
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| Top Ranked | 14 of 134 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 155 of 377 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 166 |
Management Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 14 of 147 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 154 of 347 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 202 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 26 of 416 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 180 of 766 |
| Most Focused | 146 of 766 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 449 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 106 of 601 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 217 of 1215 |
| Most Focused | 179 of 1215 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 714 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 524 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 119 of 1027 |
| Most Focused | 83 of 1027 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 597 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 125 of 603 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 132 of 827 |
Computer Software & Applications
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 20 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 97 of 222 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 33 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 102 of 309 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 166 of 596 |
| Most Focused | 107 of 596 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 32 of 354 |
Biomedical Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 31 of 141 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 92 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 82 of 207 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 98 of 263 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 208 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 42 of 165 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 36 of 283 |
| Most Focused | 16 of 283 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 187 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 56 of 269 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 169 of 350 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 32 of 274 |
Engineering Physics
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
General Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 58 of 272 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 101 of 337 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 263 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 143 of 602 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 355 of 1355 |
| Most Focused | 597 of 1355 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 32 of 872 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 98 of 622 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 289 of 1271 |
| Most Focused | 435 of 1271 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 37 of 799 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 93 of 341 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 150 of 942 |
| Most Focused | 179 of 942 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 86 of 653 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | |
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Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | |
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Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 66 of 352 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 74 of 809 |
| Most Focused | 116 of 809 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 55 of 571 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 141 of 593 |
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Public Health
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| Top Ranked | 24 of 101 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 71 of 294 |
| Most Focused | 74 of 294 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 108 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 179 of 548 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 440 of 1251 |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | 175 of 580 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 440 of 1251 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 38 of 823 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 342 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 437 of 1175 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 456 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 26 of 352 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 437 of 1175 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 504 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 160 of 471 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 385 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 37 of 804 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 128 of 475 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 336 of 1171 |
| Most Focused | 565 of 1171 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 33 of 771 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked | 50 of 110 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 279 of 1032 |
| Most Focused | 452 of 1032 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 397 |
Mathematics & Computer Science
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| Most Popular | 4 of 40 |
| Most Focused | 3 of 40 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 20 |
Natural Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | 104 of 753 |
| Most Focused | 134 of 753 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 74 of 697 |
| Most Focused | 107 of 697 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 102 of 242 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 151 of 941 |
| Most Focused | 280 of 941 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 22 of 604 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | 87 of 229 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 128 of 733 |
| Most Focused | 165 of 733 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 22 of 525 |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 230 of 540 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 332 |
Physical Sciences
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| Most Popular | 535 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 784 |
Chemistry
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 753 |
Physics
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| Most Popular | 295 of 717 |
| Most Focused | 335 of 717 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 537 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 92 of 836 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 281 of 1502 |
| Most Focused | 515 of 1502 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 899 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 88 of 841 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 261 of 1407 |
| Most Focused | 444 of 1407 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 833 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 152 of 671 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 181 of 1319 |
| Most Focused | 175 of 1319 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 872 |
Anthropology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 339 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 109 of 418 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 100 of 715 |
| Most Focused | 102 of 715 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 536 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 73 of 591 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 122 of 1083 |
| Most Focused | 91 of 1083 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 759 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 85 of 534 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 286 of 964 |
| Most Focused | 426 of 964 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 22 of 688 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 291 of 641 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 625 of 1522 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 54 of 850 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 95 of 314 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 348 of 808 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 535 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 191 of 512 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 470 of 1103 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 393 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 20 of 658 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Baseball (D1) | |
| Men's Basketball (D1) | 86 of 325 |
| Men's Soccer (D1) | 74 of 189 |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D1) | 92 of 325 |
| Women's Soccer (D1) | 38 of 307 |
| Women's Softball (D1) | 133 of 274 |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) | 49 of 308 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 714 of 1820 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 279 of 825 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 316 of 820 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 319 of 853 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 201 of 625 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 46 of 390 |
Human Resource Management
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Management Information Systems
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Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 116 of 417 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 292 of 600 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 153 of 522 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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Engineering
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Civil Engineering
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Computer Engineering
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Electrical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 119 of 272 |
English Language & Literature
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General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 241 of 622 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 146 of 341 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 125 of 352 |
Health Professions
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Public Health
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History
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History
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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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Liberal Arts General Studies
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Mathematics & Statistics
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Mathematics
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Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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Philosophy
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Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 316 of 835 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 305 of 840 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 261 of 670 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 136 of 418 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 139 of 590 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 223 of 534 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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Drama & Theater Arts
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Fine & Studio Arts
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Music
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International Quality
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| OVERALL | 74 of 1240 |
| Australia | 54 of 167 |
| Canada | 82 of 644 |
| China | 99 of 835 |
| Egypt | 60 of 163 |
| Hong Kong | 66 of 189 |
| India | 37 of 643 |
| Indonesia | 45 of 203 |
| Japan | 72 of 437 |
| Mexico | 111 of 297 |
| Nigeria | 54 of 426 |
| Philippines | 24 of 122 |
| Russia | 62 of 233 |
| Saudi Arabia | 94 of 555 |
| Singapore | 59 of 130 |
| South Korea | 124 of 587 |
| Spain | 89 of 281 |
| Taiwan | 60 of 356 |
| United Kingdom | 79 of 490 |
| Vietnam | 97 of 465 |
International Value
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