Top 2020 Rankings For University of California - Irvine
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All 2020 Rankings For University of California - Irvine
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 81 of 1727 |
| Far Western US | 13 of 171 |
| California | 13 of 112 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 569 of 1483 |
| Far Western US | 28 of 143 |
| California | 2 of 91 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 576 of 1483 |
| Far Western US | 30 of 143 |
| California | 3 of 91 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 354 of 1483 |
| Far Western US | 25 of 143 |
| California | 4 of 91 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 268 of 2179 |
| Ethnic | 324 of 2416 |
| Male / Female | 309 of 2418 |
| Location | 943 of 2183 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | 84 of 173 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 34 of 508 |
| Most Focused | 220 of 508 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 76 of 281 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | 80 of 170 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 52 of 359 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 59 of 250 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 23 of 384 |
| Most Focused | 179 of 384 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 36 of 824 |
| Best Value | 239 of 808 |
| Most Popular | 26 of 1421 |
| Most Focused | 384 of 1422 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 889 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked | 55 of 237 |
| Best Value | 82 of 233 |
| Most Popular | 186 of 574 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 73 of 357 |
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 33 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 99 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 88 of 820 |
| Best Value | 329 of 803 |
| Most Popular | 6 of 1364 |
| Most Focused | 284 of 1379 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 845 |
Genetics
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 11 |
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 69 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences
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| Most Popular | 67 of 184 |
| Most Focused |
Physiology & Pathology Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
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Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 124 of 848 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 138 of 1930 |
| Most Focused | |
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Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 54 of 744 |
| Best Value | 335 of 711 |
| Most Popular | 276 of 1667 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 65 of 724 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 112 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 2 of 208 |
| Most Focused | 8 of 209 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 30 of 150 |
Management Information Systems
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| Most Popular | 101 of 345 |
| Most Focused |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 144 of 600 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 512 of 1210 |
| Most Focused |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 49 of 183 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 105 of 342 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 227 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 24 of 602 |
| Best Value | 142 of 575 |
| Most Popular | 12 of 1519 |
| Most Focused | 247 of 1512 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 81 of 824 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 29 of 356 |
| Best Value | 115 of 338 |
| Most Popular | 105 of 829 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 27 of 451 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 286 |
| Best Value | 82 of 278 |
| Most Popular | 4 of 606 |
| Most Focused | 54 of 605 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 30 of 360 |
Computer Software & Applications
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| Most Popular | 24 of 191 |
| Most Focused |
Education
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| Most Popular | 51 of 1364 |
| Most Focused |
General Education
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| Most Popular | 1 of 227 |
| Most Focused | 47 of 225 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Most Popular | |
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Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 57 of 309 |
| Best Value | 124 of 302 |
| Most Popular | 26 of 595 |
| Most Focused | 158 of 595 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 66 of 354 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 30 of 65 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Biomedical Engineering
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| Most Popular | 19 of 141 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 27 of 92 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 33 of 151 |
| Best Value | 46 of 150 |
| Most Popular | 63 of 167 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 146 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 49 of 207 |
| Best Value | 93 of 203 |
| Most Popular | 54 of 263 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 82 of 208 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 19 of 165 |
| Best Value | 42 of 161 |
| Most Popular | 8 of 282 |
| Most Focused | 52 of 282 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 60 of 187 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 50 of 269 |
| Best Value | 96 of 264 |
| Most Popular | 36 of 350 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 274 |
Environmental Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 46 |
| Best Value | 18 of 45 |
| Most Popular | 28 of 86 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 56 |
Materials Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 46 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 54 of 272 |
| Best Value | 107 of 268 |
| Most Popular | 14 of 337 |
| Most Focused | 150 of 337 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 53 of 263 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 109 of 601 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 70 of 1351 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 90 of 871 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 59 of 621 |
| Best Value | 202 of 603 |
| Most Popular | 48 of 1266 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 87 of 799 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 50 of 341 |
| Best Value | 118 of 334 |
| Most Popular | 64 of 941 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 79 of 653 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | 74 of 231 |
| Most Focused |
East Asian Languages
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| Most Popular | 24 of 129 |
| Most Focused |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 113 of 299 |
| Most Focused |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 80 of 352 |
| Best Value | 162 of 345 |
| Most Popular | 93 of 809 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 76 of 571 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 133 of 591 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 45 of 1667 |
| Most Focused |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 119 of 518 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 507 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
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| Most Popular | 7 of 43 |
| Most Focused |
Public Health
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| Top Ranked | 26 of 101 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 1 of 294 |
| Most Focused | 25 of 294 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 108 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 47 of 547 |
| Best Value | 161 of 533 |
| Most Popular | 100 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 36 of 138 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 45 of 579 |
| Best Value | 164 of 565 |
| Most Popular | 100 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 822 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 62 of 471 |
| Best Value | 137 of 460 |
| Most Popular | 24 of 1224 |
| Most Focused | 286 of 1223 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 71 of 805 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 475 |
| Best Value | 83 of 465 |
| Most Popular | 12 of 1176 |
| Most Focused | 231 of 1171 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 57 of 771 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 110 |
| Best Value | 10 of 106 |
| Most Popular | 27 of 1031 |
| Most Focused | 287 of 1030 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 60 of 397 |
Cognitive Science
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Human Biology
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| Most Popular | 9 of 19 |
| Most Focused |
International Studies
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 68 |
| Best Value | 5 of 66 |
| Most Popular | 6 of 265 |
| Most Focused | 31 of 266 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 128 |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | 81 of 528 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | 173 of 750 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 135 of 695 |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 45 of 242 |
| Best Value | 64 of 235 |
| Most Popular | 66 of 939 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 107 of 605 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | 26 of 229 |
| Best Value | 30 of 222 |
| Most Popular | 51 of 731 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 98 of 525 |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 191 of 540 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 332 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 42 of 479 |
| Best Value | 134 of 470 |
| Most Popular | 23 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | 402 of 1156 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 51 of 786 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 435 |
| Best Value | 87 of 426 |
| Most Popular | 12 of 1101 |
| Most Focused | 356 of 1099 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 35 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 43 of 242 |
| Best Value | 108 of 241 |
| Most Popular | 39 of 428 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 75 of 341 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 263 |
| Best Value | 60 of 261 |
| Most Popular | 39 of 717 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 63 of 537 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 836 |
| Best Value | 251 of 809 |
| Most Popular | 5 of 1471 |
| Most Focused | 186 of 1476 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 57 of 898 |
Child Development & Psychology
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| Most Popular | 4 of 116 |
| Most Focused | 11 of 116 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 43 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 61 of 840 |
| Best Value | 307 of 814 |
| Most Popular | 135 of 1380 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 833 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 672 |
| Best Value | 142 of 654 |
| Most Popular | 5 of 1316 |
| Most Focused | 117 of 1316 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 112 of 873 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | 19 of 260 |
| Best Value | 49 of 254 |
| Most Popular | 13 of 428 |
| Most Focused | 119 of 427 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 59 of 339 |
Criminology
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 72 |
| Best Value | 30 of 71 |
| Most Popular | 3 of 166 |
| Most Focused | 46 of 166 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 70 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 50 of 418 |
| Best Value | 99 of 410 |
| Most Popular | 24 of 714 |
| Most Focused | 159 of 715 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 99 of 536 |
General Social Sciences
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| Most Popular | 48 of 285 |
| Most Focused |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 34 of 590 |
| Best Value | 134 of 577 |
| Most Popular | 13 of 1083 |
| Most Focused | 186 of 1081 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 168 of 757 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 533 |
| Best Value | 102 of 523 |
| Most Popular | 15 of 962 |
| Most Focused | 218 of 962 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 63 of 687 |
Urban Studies
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 30 |
| Best Value | 13 of 30 |
| Most Popular | 2 of 76 |
| Most Focused | 26 of 76 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 54 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 97 of 640 |
| Best Value | 253 of 626 |
| Most Popular | 48 of 1481 |
| Most Focused | 613 of 1482 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 190 of 848 |
Dance
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| Most Popular | 5 of 227 |
| Most Focused | 85 of 227 |
Design & Applied Arts
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 70 of 314 |
| Best Value | 153 of 308 |
| Most Popular | 23 of 807 |
| Most Focused | 298 of 808 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 97 of 535 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked | 60 of 136 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 23 of 345 |
| Most Focused | 163 of 345 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 177 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 58 of 512 |
| Best Value | 147 of 501 |
| Most Popular | 56 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 147 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 219 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 78 of 658 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 645 of 1751 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 74 of 825 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 325 of 820 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 386 of 852 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 273 of 748 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 66 of 603 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 83 of 357 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 73 of 286 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 80 of 309 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Chemical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 62 of 151 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 97 of 207 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 38 of 165 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 113 of 269 |
Environmental Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Materials Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 105 of 272 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 228 of 601 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 163 of 621 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 74 of 341 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 146 of 352 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Public Health
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 102 of 472 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 49 of 476 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 110 |
International Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 14 of 68 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 82 of 241 |
Philosophy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 58 of 229 |
Physical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 75 of 479 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 55 of 435 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 112 of 242 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 70 of 263 |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 100 of 834 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 217 of 839 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 17 of 669 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 42 of 260 |
Criminology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 72 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 73 of 418 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 59 of 589 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 21 of 533 |
Urban Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 243 of 640 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 166 of 513 |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall | 139 of 1291 |
International Quality
International Value
