Top 2020 Rankings For University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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All 2020 Rankings For University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 35 of 1724 |
| Great Lakes | 4 of 268 |
| Michigan | 1 of 43 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 720 of 1483 |
| Great Lakes | |
| Michigan | 1 of 40 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 660 of 1483 |
| Great Lakes | |
| Michigan | 1 of 40 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 413 of 1483 |
| Great Lakes | 67 of 227 |
| Michigan | 1 of 40 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 80 of 2180 |
| Ethnic | 936 of 2417 |
| Male / Female | 12 of 2400 |
| Location | 186 of 2183 |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Top Ranked | 48 of 109 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 59 of 205 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 64 of 142 |
General Architecture
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 91 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 33 of 116 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 173 |
| Best Value | 66 of 169 |
| Most Popular | 7 of 507 |
| Most Focused | 105 of 508 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 97 of 281 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | 13 of 170 |
| Best Value | 63 of 166 |
| Most Popular | 13 of 359 |
| Most Focused | 121 of 359 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 103 of 250 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 8 of 385 |
| Most Focused | 95 of 384 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 14 of 824 |
| Best Value | 356 of 808 |
| Most Popular | 20 of 1418 |
| Most Focused | 370 of 1422 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 247 of 890 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 238 |
| Best Value | 73 of 233 |
| Most Popular | 6 of 571 |
| Most Focused | 63 of 574 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 51 of 357 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
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Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 27 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 14 of 65 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 66 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 35 of 173 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 36 of 99 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 146 of 820 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 280 of 1379 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 223 of 846 |
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
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| Most Popular | 15 of 95 |
| Most Focused | 38 of 95 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 32 of 69 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences
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| Most Popular | 3 of 184 |
| Most Focused | 59 of 184 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 306 of 848 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 222 of 1930 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 184 of 901 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 126 of 744 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 56 of 1667 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 97 of 724 |
Human Resource Management
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| Top Ranked | 29 of 132 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 58 of 376 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 33 of 165 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 104 of 600 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 100 of 1211 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 42 of 713 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 29 of 523 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 45 of 1023 |
| Most Focused | 503 of 1022 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 51 of 600 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 65 of 601 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 7 of 1522 |
| Most Focused | 221 of 1512 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 118 of 824 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 65 of 356 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 2 of 833 |
| Most Focused | 59 of 829 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 43 of 451 |
Computer Software & Applications
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| Most Popular | 63 of 191 |
| Most Focused |
Information Science
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| Most Popular | 17 of 243 |
| Most Focused |
Education
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| Top Ranked | 154 of 413 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 348 of 1363 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 71 of 706 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 277 of 1161 |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | 112 of 346 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 338 of 861 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 66 of 506 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 309 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 11 of 595 |
| Most Focused | 102 of 595 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 117 of 354 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 56 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 13 of 65 |
| Most Focused | 30 of 65 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Biomedical Engineering
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| Most Popular | 20 of 141 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 15 of 151 |
| Best Value | 71 of 150 |
| Most Popular | 11 of 167 |
| Most Focused | 73 of 167 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 45 of 207 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 74 of 208 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 165 |
| Best Value | 54 of 161 |
| Most Popular | 17 of 282 |
| Most Focused | 84 of 282 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 57 of 187 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 269 |
| Best Value | 124 of 264 |
| Most Popular | 40 of 350 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 73 of 274 |
Engineering Physics
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| Most Popular | 17 of 80 |
| Most Focused |
Environmental Engineering
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| Most Popular | 29 of 86 |
| Most Focused |
General Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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Geoscience Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Industrial Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 86 |
| Best Value | 40 of 84 |
| Most Popular | 4 of 108 |
| Most Focused | 19 of 108 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 90 |
Marine Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads |
Materials Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 44 |
| Best Value | 19 of 44 |
| Most Popular | 6 of 52 |
| Most Focused | 19 of 52 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 46 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 272 |
| Best Value | 121 of 268 |
| Most Popular | 11 of 337 |
| Most Focused | 152 of 337 |
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Nuclear Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 21 of 602 |
| Best Value | 262 of 585 |
| Most Popular | 22 of 1350 |
| Most Focused | 534 of 1351 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 184 of 871 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 42 of 621 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 18 of 1268 |
| Most Focused | 459 of 1267 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 97 of 799 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 81 of 365 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 37 of 199 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 341 |
| Best Value | 127 of 334 |
| Most Popular | 4 of 930 |
| Most Focused | 121 of 941 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 157 of 653 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | 71 of 231 |
| Most Focused |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | 1 of 270 |
| Most Focused | 45 of 272 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 196 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 45 of 299 |
| Most Focused |
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
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| Most Popular | 5 of 51 |
| Most Focused | 24 of 51 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 352 |
| Best Value | 133 of 345 |
| Most Popular | 2 of 800 |
| Most Focused | 135 of 809 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 227 of 571 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
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| Most Popular | 11 of 106 |
| Most Focused |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 120 of 591 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 426 of 1665 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 78 of 686 |
Allied Health Professions
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Dental Support Services
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| Most Popular | 39 of 129 |
| Most Focused |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 32 of 518 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 309 of 1126 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 102 of 507 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | 34 of 547 |
| Best Value | 266 of 533 |
| Most Popular | 24 of 1250 |
| Most Focused | 616 of 1247 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 66 of 138 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 34 of 579 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 24 of 1250 |
| Most Focused | 616 of 1247 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 126 of 822 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 31 of 341 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 282 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 41 of 455 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 351 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 282 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 44 of 503 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 13 of 471 |
| Best Value | 192 of 460 |
| Most Popular | 10 of 1220 |
| Most Focused | 99 of 1224 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 272 of 805 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 11 of 474 |
| Best Value | 180 of 465 |
| Most Popular | 4 of 1176 |
| Most Focused | 128 of 1171 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 285 of 771 |
Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 66 |
| Best Value | 27 of 66 |
| Most Popular | 10 of 132 |
| Most Focused | 34 of 132 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 83 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 110 |
| Best Value | 42 of 106 |
| Most Popular | 30 of 1031 |
| Most Focused | 309 of 1030 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 125 of 397 |
Classical & Ancient Studies
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| Most Popular | 6 of 47 |
| Most Focused |
Cognitive Science
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| Most Popular | 11 of 43 |
| Most Focused |
International Studies
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 68 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 4 of 267 |
| Most Focused | 30 of 266 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 32 of 128 |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | 135 of 528 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | 37 of 751 |
| Most Focused | 359 of 750 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 60 of 267 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 18 of 695 |
| Most Focused | 295 of 695 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 465 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 41 of 891 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 418 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 455 |
| Best Value | 216 of 448 |
| Most Popular | 29 of 829 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 458 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 61 of 242 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 61 of 938 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 161 of 605 |
Philosophy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 45 of 229 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 49 of 731 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 155 of 525 |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 192 of 540 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 108 of 332 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 479 |
| Best Value | 210 of 470 |
| Most Popular | 31 of 1157 |
| Most Focused | 481 of 1156 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 167 of 786 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics
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| Most Popular | 15 of 82 |
| Most Focused |
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Chemistry
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 36 of 435 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 206 of 1099 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 107 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 242 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 20 of 428 |
| Most Focused | 206 of 428 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 89 of 341 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 263 |
| Best Value | 121 of 261 |
| Most Popular | 9 of 714 |
| Most Focused | 258 of 717 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 144 of 537 |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 9 of 1475 |
| Most Focused | 307 of 1476 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 288 of 897 |
Child Development & Psychology
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 1 of 116 |
| Most Focused | 6 of 116 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 43 |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 10 of 402 |
| Best Value | 192 of 393 |
| Most Popular | 138 of 865 |
| Most Focused |
Public Policy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 7 of 29 |
| Best Value | 12 of 29 |
| Most Popular | 6 of 68 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 27 of 670 |
| Best Value | 319 of 654 |
| Most Popular | 23 of 1314 |
| Most Focused | 251 of 1316 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 90 of 873 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 260 |
| Best Value | 86 of 254 |
| Most Popular | 32 of 427 |
| Most Focused | 206 of 427 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 339 |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 24 of 418 |
| Best Value | 182 of 410 |
| Most Popular | 13 of 714 |
| Most Focused | 123 of 715 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 146 of 536 |
General Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 93 of 285 |
| Most Focused |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 23 of 590 |
| Best Value | 268 of 577 |
| Most Popular | 5 of 1087 |
| Most Focused | 161 of 1081 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 92 of 757 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 33 of 533 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 63 of 962 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 641 |
| Best Value | 265 of 626 |
| Most Popular | 29 of 1480 |
| Most Focused | 526 of 1482 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 76 of 848 |
Dance
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 52 of 314 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 35 of 808 |
| Most Focused | 387 of 808 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 57 of 535 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 11 of 136 |
| Best Value | 47 of 133 |
| Most Popular | 44 of 345 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 35 of 177 |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 14 of 513 |
| Best Value | 200 of 501 |
| Most Popular | 13 of 1074 |
| Most Focused | 365 of 1075 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 46 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 370 |
| Best Value | 169 of 365 |
| Most Popular | 10 of 1031 |
| Most Focused | 335 of 1036 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 41 of 658 |
Visual & Performing Arts (Other)
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 15 of 38 |
| Most Focused |
Men's Sports
Women's Sports
Veterans
better worse | |
| Overall | 31 of 1751 |
Architecture & Related Services
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 42 of 109 |
General Architecture
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 91 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 173 |
Area Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 170 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 7 of 824 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 238 |
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 8 of 27 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 66 |
General Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 146 of 820 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 224 of 748 |
Human Resource Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 55 of 136 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 127 of 599 |
Communication & Media Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 21 of 521 |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 73 of 603 |
Computer Information Systems
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 91 of 357 |
Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 309 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 56 |
Chemical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 9 of 151 |
Civil Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 42 of 207 |
Computer Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 164 |
Electrical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 269 |
Industrial Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 86 |
Materials Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 44 |
Mechanical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 7 of 272 |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 600 |
General English Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 19 of 621 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 341 |
Romance Languages
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 357 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 205 of 595 |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 46 of 523 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 41 of 344 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 27 of 354 |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 472 |
Mathematics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 476 |
Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 66 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 110 |
International Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 68 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 7 of 464 |
Health & Physical Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 455 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 56 of 241 |
Philosophy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 32 of 229 |
Physical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 480 |
Chemistry
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 435 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 242 |
Physics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 10 of 263 |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 10 of 400 |
Public Policy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 29 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 670 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 260 |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 7 of 419 |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 8 of 588 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 533 |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 26 of 640 |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 73 of 314 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 7 of 136 |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 513 |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 370 |
Non-Traditional Students
better worse | |
| Overall | 100 of 1290 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 248 of 543 |
| Top Ranked Online | 54 of 300 |
| Most Popular Online |
Dental Support Services
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| Most Popular Online | 13 of 27 |
International Quality
International Value
