Top 2020 Rankings For University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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All 2020 Rankings For University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Top Quality Overall
better worse | |
| Nationwide | 50 of 1724 |
| Southeast | 8 of 437 |
| North Carolina | 4 of 55 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 213 of 1483 |
| Southeast | 48 of 374 |
| North Carolina | 1 of 51 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 54 of 1484 |
| Southeast | 14 of 374 |
| North Carolina | 1 of 51 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 82 of 1483 |
| Southeast | 16 of 374 |
| North Carolina | 1 of 51 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 495 of 2179 |
| Ethnic | 725 of 2417 |
| Male / Female | 1048 of 2417 |
| Location | 661 of 2183 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | 23 of 173 |
| Best Value | 1 of 169 |
| Most Popular | 2 of 513 |
| Most Focused | 24 of 508 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 81 of 281 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 170 |
| Best Value | 1 of 167 |
| Most Popular | 1 of 357 |
| Most Focused | 10 of 358 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 100 of 250 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 21 of 384 |
| Most Focused | 121 of 384 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 114 of 824 |
| Best Value | 134 of 808 |
| Most Popular | 35 of 1423 |
| Most Focused | 330 of 1422 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 92 of 890 |
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
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| Most Popular | 6 of 52 |
| Most Focused | 24 of 52 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 820 |
| Best Value | 67 of 803 |
| Most Popular | 7 of 1373 |
| Most Focused | 168 of 1379 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 73 of 846 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 175 of 848 |
| Best Value | 230 of 810 |
| Most Popular | 273 of 1931 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 185 of 901 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 744 |
| Best Value | 92 of 711 |
| Most Popular | 109 of 1667 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 78 of 724 |
Human Resource Management
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 132 |
| Best Value | 15 of 123 |
| Most Popular | 32 of 376 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 165 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 14 of 601 |
| Best Value | 71 of 587 |
| Most Popular | 17 of 1214 |
| Most Focused | 96 of 1211 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 107 of 713 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 521 |
| Best Value | 47 of 508 |
| Most Popular | 3 of 1034 |
| Most Focused | 42 of 1022 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 148 of 600 |
Journalism
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| Most Popular | |
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Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 82 of 601 |
| Best Value | 71 of 575 |
| Most Popular | 66 of 1510 |
| Most Focused | 497 of 1512 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 219 of 824 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 56 of 286 |
| Best Value | 36 of 278 |
| Most Popular | 20 of 604 |
| Most Focused | 126 of 605 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 147 of 360 |
Information Science
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 83 |
| Best Value | 8 of 78 |
| Most Popular | 39 of 243 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 22 of 124 |
Education
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| Most Popular | 538 of 1363 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 85 of 706 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 372 of 1161 |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Most Popular | |
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Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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Biomedical Engineering
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| Most Popular | 61 of 141 |
| Most Focused |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 65 of 601 |
| Best Value | 62 of 585 |
| Most Popular | 49 of 1350 |
| Most Focused | 532 of 1351 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 340 of 871 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 43 of 621 |
| Best Value | 39 of 603 |
| Most Popular | 32 of 1265 |
| Most Focused | 372 of 1267 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 327 of 799 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 200 |
Food, Nutrition & Related Services
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| Most Popular | 41 of 94 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 64 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 32 of 341 |
| Best Value | 27 of 334 |
| Most Popular | 14 of 940 |
| Most Focused | 146 of 941 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 156 of 653 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | 21 of 231 |
| Most Focused |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 11 of 299 |
| Most Focused | 58 of 299 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 352 |
| Best Value | 32 of 345 |
| Most Popular | 7 of 805 |
| Most Focused | 155 of 809 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 174 of 571 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 33 of 591 |
| Best Value | 101 of 564 |
| Most Popular | 252 of 1664 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 194 of 686 |
Allied Health Professions
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| Most Popular | 303 of 658 |
| Most Focused |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
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| Most Popular | 115 of 264 |
| Most Focused |
Dental Support Services
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| Most Popular | 55 of 129 |
| Most Focused |
Health & Medical Administrative Services
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 123 |
| Best Value | 17 of 112 |
| Most Popular | 137 of 600 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 142 |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 62 of 518 |
| Best Value | 109 of 500 |
| Most Popular | 332 of 1126 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Public Health
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 101 |
| Best Value | 13 of 95 |
| Most Popular | 126 of 294 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
History
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 546 |
| Best Value | 22 of 533 |
| Most Popular | 2 of 1250 |
| Most Focused | 174 of 1247 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 59 of 138 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 580 |
| Best Value | 22 of 566 |
| Most Popular | 2 of 1250 |
| Most Focused | 174 of 1247 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 102 of 822 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 66 of 341 |
| Best Value | 87 of 329 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 87 of 455 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 59 of 351 |
| Best Value | 79 of 338 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 91 of 503 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 88 of 471 |
| Best Value | 47 of 460 |
| Most Popular | 17 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | 117 of 1223 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 78 of 805 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 27 of 54 |
| Most Popular | 11 of 189 |
| Most Focused | 52 of 189 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 34 of 93 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 111 of 475 |
| Best Value | 71 of 465 |
| Most Popular | 15 of 1172 |
| Most Focused | 188 of 1171 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 205 of 771 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 131 of 1030 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 91 of 397 |
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution
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| Most Popular | 1 of 54 |
| Most Focused | 9 of 54 |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | 42 of 750 |
| Most Focused | 278 of 750 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 64 of 267 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 24 of 696 |
| Most Focused | 233 of 695 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked | 46 of 466 |
| Best Value | 144 of 458 |
| Most Popular | 18 of 891 |
| Most Focused | 318 of 891 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 138 of 418 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked | 30 of 457 |
| Best Value | 115 of 448 |
| Most Popular | 12 of 828 |
| Most Focused | 276 of 829 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 187 of 458 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 242 |
| Best Value | 7 of 235 |
| Most Popular | 13 of 942 |
| Most Focused | 261 of 939 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 145 of 605 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 229 |
| Best Value | 2 of 222 |
| Most Popular | 19 of 731 |
| Most Focused | 239 of 731 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 132 of 525 |
Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 7 of 77 |
| Best Value | 3 of 76 |
| Most Popular | 8 of 541 |
| Most Focused | 248 of 540 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 98 of 332 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 50 of 479 |
| Best Value | 37 of 470 |
| Most Popular | 7 of 1148 |
| Most Focused | 138 of 1156 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 99 of 786 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 24 of 435 |
| Best Value | 23 of 426 |
| Most Popular | 1 of 1111 |
| Most Focused | 68 of 1099 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 52 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 34 of 242 |
| Best Value | 22 of 241 |
| Most Popular | 64 of 428 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 90 of 341 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | 76 of 263 |
| Best Value | 30 of 261 |
| Most Popular | 22 of 717 |
| Most Focused | 276 of 717 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 147 of 537 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 7 of 833 |
| Best Value | 61 of 809 |
| Most Popular | 40 of 1476 |
| Most Focused | 502 of 1476 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 131 of 897 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 845 |
| Best Value | 64 of 814 |
| Most Popular | 31 of 1384 |
| Most Focused | 431 of 1381 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 116 of 833 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 401 |
| Best Value | 68 of 393 |
| Most Popular | 61 of 865 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 453 |
Public Policy
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| Top Ranked | 14 of 29 |
| Best Value | 2 of 29 |
| Most Popular | 2 of 68 |
| Most Focused | 19 of 68 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 41 of 670 |
| Best Value | 46 of 654 |
| Most Popular | 22 of 1317 |
| Most Focused | 152 of 1316 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 54 of 872 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | 26 of 260 |
| Best Value | 11 of 254 |
| Most Popular | 25 of 427 |
| Most Focused | 130 of 427 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Archeology
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| Most Popular | 5 of 39 |
| Most Focused |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 34 of 418 |
| Best Value | 10 of 410 |
| Most Popular | 16 of 714 |
| Most Focused | 95 of 715 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 536 |
Geography & Cartography
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| Top Ranked | 15 of 162 |
| Best Value | 24 of 160 |
| Most Popular | 35 of 261 |
| Most Focused | 115 of 261 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 74 of 223 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 20 of 590 |
| Best Value | 25 of 577 |
| Most Popular | 4 of 1081 |
| Most Focused | 86 of 1080 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 43 of 757 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 29 of 533 |
| Best Value | 30 of 523 |
| Most Popular | 90 of 962 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 254 of 687 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 184 of 640 |
| Best Value | 197 of 626 |
| Most Popular | 256 of 1482 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 192 of 848 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 132 of 314 |
| Best Value | 140 of 308 |
| Most Popular | 102 of 808 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 224 of 535 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 66 of 512 |
| Best Value | 45 of 501 |
| Most Popular | 238 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 120 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 138 of 371 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 86 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 139 of 658 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 16 of 1758 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 10 of 173 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 170 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 97 of 825 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 36 of 820 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 279 of 852 |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 19 of 748 |
Human Resource Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 36 of 136 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 21 of 598 |
Communication & Media Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 526 |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 102 of 603 |
Computer Science
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 60 of 286 |
Information Science
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 84 |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 67 of 601 |
General English Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 26 of 621 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 341 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 20 of 352 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 60 of 595 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 122 |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 136 of 523 |
Public Health
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 21 of 102 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Liberal Arts General Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 142 of 354 |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 79 of 472 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 94 of 476 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 93 of 464 |
Health & Physical Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 49 of 455 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 242 |
Philosophy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 229 |
Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 76 |
Physical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 36 of 479 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 435 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 242 |
Physics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 69 of 263 |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 833 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 833 |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 27 of 400 |
Public Policy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 7 of 29 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 32 of 669 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 14 of 260 |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 418 |
Geography & Cartography
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 162 |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 10 of 588 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 26 of 533 |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 248 of 640 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 61 of 513 |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall | 17 of 1288 |
International Quality
International Value
