Top 2017 Rankings For University of Rhode Island
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All 2017 Rankings For University of Rhode Island
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 385 of 1387 |
| New England | 55 of 122 |
| Rhode Island |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 322 of 1208 |
| New England | 22 of 111 |
| Rhode Island | 1 of 9 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 492 of 2396 |
| Ethnic | |
| Male / Female | 557 of 1717 |
| Location | 565 of 2397 |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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| Top Ranked | 50 of 101 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 72 of 236 |
| Most Focused | |
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Animal Science
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 40 of 91 |
| Most Focused | 39 of 91 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 73 |
Horticulture
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| Most Popular | 10 of 57 |
| Most Focused | 19 of 57 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 20 |
Architecture & Related Services
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Landscape Architecture
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 10 of 50 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 39 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Most Popular | 148 of 535 |
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Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 60 of 390 |
| Most Focused | 140 of 390 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 233 of 818 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 147 of 1399 |
| Most Focused | 661 of 1399 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 365 of 892 |
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences
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| Most Popular | 28 of 63 |
| Most Focused |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 26 of 178 |
| Most Focused | 61 of 178 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 42 of 108 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 313 of 812 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 174 of 1357 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 416 of 850 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 301 of 830 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 311 of 2090 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 232 of 904 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 150 of 608 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 156 of 1344 |
| Most Focused | 668 of 1344 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 236 of 652 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 107 of 727 |
| Best Value | 298 of 682 |
| Most Popular | 375 of 1756 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 78 of 727 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | 143 of 376 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 172 of 634 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
General Business/Commerce
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| Most Popular | |
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International Business
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 164 of 368 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 229 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 135 of 396 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 202 of 764 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 210 of 455 |
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 42 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 111 of 589 |
| Best Value | 257 of 567 |
| Most Popular | 91 of 1208 |
| Most Focused | 167 of 1209 |
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Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 153 of 537 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 80 of 1018 |
| Most Focused | 259 of 1018 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 92 of 190 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 157 of 350 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 49 of 237 |
Public Relations & Advertising
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| Most Popular | 64 of 313 |
| Most Focused | 143 of 313 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 179 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 247 of 555 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 438 of 1632 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 250 of 832 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 112 of 336 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 181 of 871 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 130 of 456 |
Education
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| Most Popular | 399 of 1377 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 138 of 710 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 259 of 1174 |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 107 of 510 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 129 of 305 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 136 of 553 |
| Most Focused | 208 of 553 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 119 of 356 |
Biomedical Engineering
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Chemical Engineering
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Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
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Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 109 of 266 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 29 of 192 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 162 of 336 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Industrial Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 35 of 92 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 134 of 269 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 141 of 317 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 37 of 264 |
Ocean Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 4 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 111 of 625 |
| Best Value | 178 of 589 |
| Most Popular | 118 of 1355 |
| Most Focused | 472 of 1354 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 151 of 873 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 210 of 644 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 148 of 1275 |
| Most Focused | 557 of 1275 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 138 of 806 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 74 of 367 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 68 of 203 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 42 of 139 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 34 of 372 |
| Most Focused | 60 of 372 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 64 of 202 |
Human Development & Family Studies
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| Top Ranked | 30 of 123 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 30 of 260 |
| Most Focused | 57 of 260 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 135 |
Textile & Apparel Studies
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 50 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 13 of 64 |
| Most Focused | 9 of 64 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 20 of 50 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 122 of 360 |
| Best Value | 158 of 342 |
| Most Popular | 59 of 949 |
| Most Focused | 214 of 948 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 197 of 661 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | 112 of 234 |
| Most Focused |
East Asian Languages
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| Most Popular | 57 of 125 |
| Most Focused |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | 7 of 304 |
| Most Focused | 53 of 305 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 100 of 223 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 59 of 827 |
| Most Focused | 216 of 828 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 210 of 592 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 29 of 577 |
| Best Value | 160 of 545 |
| Most Popular | 117 of 1721 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 160 of 692 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
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| Most Popular | 56 of 271 |
| Most Focused | 109 of 271 |
Communication Sciences
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| Most Popular | 80 of 260 |
| Most Focused | 125 of 260 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
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| Top Ranked | 21 of 70 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 24 of 122 |
| Most Focused | 35 of 122 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 80 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 30 of 147 |
Health Professions (Other)
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| Most Popular | 31 of 109 |
| Most Focused |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 106 of 508 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 150 of 1106 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 44 of 511 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
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History
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| Top Ranked | 259 of 590 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 116 of 1251 |
| Most Focused | 468 of 1251 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 265 of 615 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 116 of 1251 |
| Most Focused | 468 of 1251 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 272 of 828 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 142 of 465 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 150 of 508 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 205 of 1238 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 286 of 818 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 234 of 504 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 173 of 1190 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 252 of 786 |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Top Ranked | 23 of 49 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 57 of 708 |
| Most Focused | 174 of 708 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 122 of 270 |
Fisheries Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 9 |
Natural Resource Management
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 17 of 65 |
| Most Focused | 31 of 65 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 32 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 153 of 650 |
| Most Focused |
Wildlife Management
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Most Popular | 84 of 883 |
| Most Focused | 352 of 883 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Most Popular | 66 of 819 |
| Most Focused | 304 of 819 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 304 of 944 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 228 of 613 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 173 of 742 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 211 of 536 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 192 of 462 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 323 of 1143 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 277 of 792 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 182 of 430 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 323 of 1084 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 174 of 748 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 103 of 242 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 142 of 345 |
Physics
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 223 of 544 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 395 of 848 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 158 of 1491 |
| Most Focused | 738 of 1490 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 312 of 901 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 377 of 854 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 144 of 1422 |
| Most Focused | 666 of 1421 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 295 of 857 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Most Popular | 327 of 851 |
| Most Focused |
Public Policy
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| Most Popular | 17 of 65 |
| Most Focused | 31 of 65 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 237 of 691 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 174 of 1320 |
| Most Focused | 493 of 1320 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 237 of 878 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 195 of 423 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 158 of 344 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 203 of 431 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 149 of 733 |
| Most Focused | 305 of 733 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 208 of 549 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 247 of 613 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 135 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | 354 of 1075 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 219 of 768 |
Social Sciences (Other)
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| Most Popular | 6 of 91 |
| Most Focused | 37 of 91 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 436 of 969 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 237 of 697 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 236 of 672 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 271 of 1565 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 300 of 851 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 215 of 814 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 183 of 546 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 88 of 363 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 83 of 181 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 261 of 533 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 244 of 1123 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 225 of 700 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 134 of 393 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 240 of 1035 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 212 of 660 |
Men's Sports
better worse | |
| Men's Baseball (D1) | 141 of 284 |
| Men's Basketball (D1) | 100 of 335 |
| Men's Football (FCS) | |
| Men's Soccer (D1) | 59 of 191 |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D1) | 117 of 333 |
| Women's Soccer (D1) | 93 of 315 |
| Women's Softball (D1) | |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) | 88 of 318 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 188 of 1427 |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Animal Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Landscape Architecture
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 147 of 828 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 34 of 69 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 258 of 822 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 408 of 866 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 150 of 629 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 121 of 760 |
Finance & Financial Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 171 of 386 |
International Business
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 166 of 407 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 86 of 599 |
Communication & Media Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 115 of 546 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer Information Systems
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 138 of 350 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 110 of 310 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Industrial Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mechanical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 125 of 273 |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 45 of 632 |
General English Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 121 of 651 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 42 of 144 |
Human Development & Family Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 129 |
Textile & Apparel Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 21 of 50 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 62 of 362 |
Romance Languages
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 99 of 377 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 27 of 600 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 26 of 71 |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 131 of 525 |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 220 of 597 |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 216 of 623 |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 206 of 490 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 173 of 508 |
Natural Resources & Conservation
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 19 of 50 |
Natural Resource Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 27 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Physical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 151 of 465 |
Chemistry
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 142 of 431 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 75 of 244 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 413 of 870 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 210 of 698 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 120 of 432 |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 154 of 619 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 225 of 683 |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 251 of 539 |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 127 of 396 |
Non-Traditional Students
better worse | |
| Overall | 361 of 989 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Online | 13 of 251 |
| Most Popular Online | 112 of 656 |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Online | 38 of 200 |
| Most Popular Online | 75 of 407 |
International Quality
better worse | |
| OVERALL | 337 of 1184 |
| Canada | 293 of 671 |
| China | 293 of 821 |
| Germany | |
| Ghana | |
| India | 305 of 641 |
| Iran | |
| Japan | |
| Kuwait | |
| Nepal | |
| Nigeria | 200 of 438 |
| Pakistan | |
| Russia | |
| Saudi Arabia | 254 of 561 |
| South Korea | 255 of 609 |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Taiwan | |
| Turkey | |
| United Kingdom |
International Value
better worse | |
| OVERALL | 265 of 1155 |
| Canada | 275 of 659 |
| China | 248 of 808 |
| Germany | |
| Ghana | |
| India | 258 of 630 |
| Iran | |
| Japan | |
| Kuwait | |
| Nepal | |
| Nigeria | |
| Pakistan | 129 of 260 |
| Russia | |
| Saudi Arabia | 272 of 552 |
| South Korea | 234 of 599 |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Taiwan | |
| Turkey | 122 of 277 |
| United Kingdom | 249 of 512 |
