Top 2019 Rankings For University of Rhode Island
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All 2019 Rankings For University of Rhode Island
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 409 of 1779 |
| New England | 54 of 145 |
| Rhode Island |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | |
| New England | 66 of 133 |
| Rhode Island | 1 of 9 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | |
| New England | |
| Rhode Island | 1 of 9 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 401 of 1510 |
| New England | 19 of 133 |
| Rhode Island | 1 of 9 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 575 of 2238 |
| Ethnic | |
| Male / Female | 798 of 2486 |
| Location | 505 of 2238 |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 69 of 228 |
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Animal Science
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 38 of 91 |
| Most Focused | 38 of 91 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 20 of 72 |
Horticulture
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| Most Popular | 7 of 52 |
| Most Focused | 17 of 52 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 17 |
Architecture & Related Services
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Landscape Architecture
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 20 of 49 |
| Most Focused | 11 of 49 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 39 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Most Popular | 152 of 508 |
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Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 81 of 384 |
| Most Focused | 152 of 384 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 226 of 824 |
| Best Value | 384 of 808 |
| Most Popular | 147 of 1426 |
| Most Focused | 706 of 1426 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 364 of 891 |
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences
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| Most Popular | 22 of 65 |
| Most Focused |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 32 of 173 |
| Most Focused | 67 of 173 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 38 of 99 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 331 of 820 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 173 of 1383 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 414 of 847 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 351 of 851 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 293 of 1990 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 232 of 903 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 170 of 623 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 125 of 1286 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 234 of 648 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 121 of 747 |
| Best Value | 294 of 711 |
| Most Popular | 326 of 1675 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 76 of 725 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | 164 of 389 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 155 of 664 |
| 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 | 146 of 375 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 57 of 222 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 161 of 416 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 213 of 766 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 205 of 449 |
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 39 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 118 of 601 |
| Best Value | 245 of 587 |
| Most Popular | 84 of 1216 |
| Most Focused | 171 of 1215 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 147 of 524 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 69 of 1027 |
| Most Focused | 223 of 1027 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 163 of 343 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 49 of 228 |
Public Relations & Advertising
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| Most Popular | 56 of 334 |
| Most Focused | 147 of 334 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 173 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 240 of 603 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 296 of 1551 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 250 of 827 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 114 of 357 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 110 of 838 |
| Most Focused | 384 of 838 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 130 of 451 |
Education
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| Most Popular | 308 of 1366 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 138 of 707 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 184 of 1164 |
| Most Focused |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 132 of 309 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 128 of 596 |
| Most Focused | 215 of 596 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 119 of 354 |
Biomedical Engineering
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Chemical Engineering
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| Best Value | |
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Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 131 of 263 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 126 of 283 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 29 of 187 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Industrial Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 34 of 90 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 155 of 337 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 37 of 263 |
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 | 99 of 602 |
| Best Value | 141 of 585 |
| Most Popular | 114 of 1356 |
| Most Focused | 490 of 1355 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 151 of 871 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 212 of 622 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 170 of 1271 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 138 of 800 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 56 of 367 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 66 of 199 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 48 of 138 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 33 of 374 |
| Most Focused | 73 of 374 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 63 of 200 |
Human Development & Family Studies
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| Top Ranked | 29 of 122 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 24 of 264 |
| Most Focused | 63 of 264 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 128 |
Textile & Apparel Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 19 of 69 |
| Most Focused | 13 of 69 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 48 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 96 of 341 |
| Best Value | 107 of 334 |
| Most Popular | 41 of 943 |
| Most Focused | 161 of 942 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 196 of 653 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
East Asian Languages
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| Most Popular | 52 of 129 |
| Most Focused |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | 3 of 273 |
| Most Focused | 26 of 272 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 92 of 196 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 34 of 810 |
| Most Focused | 182 of 809 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 205 of 571 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 23 of 593 |
| Best Value | 150 of 564 |
| Most Popular | 103 of 1678 |
| Most Focused | 831 of 1678 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 159 of 687 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
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| Most Popular | 53 of 267 |
| Most Focused | 113 of 267 |
Communication Sciences
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| Most Popular | 56 of 267 |
| Most Focused | 99 of 267 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 67 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 35 of 130 |
| Most Focused | 59 of 130 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 79 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 29 of 143 |
Health Sciences & Services
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| Most Popular | 36 of 304 |
| Most Focused | 132 of 304 |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 131 of 519 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 153 of 1132 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 44 of 507 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
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History
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 156 of 1251 |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | 282 of 580 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 156 of 1251 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 271 of 823 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 139 of 456 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 148 of 504 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 236 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 282 of 805 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 210 of 475 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 193 of 1171 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 247 of 771 |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Top Ranked | 21 of 48 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 42 of 753 |
| Most Focused | 150 of 753 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 122 of 267 |
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 | 9 of 74 |
| Most Focused | 22 of 74 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 32 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 208 of 697 |
| Most Focused |
Wildlife Management
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| Most Popular | 22 of 60 |
| Most Focused |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Most Popular | 82 of 898 |
| Most Focused | 418 of 898 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Most Popular | 68 of 835 |
| Most Focused | 362 of 835 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 259 of 941 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 228 of 605 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 167 of 733 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 211 of 525 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 235 of 479 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 252 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 277 of 786 |
Chemistry
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 172 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 107 of 242 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 73 of 428 |
| Most Focused | 184 of 428 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 140 of 341 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 245 of 717 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 219 of 537 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 348 of 836 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 142 of 1503 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 311 of 898 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 330 of 841 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 130 of 1407 |
| Most Focused | 682 of 1407 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 286 of 834 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Most Popular | 376 of 868 |
| Most Focused |
Public Policy
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| Most Popular | 19 of 68 |
| Most Focused |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 234 of 671 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 157 of 1319 |
| Most Focused | 463 of 1319 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 236 of 874 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 170 of 428 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 158 of 339 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 197 of 418 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 129 of 715 |
| Most Focused | 273 of 715 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 205 of 536 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 241 of 591 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 124 of 1083 |
| Most Focused | 331 of 1083 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 215 of 758 |
Social Sciences (Other)
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| Most Popular | 5 of 97 |
| Most Focused | 38 of 97 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 238 of 688 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 247 of 641 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 277 of 1522 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 299 of 850 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 240 of 808 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 180 of 535 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 90 of 370 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 79 of 177 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 225 of 1103 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 221 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 152 of 371 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 255 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 212 of 658 |
Men's Sports
better worse | |
| Men's Baseball (D1) | 116 of 272 |
| Men's Basketball (D1) | 84 of 325 |
| Men's Football (FCS) | |
| Men's Soccer (D1) |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D1) | |
| Women's Soccer (D1) | |
| Women's Softball (D1) | |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) | 91 of 308 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 274 of 1821 |
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 | 159 of 825 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 308 of 820 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 180 of 625 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 138 of 749 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 190 of 390 |
International Business
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 208 of 417 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 106 of 600 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 130 of 522 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 265 of 603 |
Computer Information Systems
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 123 of 357 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 117 of 309 |
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 | 133 of 272 |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 51 of 602 |
General English Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 134 of 622 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 51 of 138 |
Human Development & Family Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 30 of 122 |
Textile & Apparel Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 57 of 341 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 85 of 352 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 597 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 67 |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 176 of 523 |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 269 of 548 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 263 of 580 |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 187 of 472 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 145 of 476 |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 19 of 49 |
Natural Resource Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
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 | 210 of 479 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 72 of 242 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 361 of 835 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 330 of 840 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 209 of 670 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 126 of 418 |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 169 of 590 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 254 of 640 |
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 | 253 of 513 |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 173 of 370 |
Non-Traditional Students
better worse | |
| Overall | 407 of 1159 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 29 of 502 |
| Top Ranked Online | 13 of 302 |
| Most Popular Online | 126 of 666 |
Nursing
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 186 of 444 |
| Top Ranked Online | 57 of 242 |
| Most Popular Online | 86 of 473 |
International Quality
better worse | |
| OVERALL | 353 of 1240 |
| Bangladesh | |
| Canada | 317 of 644 |
| China | 304 of 835 |
| Ghana | |
| India | |
| Iran | |
| Nigeria | |
| Pakistan | |
| Russia | |
| Saudi Arabia | 270 of 555 |
| South Korea | 273 of 587 |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Turkey |
International Value
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| OVERALL | 296 of 1204 |
| Bangladesh | |
| Canada | 264 of 632 |
| China | 237 of 817 |
| Ghana | |
| India | 270 of 626 |
| Iran | |
| Nigeria | |
| Pakistan | 121 of 247 |
| Russia | |
| Saudi Arabia | 272 of 545 |
| South Korea | 241 of 576 |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Turkey | 124 of 268 |
