Top 2020 Rankings For University of Rochester
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All 2020 Rankings For University of Rochester
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 45 of 1724 |
| Middle Atlantic | 13 of 328 |
| New York | 5 of 132 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 594 of 1483 |
| Middle Atlantic | 100 of 287 |
| New York | 40 of 115 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 602 of 1483 |
| Middle Atlantic | 113 of 287 |
| New York | 42 of 115 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | |
| Middle Atlantic | 133 of 287 |
| New York | 49 of 115 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 35 of 2174 |
| Ethnic | 649 of 2417 |
| Male / Female | 110 of 2418 |
| Location | 75 of 2180 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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Area Studies
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Ethnic Studies
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Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 92 of 824 |
| Best Value | 393 of 808 |
| Most Popular | 143 of 1421 |
| Most Focused | 296 of 1422 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 208 of 890 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 822 |
| Best Value | 255 of 803 |
| Most Popular | 89 of 1380 |
| Most Focused | 157 of 1378 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 174 of 846 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Most Popular | 959 of 1931 |
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General Business/Commerce
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| Most Popular | 86 of 482 |
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Communication & Journalism
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Radio, Television & Digital Communication
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Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 116 of 601 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 222 of 1512 |
| Most Focused | 435 of 1512 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 170 of 824 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 68 of 286 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 69 of 605 |
| Most Focused | 79 of 605 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 104 of 360 |
Education
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| Top Ranked | 32 of 413 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 117 of 706 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 345 |
| Best Value | 162 of 340 |
| Most Popular | 292 of 861 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 92 of 506 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 80 of 309 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 150 of 595 |
| Most Focused | 125 of 595 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 101 of 354 |
Biomedical Engineering
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| Most Popular | 24 of 141 |
| Most Focused | 19 of 141 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 45 of 92 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 46 of 151 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 49 of 167 |
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Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 32 of 269 |
| Best Value | 102 of 264 |
| Most Popular | 96 of 350 |
| Most Focused | 72 of 350 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 81 of 274 |
Engineering Science
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| Most Popular | 15 of 35 |
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General Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 52 of 272 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 154 of 337 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 81 of 263 |
Engineering Technologies
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General Engineering Technology
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English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 82 of 601 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 196 of 1351 |
| Most Focused | 412 of 1351 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 22 of 870 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 49 of 621 |
| Best Value | 245 of 603 |
| Most Popular | 195 of 1267 |
| Most Focused | 374 of 1267 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 800 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 174 of 365 |
| Most Focused |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 65 of 341 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 79 of 940 |
| Most Focused | 138 of 941 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 155 of 653 |
American Sign Language
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| Most Popular | 20 of 49 |
| Most Focused |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | |
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East Asian Languages
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 59 of 129 |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | 124 of 272 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 84 of 196 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 96 of 299 |
| Most Focused | 77 of 299 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 127 of 352 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 269 of 809 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 184 of 571 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
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| Most Popular | 31 of 106 |
| Most Focused | 22 of 106 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 152 of 591 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 394 of 1665 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 107 of 686 |
Bioethics/Medical Ethics
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| Most Popular | |
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Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 30 of 518 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 177 of 1126 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 171 of 507 |
Public Health
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| Most Popular | |
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History
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| Top Ranked | 89 of 547 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 298 of 1247 |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | 80 of 579 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 298 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 226 of 822 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 49 of 341 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 125 of 455 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 46 of 351 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 133 of 503 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 47 of 471 |
| Best Value | 160 of 460 |
| Most Popular | 34 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | 28 of 1223 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 269 of 805 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 26 of 189 |
| Most Focused | 36 of 189 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 41 of 93 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 61 of 475 |
| Best Value | 185 of 465 |
| Most Popular | 42 of 1170 |
| Most Focused | 57 of 1170 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 318 of 771 |
Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 32 of 66 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 63 of 132 |
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Statistics (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
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Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 449 of 1030 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 158 of 397 |
Computational Science
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| Most Popular | 2 of 9 |
| Most Focused | 3 of 9 |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
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Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | 322 of 750 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 258 of 695 |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 184 of 939 |
| Most Focused | 399 of 939 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 203 of 605 |
Philosophy
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| Most Popular | 280 of 731 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 193 of 525 |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 125 of 540 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 140 of 332 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 49 of 479 |
| Best Value | 188 of 470 |
| Most Popular | 148 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | 261 of 1156 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 183 of 786 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 52 of 435 |
| Best Value | 191 of 426 |
| Most Popular | 244 of 1099 |
| Most Focused | 526 of 1099 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 238 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 105 of 341 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | 15 of 263 |
| Best Value | 54 of 261 |
| Most Popular | 33 of 717 |
| Most Focused | 83 of 717 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 198 of 537 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 20 of 833 |
| Best Value | 281 of 809 |
| Most Popular | 154 of 1477 |
| Most Focused | 305 of 1476 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 92 of 897 |
Child Development & Psychology
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| Most Popular | 26 of 116 |
| Most Focused | 43 of 116 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 43 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 45 of 840 |
| Best Value | 337 of 814 |
| Most Popular | 236 of 1381 |
| Most Focused | 632 of 1381 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 63 of 833 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 90 of 670 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 117 of 1316 |
| Most Focused | 166 of 1316 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 118 of 873 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | 96 of 260 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 112 of 427 |
| Most Focused | 97 of 427 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 144 of 339 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 80 of 418 |
| Best Value | 194 of 410 |
| Most Popular | 68 of 715 |
| Most Focused | 86 of 715 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 246 of 536 |
International Relations & National Security
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| Most Popular | 66 of 316 |
| Most Focused | 114 of 316 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 83 of 202 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 96 of 590 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 213 of 1081 |
| Most Focused | 329 of 1081 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 212 of 757 |
Social Sciences (Other)
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| Most Popular | 10 of 97 |
| Most Focused | 31 of 97 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 99 of 640 |
| Best Value | 309 of 626 |
| Most Popular | 119 of 1482 |
| Most Focused | 230 of 1482 |
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Dance
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| Most Popular | |
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Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked | 31 of 136 |
| Best Value | 41 of 133 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 72 of 177 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 131 of 512 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 343 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 203 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 38 of 371 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 6 of 1034 |
| Most Focused | 32 of 1036 |
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Veterans
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| Overall | 362 of 1751 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 130 of 825 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 47 of 820 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 268 of 603 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 118 of 286 |
Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 68 of 348 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 115 of 309 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 66 of 151 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 71 of 269 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 86 of 272 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 162 of 601 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 109 of 621 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 83 of 341 |
Romance Languages
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Health Professions
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Nursing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 169 of 523 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 65 of 472 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 98 of 476 |
Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 66 of 479 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 79 of 435 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 27 of 263 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 55 of 835 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 148 of 839 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 114 of 669 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 94 of 418 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 145 of 589 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 215 of 640 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 54 of 136 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 112 of 370 |
University of Rochester has no rankings in this category.
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