Top 2019 Rankings For University of Rochester
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All 2019 Rankings For University of Rochester
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 45 of 1779 |
| Middle Atlantic | 13 of 333 |
| New York | 5 of 133 |
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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| New York | 55 of 116 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 30 of 2239 |
| Ethnic | 680 of 2486 |
| Male / Female | 72 of 2483 |
| Location | 78 of 2235 |
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 | 93 of 824 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 142 of 1426 |
| Most Focused | 297 of 1426 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 208 of 891 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 822 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 89 of 1382 |
| Most Focused | 159 of 1383 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 174 of 847 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Most Popular | 968 of 1990 |
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General Business/Commerce
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| Most Popular | 87 of 502 |
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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 | 118 of 603 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 224 of 1551 |
| Most Focused | 462 of 1551 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 170 of 827 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 69 of 286 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 69 of 606 |
| Most Focused | 79 of 606 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 104 of 361 |
Education
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| Top Ranked | 32 of 414 |
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 117 of 707 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 347 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 291 of 863 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 92 of 506 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 80 of 309 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 150 of 596 |
| Most Focused | 125 of 596 |
| 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 | 35 of 269 |
| Best Value | |
| 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 | 53 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 | 79 of 602 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 198 of 1355 |
| Most Focused | 414 of 1355 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 22 of 870 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 49 of 622 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 198 of 1271 |
| Most Focused | 376 of 1271 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 800 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 179 of 367 |
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Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 66 of 341 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 79 of 942 |
| Most Focused | 138 of 942 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 155 of 653 |
American Sign Language
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| Most Popular | 20 of 49 |
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Classical Languages & Literature
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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 300 |
| Most Focused | 77 of 300 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 126 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 | 158 of 593 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 395 of 1678 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 107 of 687 |
Bioethics/Medical Ethics
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Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 519 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 177 of 1132 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 171 of 507 |
Public Health
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History
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| Top Ranked | 88 of 548 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 301 of 1251 |
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History
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| Top Ranked | 79 of 580 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 301 of 1251 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 226 of 823 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 50 of 342 |
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 125 of 456 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 47 of 352 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 133 of 504 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 48 of 471 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 34 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | 28 of 1223 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 269 of 805 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | 26 of 189 |
| Most Focused | 36 of 189 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 41 of 93 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 62 of 475 |
| Best Value | |
| 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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Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 457 of 1032 |
| 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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Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | 315 of 753 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 263 of 697 |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 187 of 941 |
| Most Focused | 402 of 941 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 203 of 605 |
Philosophy
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| Most Popular | 264 of 733 |
| 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 | 50 of 479 |
| Best Value | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 105 of 341 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 263 |
| Best Value | |
| 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 837 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 156 of 1501 |
| Most Focused | 328 of 1502 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 92 of 898 |
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 | 46 of 841 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 238 of 1407 |
| Most Focused | 656 of 1407 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 63 of 834 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 91 of 671 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 117 of 1319 |
| Most Focused | 166 of 1319 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 118 of 874 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | 99 of 260 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 109 of 428 |
| Most Focused | 96 of 428 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 144 of 339 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 80 of 418 |
| Best Value | |
| 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 | 95 of 591 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 211 of 1083 |
| Most Focused | 329 of 1083 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 212 of 758 |
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 641 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 122 of 1521 |
| Most Focused | 267 of 1522 |
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Dance
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Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked | 34 of 136 |
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 72 of 177 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 129 of 512 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 356 of 1103 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 203 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 37 of 371 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 6 of 1034 |
| Most Focused | 32 of 1036 |
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Veterans
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| Overall | 403 of 1820 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 129 of 825 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 47 of 820 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 275 of 603 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 117 of 286 |
Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 70 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 | 69 of 269 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 85 of 272 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 165 of 602 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 111 of 622 |
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 | 171 of 523 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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Liberal Arts General Studies
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Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 64 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 | 67 of 479 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 79 of 435 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 26 of 263 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 59 of 835 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 152 of 840 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 113 of 670 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 95 of 418 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 146 of 590 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 216 of 640 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 55 of 136 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 114 of 370 |
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