Top 2021 Rankings For University of Virginia - Main Campus
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All 2021 Rankings For University of Virginia - Main Campus
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 42 of 1714 |
| Southeast | 7 of 435 |
| Virginia | 2 of 48 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 661 of 1472 |
| Southeast | 175 of 371 |
| Virginia | 4 of 41 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 577 of 1472 |
| Southeast | 140 of 371 |
| Virginia | 1 of 41 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 348 of 1472 |
| Southeast | 94 of 371 |
| Virginia | 2 of 41 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 216 of 3512 |
| Ethnic | 1123 of 3790 |
| Male / Female | 773 of 3789 |
| Location | 420 of 3515 |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 62 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 41 of 281 |
| Most Focused | 87 of 281 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 36 of 88 |
Architectural History
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| Most Popular | |
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General Architecture
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 55 |
| Best Value | 24 of 52 |
| Most Popular | 21 of 117 |
| Most Focused | 46 of 117 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 60 |
Urban & Regional Planning
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| Most Popular | |
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Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 47 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 71 of 581 |
| Most Focused | 242 of 581 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 82 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 47 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 128 of 363 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 48 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 46 of 466 |
| Most Focused | 194 of 466 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 120 of 651 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 81 of 1720 |
| Most Focused | 653 of 1720 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 56 of 630 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 31 of 1640 |
| Most Focused | 395 of 1638 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Most Popular | 383 of 2852 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 1321 |
General Business/Commerce
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 210 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
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| Most Popular | 3 of 226 |
| Most Focused | 11 of 226 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 71 of 512 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 157 of 2316 |
| Most Focused | 1090 of 2316 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 33 of 621 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 11 of 293 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 47 of 1237 |
| Most Focused | 323 of 1236 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 320 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 54 of 323 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 76 of 997 |
| Most Focused | 204 of 998 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 48 of 343 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 50 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 51 |
Biomedical Engineering
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| Most Popular | 24 of 165 |
| Most Focused | 61 of 165 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 62 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 43 of 132 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 45 of 134 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 183 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 136 of 282 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 186 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 102 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 72 of 304 |
| Most Focused | 135 of 304 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 108 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Most Popular | 151 of 390 |
| Most Focused |
General Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 121 of 449 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 108 of 274 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 114 of 278 |
Systems Engineering
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| Most Popular | 2 of 23 |
| Most Focused | 8 of 23 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 5 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 24 of 430 |
| Best Value | 181 of 416 |
| Most Popular | 32 of 1546 |
| Most Focused | 304 of 1549 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 97 of 509 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 14 of 440 |
| Best Value | 163 of 426 |
| Most Popular | 17 of 1429 |
| Most Focused | 194 of 1432 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 86 of 467 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
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| Most Popular | 242 of 832 |
| Most Focused |
Human Development & Family Studies
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| Most Popular | 181 of 716 |
| Most Focused |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 19 of 185 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 16 of 1111 |
| Most Focused | 131 of 1114 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 72 of 206 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | 8 of 225 |
| Most Focused | 107 of 225 |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | |
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Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 151 |
| Best Value | 64 of 151 |
| Most Popular | 2 of 870 |
| Most Focused | 78 of 877 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 64 of 160 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
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| Most Popular | 3 of 97 |
| Most Focused | 25 of 97 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 194 of 853 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 842 of 2796 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 292 of 1050 |
Communication Sciences
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| Most Popular | 100 of 281 |
| Most Focused |
Health & Medical Administrative Services
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 38 of 722 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 632 of 1978 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 413 of 840 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 309 |
| Best Value | 116 of 302 |
| Most Popular | 3 of 1429 |
| Most Focused | 122 of 1404 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 331 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 313 |
| Best Value | 120 of 306 |
| Most Popular | 3 of 1429 |
| Most Focused | 122 of 1404 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 331 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Most Popular | 92 of 2026 |
| Most Focused | 898 of 2025 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Most Popular | 92 of 2026 |
| Most Focused | 898 of 2025 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 42 of 191 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 49 of 1437 |
| Most Focused | 281 of 1438 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 201 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 176 |
| Best Value | 80 of 172 |
| Most Popular | 20 of 1379 |
| Most Focused | 220 of 1382 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 181 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 367 of 1403 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 288 |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | 127 of 664 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 146 |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Top Ranked | 30 of 190 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 73 of 940 |
| Most Focused | 402 of 940 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 34 of 198 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Top Ranked | 7 of 160 |
| Best Value | 65 of 154 |
| Most Popular | 48 of 833 |
| Most Focused | 324 of 834 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 34 of 167 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Most Popular | 184 of 1220 |
| Most Focused |
Health & Physical Education
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| Most Popular | 166 of 1131 |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 10 of 1010 |
| Most Focused | 230 of 1011 |
Philosophy
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| Most Popular | 23 of 804 |
| Most Focused | 215 of 803 |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 7 of 543 |
| Most Focused | 202 of 541 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 19 of 143 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 52 of 1383 |
| Most Focused | 372 of 1382 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 46 of 161 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics
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| Most Popular | 18 of 101 |
| Most Focused | 39 of 101 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 13 of 109 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 25 of 1232 |
| Most Focused | 276 of 1229 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 118 |
Physics
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| Most Popular | 38 of 819 |
| Most Focused | 313 of 819 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 781 |
| Best Value | 335 of 748 |
| Most Popular | 143 of 1698 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 882 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 784 |
| Best Value | 319 of 744 |
| Most Popular | 125 of 1563 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 815 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Most Popular | 113 of 1128 |
| Most Focused |
Public Policy
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| Most Popular | 7 of 79 |
| Most Focused | 24 of 79 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 558 |
| Best Value | 231 of 539 |
| Most Popular | 20 of 1550 |
| Most Focused | 136 of 1547 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 54 of 592 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 125 |
| Best Value | 56 of 123 |
| Most Popular | 30 of 542 |
| Most Focused | 128 of 542 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 8 of 128 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 17 of 276 |
| Best Value | 88 of 273 |
| Most Popular | 9 of 818 |
| Most Focused | 67 of 817 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 40 of 280 |
International Relations & National Security
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| Most Popular | 7 of 338 |
| Most Focused | 20 of 338 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 90 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 40 of 367 |
| Best Value | 174 of 358 |
| Most Popular | 90 of 1220 |
| Most Focused | 427 of 1220 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 38 of 376 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 356 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 101 of 1100 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 86 of 372 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 56 of 510 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 209 of 2021 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 38 of 547 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Most Popular | 270 of 968 |
| Most Focused |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 7 of 332 |
| Best Value | 128 of 321 |
| Most Popular | 81 of 1368 |
| Most Focused | 645 of 1368 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 342 |
Music
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| Most Popular | 80 of 1238 |
| Most Focused | 548 of 1238 |
Men's Sports
Veterans
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| Overall | 301 of 2103 |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Architecture
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 26 of 55 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 274 of 627 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 196 of 525 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 35 of 299 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 79 of 322 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 63 of 183 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 33 of 100 |
General Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 71 of 423 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 40 of 432 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 37 of 185 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 150 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 67 of 190 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 32 of 174 |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 83 of 188 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 43 of 158 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 34 of 141 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 36 of 107 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 97 of 779 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 67 of 775 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 50 of 552 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 121 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 24 of 275 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 79 of 362 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 89 of 351 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 130 of 508 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 38 of 331 |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall | 14 of 2188 |
Engineering
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 36 of 267 |
| Top Ranked Online | 1 of 15 |
| Most Popular Online | 18 of 43 |
General Engineering
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| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online | 3 of 10 |
Health Professions
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 349 of 745 |
| Top Ranked Online | 104 of 439 |
| Most Popular Online |
Health & Medical Administrative Services
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| Most Popular Online |
International Quality
International Value
