2021 Ranking Awards for University of Wisconsin - Madison
We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available.
The current ranking cycle is 2021 and encompasses all rankings published between September 1st, 2020
and August 31st, 2021.
This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year.
Learn more about our methodologies that drive these rankings.
If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college's strengths, please contact us.
Count by Award Level
| Top 1%: | 19 |
| Top 5%: | 104 |
| Top 10%: | 96 |
| Top 15%: | 88 |
| Total: | 307 |
| In The Top |
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| College Overall | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Overall Best | | |
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| Overall Best (Great Lakes) | | |
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| Overall Best (Wisconsin) | | |
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| Best for the Money (Wisconsin) | |
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| Best for the Money With Aid (Wisconsin) | | |
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| Best for the Money Without Aid |
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| Best for the Money Without Aid (Wisconsin) | |
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| Overall Diversity | |
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| Male / Female Diversity | |
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| Location Diversity | |
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| In The Top |
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| Agriculture & Agriculture Operations | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | |
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| Agricultural Economics & Business |
| Most Popular |
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| Agricultural Public Services |
| Most Popular | |
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| Animal Science |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | | |
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| Food Science Technology |
| Highest Paid Graduates |
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| In The Top |
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| Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Most Popular | |
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| Area Studies |
| Most Popular |
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| Ethnic Studies |
| Most Popular | |
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| In The Top |
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| Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Most Popular | | | |
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| Most Focused | |
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| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Botany/Plant Biology |
| Most Popular | |
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| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology |
| Most Popular |
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| General Biology |
| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Genetics |
| Most Popular | | |
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| Microbiological Sciences & Immunology |
| Most Popular | |
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| Neurobiology & Neurosciences |
| Most Popular | | |
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| Zoology |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | |
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| In The Top |
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| Business, Management & Marketing | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | | |
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| Accounting |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | | |
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| Business Administration & Management |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | | |
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| Finance & Financial Management |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | |
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| General Sales & Marketing |
| Most Popular | | |
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| Insurance |
| Most Popular |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | |
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| International Business |
| Most Popular |
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| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | | |
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| Marketing |
| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | | | |
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| Real Estate |
| Most Popular | | |
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| Most Focused |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | |
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| In The Top |
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| Communication & Journalism | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Communication & Media Studies |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Journalism |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | |
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| In The Top |
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| Computer & Information Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates |
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| Computer Information Systems |
| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular | | | |
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| Most Focused |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | |
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| In The Top |
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| Education | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular |
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| Special Education |
| Top Ranked |
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| Teacher Education Grade Specific |
| Most Popular |
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| In The Top |
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| Engineering | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Biomedical Engineering |
| Most Popular | |
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| Chemical Engineering |
| Most Popular |
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| Civil Engineering |
| Top Ranked |
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| Highest Paid Graduates |
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| Computer Engineering |
| Most Popular | |
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| Electrical Engineering |
| Most Popular | |
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| Engineering Mechanics |
| Most Popular |
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| Geoscience Engineering |
| Most Popular |
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| Industrial Engineering |
| Most Popular | |
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| Materials Engineering |
| Most Popular |
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| Mechanical Engineering |
| Top Ranked |
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| Highest Paid Graduates |
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| In The Top |
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| English Language & Literature | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| General English Literature |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Human Development & Family Studies |
| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates |
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| In The Top |
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| Foreign Languages & Linguistics | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular | | | |
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| Most Focused |
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| East Asian Languages |
| Most Popular |
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| Germanic Languages |
| Most Popular | | |
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| Romance Languages |
| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular | | | |
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| Most Focused |
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| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages |
| Most Popular | | |
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| Health Professions | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular | |
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| Communication Sciences |
| Most Popular |
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| Nursing |
| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular |
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| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions |
| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| In The Top |
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| History | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | | | |
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| History |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Legal Professions | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Non-Professional General Legal Studies |
| Most Popular | |
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| Mathematics & Statistics | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular | | | |
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| Most Focused | |
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| Mathematics |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | | | |
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| Most Focused |
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| Statistics |
| Most Popular | |
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| In The Top |
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| Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Most Popular |
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| International Studies |
| Most Popular | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Natural Resources & Conservation | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Natural Resources Conservation |
| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Most Popular |
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| Health & Physical Education |
| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular |
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| In The Top |
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| Philosophy & Religious Studies | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Philosophy |
| Most Popular | | |
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| Religious Studies |
| Most Popular | |
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| In The Top |
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| Physical Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | | |
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| Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Most Popular |
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| Chemistry |
| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | | |
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| Geological & Earth Sciences |
| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | | |
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| Physics |
| Most Popular | |
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| In The Top |
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| Psychology | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates |
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| General Psychology |
| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates |
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| In The Top |
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| Public Administration & Social Service | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked |
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| Social Work |
| Top Ranked | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Social Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | | | |
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| Anthropology |
| Most Popular |
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| Economics |
| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular | | | |
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| Most Focused |
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| Geography & Cartography |
| Most Popular | | |
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| Political Science & Government |
| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular | | |
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| Sociology |
| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | |
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| In The Top |
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| Visual & Performing Arts | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked |
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates |
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| Design & Applied Arts |
| Highest Paid Graduates | |
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| Drama & Theater Arts |
| Top Ranked | | |
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| Highest Paid Graduates | | |
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| Fine & Studio Arts |
| Top Ranked | | |
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| Most Popular | |
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| In The Top |
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| International Quality | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Overall | | |
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| Bangladesh |
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| Brazil | |
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| Canada | |
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| China | | |
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| Colombia |
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| France |
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| Germany | |
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| India | | |
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| Indonesia |
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| Italy |
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| Japan | |
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| Kenya |
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| Malaysia | | | |
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| Mexico |
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| Nigeria | |
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| Pakistan |
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| Russia |
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| Saudi Arabia | |
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| South Korea | | |
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| Spain | |
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| Taiwan | |
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| Thailand | |
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| Turkey |
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| United Kingdom | |
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| Vietnam | | |
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| International Value | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Overall |
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| Men's Sports | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Basketball (D1) | |
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| Football (FBS) | |
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| Ice Hockey (D1) | | |
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| Soccer (D1) | |
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| In The Top |
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| Women's Sports | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Ice Hockey (D1) | | |
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| Softball (D1) |
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| Volleyball (D1) | |
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| In The Top |
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| College Overall | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best For Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Agriculture & Agriculture Operations | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students |
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| Agricultural Economics & Business |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students |
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| Animal Science |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students |
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| In The Top |
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| Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | | |
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| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| Zoology |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| In The Top |
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| Business, Management & Marketing | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| Accounting |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| Business Administration & Management |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| Finance & Financial Management |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| Marketing |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Communication & Journalism | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| Communication & Media Studies |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| Journalism |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| In The Top |
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| Computer & Information Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Computer Information Systems |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Engineering | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| Civil Engineering |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| Electrical Engineering |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students |
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| Industrial Engineering |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students |
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| Mechanical Engineering |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| In The Top |
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| English Language & Literature | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students |
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| General English Literature |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| In The Top |
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| Foreign Languages & Linguistics | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| Romance Languages |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Health Professions | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| Top Ranked Online | | |
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| Nursing |
| Top Ranked Online | |
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| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| In The Top |
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| History | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| History |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Mathematics & Statistics | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| Mathematics |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Natural Resources & Conservation | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students |
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| Natural Resources Conservation |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students |
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| In The Top |
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| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Health & Physical Education |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students |
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| In The Top |
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| Physical Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| Chemistry |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| Geological & Earth Sciences |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Psychology | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| General Psychology |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Public Administration & Social Service | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Social Work |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| In The Top |
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| Social Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| Anthropology |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students |
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| Economics |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| Political Science & Government |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
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| Sociology |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Visual & Performing Arts | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best for Non-Traditional Students |
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| Design & Applied Arts |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students |
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| Drama & Theater Arts |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| Fine & Studio Arts |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | | |
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| In The Top |
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| College Overall | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Best For Veterans | | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Agriculture & Agriculture Operations | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
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| In The Top |
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| Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans | | | |
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| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology |
| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| In The Top |
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| Business, Management & Marketing | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans | | |
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| Accounting |
| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| Business Administration & Management |
| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| Finance & Financial Management |
| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods |
| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| Marketing |
| Top Ranked Veterans | | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Communication & Journalism | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| Communication & Media Studies |
| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| Journalism |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
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| In The Top |
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| Computer & Information Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Computer Information Systems |
| Top Ranked Veterans | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Engineering | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
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| Civil Engineering |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
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| Mechanical Engineering |
| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| In The Top |
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| English Language & Literature | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
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| General English Literature |
| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| In The Top |
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| Foreign Languages & Linguistics | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans | | |
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| Romance Languages |
| Top Ranked Veterans | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Health Professions | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
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| In The Top |
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| History | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| History |
| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| In The Top |
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| Mathematics & Statistics | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans | | |
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| Mathematics |
| Top Ranked Veterans | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Natural Resources & Conservation | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
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| Natural Resources Conservation |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
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| In The Top |
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| Physical Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans | | |
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| Chemistry |
| Top Ranked Veterans | | | |
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| Geological & Earth Sciences |
| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| In The Top |
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| Psychology | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| General Psychology |
| Top Ranked Veterans | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Public Administration & Social Service | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Social Work |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
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| In The Top |
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| Social Sciences | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Top Ranked Veterans | | |
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| Anthropology |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
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| Economics |
| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| Political Science & Government |
| Top Ranked Veterans | |
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| Sociology |
| Top Ranked Veterans | | |
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| In The Top |
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| Visual & Performing Arts | 15% | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Drama & Theater Arts |
| Top Ranked Veterans | | |
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| Fine & Studio Arts |
| Top Ranked Veterans | | |
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