Top 2021 Rankings For Utah State University
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All 2021 Rankings For Utah State University
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Top Quality Overall
better worse | |
| Nationwide | 626 of 1715 |
| Rocky Mountains | 15 of 56 |
| Utah | 4 of 14 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 473 of 1472 |
| Rocky Mountains | 12 of 43 |
| Utah | 3 of 8 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 365 of 1472 |
| Rocky Mountains | 9 of 43 |
| Utah | 3 of 8 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 166 of 1472 |
| Rocky Mountains | 8 of 43 |
| Utah | 3 of 8 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 699 of 3514 |
| Ethnic | |
| Male / Female | 563 of 3791 |
| Location | 374 of 3515 |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 40 of 579 |
| Most Focused | 194 of 579 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Agricultural Economics & Business
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 65 of 250 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 58 |
Agricultural Mechanization
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| Most Popular | |
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Agricultural Production
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| Most Popular | 44 of 167 |
| Most Focused |
Agricultural Public Services
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Animal Science
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 34 of 113 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
General Agriculture
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| Most Popular | 47 of 145 |
| Most Focused |
Horticulture
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| Most Popular | 43 of 195 |
| Most Focused |
International Agriculture
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| Most Popular | |
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Plant Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 33 |
Soil Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Most Popular | 103 of 281 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 40 of 88 |
Environmental Design
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Landscape Architecture
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| Most Popular | 15 of 52 |
| Most Focused | 19 of 52 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 15 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 69 of 581 |
| Most Focused | 254 of 581 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 29 of 363 |
| Most Focused | 119 of 363 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 198 of 651 |
| Best Value | 82 of 637 |
| Most Popular | 210 of 1720 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 87 of 675 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Most Popular | 183 of 608 |
| Most Focused |
Botany/Plant Biology
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| Most Popular | 4 of 35 |
| Most Focused | 7 of 35 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
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| Most Popular | 69 of 194 |
| Most Focused |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 231 of 630 |
| Best Value | 95 of 617 |
| Most Popular | 229 of 1638 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 56 of 649 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 405 of 1152 |
| Best Value | 290 of 1035 |
| Most Popular | 222 of 2850 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 212 of 1326 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 203 of 521 |
| Best Value | 125 of 477 |
| Most Popular | 99 of 1854 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 201 of 602 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 213 of 955 |
| Best Value | 144 of 876 |
| Most Popular | 335 of 2403 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 141 of 1083 |
Entrepreneurial Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 116 of 304 |
| Most Popular | 153 of 713 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 159 of 328 |
International Business
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| Most Popular | 110 of 396 |
| Most Focused |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 164 of 379 |
| Best Value | 79 of 358 |
| Most Popular | 80 of 910 |
| Most Focused | 450 of 910 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 401 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 158 of 585 |
| Best Value | 71 of 567 |
| Most Popular | 168 of 1501 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 296 of 657 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Most Popular | 220 of 1242 |
| Most Focused |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 51 of 140 |
| Most Popular | 57 of 425 |
| Most Focused | 152 of 425 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 55 of 148 |
Public Relations & Advertising
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| Most Popular | 122 of 375 |
| Most Focused |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 188 of 512 |
| Best Value | 69 of 448 |
| Most Popular | 154 of 2316 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 178 of 621 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 118 of 293 |
| Best Value | 67 of 262 |
| Most Popular | 123 of 1236 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 320 |
Information Science
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 75 |
| Best Value | 8 of 58 |
| Most Popular | 22 of 295 |
| Most Focused | 144 of 295 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 50 of 100 |
Education
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| Top Ranked | 60 of 622 |
| Best Value | 95 of 593 |
| Most Popular | 5 of 1852 |
| Most Focused | 214 of 1885 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Special Education
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| Top Ranked | 26 of 123 |
| Best Value | 23 of 120 |
| Most Popular | 4 of 488 |
| Most Focused | 58 of 485 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 60 of 134 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Top Ranked | 102 of 540 |
| Best Value | 112 of 519 |
| Most Popular | 43 of 1558 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 202 of 585 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | 78 of 272 |
| Best Value | 89 of 265 |
| Most Popular | 4 of 889 |
| Most Focused | 78 of 894 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 106 of 319 |
| Most Popular | 147 of 998 |
| Most Focused | 323 of 998 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Biological Engineering
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| Most Popular | 4 of 11 |
| Most Focused | 4 of 11 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 51 of 182 |
| Most Popular | 100 of 282 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Computer Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 63 of 196 |
| Most Popular | 179 of 390 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Environmental Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 73 of 272 |
| Most Popular | 101 of 374 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Engineering Technologies
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| Most Popular | 263 of 1178 |
| Most Focused |
Engineering-Related Fields
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| Most Popular | 13 of 70 |
| Most Focused |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 152 of 416 |
| Most Popular | 72 of 1548 |
| Most Focused | 648 of 1549 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 141 of 509 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 123 of 426 |
| Most Popular | 48 of 1433 |
| Most Focused | 479 of 1432 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 156 of 467 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 65 of 158 |
| Best Value | 54 of 150 |
| Most Popular | 23 of 833 |
| Most Focused | 165 of 832 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Food, Nutrition & Related Services
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| Most Popular | 24 of 140 |
| Most Focused | 49 of 140 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Human Development & Family Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 19 of 717 |
| Most Focused | 193 of 716 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Textile & Apparel Studies
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| Most Popular | 35 of 97 |
| Most Focused |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 349 of 1114 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 206 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 208 of 877 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 55 of 160 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 139 of 853 |
| Best Value | 85 of 753 |
| Most Popular | 178 of 2794 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Communication Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 21 of 65 |
| Best Value | 5 of 64 |
| Most Popular | 1 of 278 |
| Most Focused | 12 of 281 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 68 |
Nursing
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| Most Popular | 921 of 1978 |
| Most Focused |
Public Health
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| Most Popular | 162 of 396 |
| Most Focused |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 70 of 302 |
| Most Popular | 149 of 1404 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 77 of 331 |
History
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 73 of 306 |
| Most Popular | 149 of 1404 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 77 of 331 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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| Most Popular | 801 of 1831 |
| Most Focused |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
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| Most Popular | 750 of 1773 |
| Most Focused |
Legal Professions
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| Most Popular | 132 of 668 |
| Most Focused |
Non-Professional General Legal Studies
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| Most Popular | 36 of 147 |
| Most Focused |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 84 of 2024 |
| Most Focused | 910 of 2025 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 84 of 2024 |
| Most Focused | 910 of 2025 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Most Popular | 187 of 1438 |
| Most Focused |
Mathematics
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| Most Popular | 390 of 1382 |
| Most Focused |
Statistics
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| Most Popular | 43 of 151 |
| Most Focused |
Mechanic & Repair Technologies
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| Most Popular | 92 of 718 |
| Most Focused |
Mechanics & Repairers
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| Most Popular | 3 of 12 |
| Most Focused |
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair
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| Most Popular | 176 of 584 |
| Most Focused |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 298 of 1403 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 99 of 664 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | 55 of 940 |
| Most Focused | 358 of 940 |
Fisheries Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Forestry
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resource Management
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources Conservation
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 228 of 834 |
| Most Focused |
Wildlife Management
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| Most Popular | 9 of 78 |
| Most Focused |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
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| Most Popular | 49 of 121 |
| Most Focused |
Personal & Culinary Services
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Cosmetology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 135 of 1011 |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy
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| Most Popular | 166 of 803 |
| Most Focused |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 115 of 541 |
| Most Focused |
Physical Sciences
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| Most Popular | 269 of 1382 |
| Most Focused |
Chemistry
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| Most Popular | 354 of 1229 |
| Most Focused |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Most Popular | 175 of 489 |
| Most Focused |
Physics
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| Most Popular | 166 of 819 |
| Most Focused |
Precision Production
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Precision Metal Working
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 291 of 782 |
| Best Value | 156 of 748 |
| Most Popular | 227 of 1699 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 349 of 882 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 254 of 779 |
| Best Value | 127 of 744 |
| Most Popular | 198 of 1563 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 307 of 814 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 120 of 1128 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Social Work
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 61 of 691 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 266 of 558 |
| Best Value | 115 of 539 |
| Most Popular | 80 of 1547 |
| Most Focused | 420 of 1548 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 74 of 592 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 34 of 123 |
| Most Popular | 125 of 542 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 128 |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 25 of 273 |
| Most Popular | 25 of 817 |
| Most Focused | 112 of 817 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 89 of 280 |
Geography & Cartography
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 123 of 358 |
| Most Popular | 250 of 1220 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 101 of 347 |
| Most Popular | 95 of 1100 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Transportation & Materials Moving
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 37 of 182 |
| Most Focused |
Air Transportation
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 31 of 160 |
| Most Focused |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 185 of 483 |
| Most Popular | 225 of 2022 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 185 of 547 |
Design & Applied Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 431 of 961 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 84 of 168 |
| Most Popular | 213 of 968 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 40 of 179 |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 134 of 332 |
| Best Value | 66 of 321 |
| Most Popular | 112 of 1368 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 64 of 343 |
Music
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 142 of 1238 |
| Most Focused |
Men's Sports
better worse | |
| Men's Basketball (D1) | |
| Men's Football (FBS) |
Veterans
better worse | |
| Overall | 263 of 2104 |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Agricultural Economics & Business
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Animal Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 77 of 648 |
General Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 92 of 627 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 382 of 1178 |
Accounting
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 133 of 527 |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 153 of 978 |
Finance & Financial Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 151 of 313 |
Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 110 of 381 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 92 of 581 |
Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 66 of 143 |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 152 of 525 |
Computer Information Systems
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 89 of 299 |
Information Science
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 26 of 73 |
Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 627 |
Special Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 10 of 123 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 60 of 543 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 45 of 275 |
Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Civil Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Electrical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mechanical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 125 of 275 |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 174 of 423 |
General English Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 144 of 432 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 61 of 157 |
Human Development & Family Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Romance Languages
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 91 of 874 |
Communication Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 65 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Liberal Arts General Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 163 of 779 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 109 of 775 |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Social Work
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 166 of 552 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 50 of 275 |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 175 of 362 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 130 of 351 |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Design & Applied Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 76 of 331 |
Non-Traditional Students
better worse | |
| Overall | 554 of 2186 |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online | 7 of 50 |
Agricultural Economics & Business
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online | 6 of 28 |
General Agriculture
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online | 6 of 12 |
Engineering Technologies
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online | 30 of 134 |
Engineering-Related Fields
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online | 3 of 14 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 70 of 146 |
| Top Ranked Online | 14 of 38 |
| Most Popular Online | 10 of 129 |
Human Development & Family Studies
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online | 7 of 110 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 127 of 745 |
| Top Ranked Online | 79 of 439 |
| Most Popular Online | 87 of 924 |
Communication Sciences
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 9 of 65 |
| Top Ranked Online | 1 of 3 |
| Most Popular Online | 1 of 13 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online | 300 of 601 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online |
Liberal Arts General Studies
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 233 of 658 |
| Top Ranked Online | 35 of 140 |
| Most Popular Online | 42 of 322 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 181 of 653 |
| Top Ranked Online | 27 of 129 |
| Most Popular Online | 37 of 277 |
International Quality
International Value
