Success after College, Diverse Life in College
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Success after college here is defined by placement in elite graduate schools, PhD programs, and salary, and a diverse life in college includes student body diversity, urban access, rural access, and sports culture.
- 1. University of California, Berkeley
- 2. Northwestern University
- 3. Georgetown University
- 4. Harvard University
- 5. Swarthmore College
- 6. Stanford University
- 7. Brown University
- 8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 9. Rice University
- 10. Duke University
- 11. University of California, Los Angeles
- 12. Princeton University
- 13. Columbia University
- 14. Haverford College
- 15. University of Virginia, Charlottesville
- 16. Boston College
- 17. Amherst College
- 18. University Pennsylvania
- 19. Vanderbilt University
- 20. California Institute of Technology
- 21. University of Washington, Seattle
- 22. Cornell University
- 23. Yale University
- 24. Georgia Institute of Technology
- 25. Dartmouth College
- 26. Harvey Mudd College
- 27. Macalester College
- 28. University of California, San Diego
- 29. University of Chicago
- 30. University of Texas, Austin
- 31. Pomona College
- 32. University of Notre Dame
- 33. Claremont McKenna College
- 34. Wellesley College
- 35. University of Colorado, Boulder
- 36. U.S. Naval Academy
- 37. Virginia Military Institute
- 38. Johns Hopkins University
- 39. Williams College
- 40. Washington University, St. Louis
- 41. Villanova University
- 42. Reed College
- 43. San Diego St. University
- 44. Syracuse University
- 45. University of Southern California
- 46. Pepperdine University
- 47. Rutgers University
- 48. Davidson College
- 49. Occidental College
- 50. College of William and Mary
This composite incorporates equal parts the Payscale median salary rank, the 2003 Wall Street Journal Feeder Schools rank, the Baccalaureate Origins PhD rank, the Urban Culture/Nature/Sports rank, and the Diversity rank.
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