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Initials » ATC-Lafayette      Hampshire      Kendall      SJU      SJSU     
City »Lafayette Amherst Chicago Philadelphia San Jose 
State »LA MA IL PA CA 
Size »4,990 1550 2,570 10,586 31,766 
F:M »51.0:49.0 57.6:42.4 75.3:24.7 56.8:43.2 51.8:48.2 
ACT » ~34.8 ~25.7 ~28.6 ~31.4 
SAT » ~1422.5  ~1341.7 ~1393.7 
Room »$  $12,030 $10,005 $13,232 $11,484 
Instate »$3,151 $46,400 $18,248 $39,040 $7,343 
Outstate »$5,832 $46,400 $18,248 $39,040 $18,503 
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Education »A+ C+ B- B+ B- 
Innovation »B- B- B+ B- 
Competitive »B- B- B+ B- 
Academic Success »A+ B- B+ B- 
Usefulwork »A+ B- B+ B- 
Social Life »A+ 
Extra Curricular »C- C+ B+ C+ 
Safety »B+ B+ B- 
Grounds »C+ C+ A- B- 
Maintenance »B+ B+ B- 
Friendliness »A+ B- B+ 
Faculty Accessibility »A- A- 
Surrounding City »B- A- A- B- 
Funding Use »A- B- B- B+ B- 
Alumni »1/25 yrs 23/28 yrs 3/51 yrs 26/22 yrs 22/26 yrs 
Starting Salary »$50,000 $26,111 $10,000 $52,000 $48,667 
Current Salary »$100,000 $120,000 $87,500 $127,500 $80,769 
10yr Salary »$70,000 $59,763 $25,286 $87,116 $61,014 
GoingWell »100% 78.3% 33.3% 88.5% 72.7% 
JobSatis »100% 73.9% 66.7% 84.6% 54.6% 
American Indian »          
Asian »1% 2% 2% 3% 32% 
Black »38% 3% 16% 10% 3% 
Hispanic »2% 9% 11% 4% 21% 
International »  6% 8% 4% 8% 
White »51% 64% 52% 71% 25% 
Unknown »6% 10% 9% 7% 5% 
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Key:
ATC-Lafayette =
Acadiana Technical College - Lafayette
Hampshire = Hampshire College
Kendall = Kendall College
SJU = Saint Joseph's University
SJSU = San Jose State University


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