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Initials » AIO-Pittsburgh      BRSC/BRC      BA      CIIS      DVC      EC-San Francisco      HBS/Harvard-Business      JELCC      JTCC      Le Cordon Bleu-San Francisco      MI      OT      PMIEV      Regency-Champaign      RCS-Diego      SJVC-Visalia      Southern-A&M      TABCN      UMass-Amherst Engineering      PHOENIX-Madison     
City »Pittsburgh Baton Rouge Forest Park San Francisco Doylestown San Francisco Cambridge Indianapolis Chester San Francisco Falls Church Orlando Mesa Champaign San Diego Visalia Baton Rouge Toledo Amherst Madison 
State »PA LA GA CA PA CA MA IN VA CA VA FL AZ IL CA CA LA OH MA WI 
Size »2,462 81 95 1,635 2,517 552   67 14,116 892 3,060 1026 971 181   3,128 7,753     200 
F:M »48.5:51.5 50.6:49.4 91.6:8.4 69.7:30.3 59.0:41.0 80.8:19.2 0.0:0.0 91.0:9.0 58.8:41.2 48.1:51.9 84.3:15.7 69.7:30.3 85.1:14.9 97.2:2.8 0.0:0.0 78.2:21.8 63.3:36.7 0.0:0.0 0.0:0.0 70.5:29.5 
ACT »~22.6         ~27      ~29.7 ~20.8  ~30  
SAT »~1248.2    ~1408.8     ~1260      ~775.3   ~2100  
Room »$6,750 $  $  $  $11,977 $  $  $  $  $570 $  $  $  $  $  $  $8,003 $  $  $  
Instate »$17,632 $7,999 $  $25,713 $32,890 $  $  $15,000 $3,970 $13,761 $  $  $  $  $  $16,606 $6,630 $  $  $11,081 
Outstate »$17,632 $7,999 $  $25,713 $32,890 $  $  $15,000 $9,808 $13,761 $  $  $  $  $  $16,606 $8,274 $  $  $11,081 
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Education »B+  B-    B- B-      C+ B-  A+  
Innovation »B-   C+    C-      C+ B-   
Competitive »C+ A-   B-    C+ C+      C+ C+   
Academic Success »C+ B+      B+ B-      C+ B-   
Usefulwork »C+ B+   C+    C+ B-      C+ B-  B-  
Social Life »     D-      B-   
Extra Curricular »C-   B-    C- D+      C- B-   
Safety »B-  B+ A-    C+      B+ C+   
Grounds »B+   A-    C+ B-      C+ C+  C-  
Maintenance »C+ A-   B-         C-  B-  
Friendliness »B- A-      B-      C+ B-   
Faculty Accessibility »C+ B+   B-    B- B+      B- C+  B+  
Surrounding City »C+ A-   B-    B- A+      C+ C+   
Funding Use »C+ B+   C+    B- C+      C+ C+   
Alumni »10/18 yrs 2/13 yrs 0/0 yrs 0/0 yrs 2/29 yrs 0/0 yrs 0/0 yrs 0/0 yrs 0/0 yrs 2/26 yrs 0/0 yrs 0/0 yrs 0/0 yrs 0/0 yrs 1/19 yrs 8/19 yrs 5/31 yrs 0/0 yrs 0/0 yrs 0/0 yrs 
Starting Salary »$24,000 $75,000 $  $  $  $  $  $  $  $50,000 $  $  $  $  $  $70,000 $48,750 $  $  $  
Current Salary »$24,000 $  $  $  $20,000 $  $  $  $  $50,000 $  $  $  $  $  $15,000 $75,000 $  $  $  
10yr Salary »$24,000 $17,308 $7,018 $50,000 $40,270 $57,163 
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JobSatis »0% 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 40% 0% 0% 0% 
American Indian »        1%           1%   2% 1%   1%       1% 
Asian »1%   4% 6% 1% 23%     3% 5% 2% 2% 3%     3% 1%     2% 
Black »6% 49% 80% 5% 5% 26%   60% 26% 2% 51% 35% 3% 17%   16% 93%     17% 
Hispanic »5%   7% 11% 3% 31%     6% 7% 39% 32% 27% 2%   37% 1%     4% 
International »      6%               1%       3% 1%     2% 
White »30% 51% 5% 60% 79% 8%   40% 60% 6% 2% 28% 60% 26%   31% 3%     50% 
Unknown »57%   1% 7% 10% 2%     1% 78% 4%   3% 55%   3% 1%     24% 
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Key:
AIO-Pittsburgh =
Art Institute of Pittsburgh
BRSC/BRC = Baton Rouge School of Computers
BA = Beauty College of America
CIIS = California Institute of Integral Studies
DVC = Delaware Valley University
EC-San Francisco = Everest College - San Francisco
HBS/Harvard-Business = Harvard University Business School
JELCC = J Everett Light Career Center
JTCC = John Tyler Community College
Le Cordon Bleu-San Francisco = Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts - San Francisco
MI = Medtech Institute
OT = Orlando Tech
PMIEV = Pima Medical Institute East Valley
Regency-Champaign = Regency Beauty Institute - Champaign
RCS-Diego = Remington College - San Diego
SJVC-Visalia = San Joaquin Valley College - Visalia
Southern-A&M = Southern University and A & M College
TABCN = Toledo Academy of Beauty Culture-North
UMass-Amherst Engineering = University of Massachusetts - Amherst Engineering School
PHOENIX-Madison = University of Phoenix - Madison


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