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Initials » BU/Boston-Engineering      CCC      CVC      Colby      GRCC      IAIANC      SFC      SRJ      TVCC      VC-Martinsburg     
City »Boston Grand Island Kansas City Waterville Auburn Santa Fe Gainesville Santa Rosa Ontario Martinsburg 
State »MA NE MO ME WA NM FL CA OR WV 
Size »  12,614 111 2,064 11,978 536 20,966 31,616 4,642 128 
F:M »0.0:0.0 56.7:43.3 65.8:34.2 54.7:45.3 51.6:48.4 57.8:42.2 55.2:44.8 53.7:46.3 55.5:44.5 91.4:8.6 
ACT » ~26  ~31.8 ~23  ~28    
SAT »   ~1528.6 ~1270  ~1150 ~1820   
Room »$  $6,022 $  $11,750 $  $6,806 $  $7,704 $6,705 $  
Instate »$  $2,700 $6,000 $45,760 $4,443 $3,560 $2,532 $1280 $5,280 $9,500 
Outstate »$  $3,900 $6,000 $45,760 $10,047 $3,560 $9,158 $6,599 $5,760 $9,500 
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Education » B+ C+  C+ B+  
Innovation » B+ B-  B+ B-  
Competitive » B+ C+  B- B-  
Academic Success » B+ B-  B+  
Usefulwork »B- B+  B+ C+  C+ B- B+  
Social Life »A+  C+ C-  B- C-  
Extra Curricular »A-   C+ C+  
Safety »C+  A- B+  A- D-  
Grounds »A- B+  B+  A- B-  
Maintenance » A- B+  B+ A- B-  
Friendliness »B-  B+  C+  
Faculty Accessibility »D- A+  A- B-  B- B+  
Surrounding City »A+  C- C-  C+ B+ C-  
Funding Use »A-  B+ B-  B+ C-  
Alumni »1/74 yrs 1/31 yrs 0/0 yrs 15/22 yrs 0/0 yrs 0/0 yrs 3/11 yrs 0/0 yrs 1/24 yrs 0/0 yrs 
Starting Salary »$100,000 $10,000 $  $46,000 $  $  $20,000 $  $20,000 $  
Current Salary »$150,000 $  $  $75,000 $  $  $  $  $50,000 $  
10yr Salary »$106,757 $6,774 $59,004 $1,818 $32,500 
GoingWell »100% 100% 0% 53.3% 0% 0% 100% 0% 100% 0% 
JobSatis »100% 100% 0% 46.7% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 
American Indian »    2%   1% 77%   1% 2% 1% 
Asian »  1% 1% 5% 6% 1% 2% 5% 1% 1% 
Black »  1% 34% 3% 5%   14% 3% 2% 13% 
Hispanic »  12% 5% 5% 7% 5% 11% 27% 18% 4% 
International »      6% 13% 1% 2%       
White »  82% 52% 61% 50% 9% 52% 58% 66% 78% 
Unknown »  3% 4% 16% 10% 5% 17% 3% 11% 2% 
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Key:
BU/Boston-Engineering =
Boston University Engineering School
CCC = Central Community College
CVC = City Vision College
Colby = Colby College
GRCC = Green River Community College
IAIANC = Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture
SFC = Santa Fe College
SRJ = Santa Rosa Junior College
TVCC = Treasure Valley Community College
VC-Martinsburg = Valley College - Martinsburg


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