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Initials » WISC-Madison      Penn State/PSU      OSU      UMN/UMTC      MSU      UMich      IUB-Bloomington      Purdue      UIUC      Northwestern      UIowa     
City »Madison University Park Columbus Minneapolis East Lansing Ann Arbor Bloomington West Lafayette Champaign Evanston Iowa City 
State »WI PA OH MN MI MI IN IN IL IL IA 
Size »46,228 48,861 62,681 64,202 54,338 45,162 45,456 43,345 47,693 25,098 35,057 
F:M »51.5:48.5 46.1:53.9 48.8:51.2 52.7:47.3 51.9:48.1 47.5:52.5 49.8:50.2 41.6:58.4 45.5:54.5 47.7:52.3 51.4:48.6 
ACT »~30 ~31.1 ~28.1 ~28.7 ~27.8 27.5 ~28.3 25 27.6 ~31.9 ~27 
SAT »~1392.2 ~1417.9 ~1443.7 ~1505.8 ~1367.5 100 ~1388 100 100 ~1579.9 ~1370.7 
Room »$8,287 $10,090 $11,740 $8,532 $8,806 $9,996 $9,149 $10,300 $10,636 $13,862 $9,424 
Instate »$10,403 $16,992 $10,037 $13,555 $13,579 $13,977 $10,209 $9,992 $16,210 $45,527 $8,061 
Outstate »$26,653 $29,566 $25,757 $19,805 $34,283 $41,811 $32,350 $28,794 $31,943 $45,527 $26,931 
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Innovation »B+ B- B+ B+ 
Competitive »B+ B- B+ B- 
Academic Success »B+ B- B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Usefulwork »B+ B- B+ B+ B+ B+ B- 
Social Life »A- B+ A- A- B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Extra Curricular »A- B+ A- B+ A- B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Safety »B+ A- B- B+ A- B+ A- B+ B+ B+ 
Grounds »A- A- B+ B+ A- B+ B+ A- B+ 
Maintenance »B+ B+ B+ A- B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Friendliness »B+ B+ A- B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Faculty Accessibility »B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Surrounding City »A- B- A- A- B+ B+ C+ B- A- B+ 
Funding Use »B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Alumni »40/28 yrs 48/28 yrs 34/25 yrs 19/24 yrs 64/32 yrs 80/27 yrs 27/27 yrs 48/25 yrs 74/26 yrs 44/29 yrs 27/24 yrs 
Starting Salary »$76,964 $46,835 $47,679 $54,667 $49,519 $48,968 $42,143 $50,000 $44,352 $86,688 $42,826 
Current Salary »$200,577 $134,143 $95,600 $74,000 $175,196 $111,269 $115,952 $78,000 $103,980 $199,815 $129,333 
10yr Salary »$120,644 $78,241 $66,695 $62,722 $89,290 $72,042 $69,279 $61,200 $67,198 $126,105 $78,280 
GoingWell »80% 77.1% 70.6% 79% 87.5% 68.8% 81.5% 93.8% 71.6% 79.6% 85.2% 
JobSatis »72.5% 77.1% 58.8% 63.2% 78.1% 68.8% 85.2% 79.2% 67.6% 77.3% 66.7% 
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Asian »5% 5% 5% 7% 4% 11% 4% 5% 12% 13% 3% 
Black »2% 4% 6% 4% 6% 4% 4% 3% 5% 5% 3% 
Hispanic »4% 5% 3% 3% 3% 4% 4% 4% 7% 6% 5% 
International »12% 12% 10% 10% 13% 14% 14% 21% 20% 13% 11% 
White »72% 69% 71% 67% 69% 59% 70% 63% 53% 49% 68% 
Unknown »2% 2% 2% 7% 2% 5% 1% 2% 1% 12% 7% 
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Key:
IUB-Bloomington =
Indiana University - Bloomington
MSU = Michigan State University
Northwestern = Northwestern University
OSU = Ohio State University
Penn State/PSU = Pennsylvania State University
Purdue = Purdue University
UIUC = University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign
UIowa = University of Iowa
UMich = University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
UMN/UMTC = University of Minnesota Twin Cities
WISC-Madison = University of Wisconsin - Madison


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