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Initials » BSC      Stanford      MIT      CIT      GIT     
City »Birmingham Stanford Cambridge Pasadena Atlanta 
State »AL CA MA CA GA 
Size »1279 20,920 11,798 2,327 24,001 
F:M »46.6:53.4 43.9:56.1 36.6:63.4 32.9:67.1 30.1:69.9 
ACT »~27.7 ~32.2 ~34.4 ~8895293.4 ~32.3 
SAT »~1342.9 ~1588.7 ~1566.9 ~3296038.3 ~1489.9 
Room »$12,280 $13,166 $12,744 $12,507 $9,814 
Instate »$30,690 $43,683 $43,498 $41,538 $10,650 
Outstate »$30,690 $43,683 $43,498 $41,538 $29,954 
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Education »C+ A- A- A- B+ 
Innovation »B- B+ A- B- 
Competitive »C+ B+ B+ A- B- 
Academic Success »B- B+ A- A- 
Usefulwork »C+ B+ A- B+ B- 
Social Life »C- C+ 
Extra Curricular »A- A- 
Safety »A- A- A- B+ B- 
Grounds »C+ A- 
Maintenance »A- B- 
Friendliness »B- B+ B+ B+ 
Faculty Accessibility »B- B+ B+ B- 
Surrounding City »C- A- 
Funding Use »B- A- A- B+ 
Alumni »6/30 yrs 36/31 yrs 33/33 yrs 12/30 yrs 54/24 yrs 
Starting Salary »$40,833 $45,870 $111,053 $57,143 $56,324 
Current Salary »$242,000 $226,667 $230,000 $103,571 $128,649 
10yr Salary »$108,339 $104,004 $147,097 $72,619 $86,087 
GoingWell »100% 75% 81.8% 83.3% 66.7% 
JobSatis »100% 75% 69.7% 91.7% 64.8% 
American Indian »1%         
Asian »4% 15% 16% 24% 14% 
Black »8% 4% 3% 1% 6% 
Hispanic »3% 9% 9% 7% 5% 
International »  24% 29% 26% 20% 
White »83% 37% 34% 37% 52% 
Unknown »1% 5% 6% 1%   
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Key:
BSC =
Birmingham Southern College
CIT = California Institute of Technology
GIT = Georgia Institute of Technology
MIT = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford = Stanford University


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