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Initials » Dartmouth      Yale      Princeton      Brown      MIT      Cornell      UPenn      Harvard      Columbia     
City »Hanover New Haven Princeton Providence Cambridge Ithaca Philadelphia Cambridge New York 
State »NH CT NJ RI MA NY PA MA NY 
Size »6,883 12,958 8,096 9,465 11,798 22,045 28,059 35,535 28,604 
F:M »47.1:52.9 50.3:49.7 45.0:55.0 52.5:47.5 36.6:63.4 48.4:51.6 53.6:46.4 49.7:50.3 50.4:49.6 
ACT »~31.7 ~2223850.9 ~31.9 ~32.7 ~34.4 ~33.6 ~33 ~35.5 ~31.7 
SAT »~1607.7 ~918669 ~1780.3 ~1610.9 ~1566.9 ~1509.7 ~1600.3 ~1743.6 ~1554.7 
Room »$13,446 $13,500 $13,080 $11,620 $12,744 $13,678 $12,922 $14,115 $11,978 
Instate »$46,752 $44,000 $40,170 $45,612 $43,498 $45,358 $45,890 $42,292 $49,138 
Outstate »$46,752 $44,000 $40,170 $45,612 $43,498 $45,358 $45,890 $42,292 $49,138 
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Innovation »A- A- B+ A- A- B+ B+ 
Competitive »A- B+ A- B+ B+ B- 
Academic Success »A- A- B+ A- A- B+ B+ B+ 
Usefulwork »A- A- B+ A- A- B+ A- B+ 
Social Life »A- A- A- B+ B+ B- B- 
Extra Curricular »A- A- A- A- A- B+ B- 
Safety »B+ A- B+ A- B+ 
Grounds »A- A- A- C+ A- B+ B+ 
Maintenance »A- B+ B+ A- B+ B+ 
Friendliness »A- A- B+ B+ B+ B- 
Faculty Accessibility »A- B+ A- B+ B+ B+ 
Surrounding City »B- C+ A- A- B+ A- 
Funding Use »A- A- A- A- A- B+ B+ B+ 
Alumni »29/26 yrs 39/29 yrs 38/31 yrs 49/31 yrs 33/33 yrs 75/29 yrs 31/30 yrs 37/25 yrs 26/29 yrs 
Starting Salary »$76,522 $52,885 $90,179 $62,321 $111,053 $54,286 $50,520 $38,333 $62,790 
Current Salary »$327,750 $185,227 $211,552 $269,355 $230,000 $217,586 $192,309 $163,437 $229,000 
10yr Salary »$173,148 $98,053 $129,458 $128,678 $147,097 $109,830 $97,470 $88,176 $120,103 
GoingWell »79.3% 56.4% 71.1% 81.6% 81.8% 82.7% 74.2% 43.2% 73.1% 
JobSatis »75.9% 53.9% 71.1% 83.7% 69.7% 77.3% 74.2% 40.5% 61.5% 
American Indian »2%                 
Asian »12% 12% 15% 11% 16% 14% 14% 12% 12% 
Black »6% 5% 6% 5% 3% 5% 6% 5% 5% 
Hispanic »7% 7% 6% 9% 9% 9% 6% 7% 8% 
International »15% 21% 20% 16% 29% 19% 16% 22% 27% 
White »47% 46% 46% 44% 34% 40% 46% 44% 37% 
Unknown »9% 5% 3% 10% 6% 10% 10% 6% 8% 
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Cornell = Cornell University
Dartmouth = Dartmouth College
Harvard = Harvard University
MIT = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton = Princeton University
UPenn = University of Pennsylvania
Yale = Yale University


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