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Best National Universities Statistics Best Liberal Arts Colleges Class of 2014 Ivy League Admissions Statistics 2010 College Majors With The Best Starting Salaries SAT Percentile Ranks Best National Universities Statistics Rank | School | SAT/ACT 25-75th percentile | Acceptance Rate | Graduation Rank | 1 | Harvard University | 1390-1580 | 8% | 1 | 1 | Princeton University | 1390-1580 | 10% | 3 | 3 | Yale University | 1400-1580 | 9% | 2 | 4 | California Institute of Technology | 1470-1560 | 17% | 23 | 4 | MIT | 1380-1560 | 12% | 9 | 4 | Stanford University | 1330-1540 | 9% | 5 | 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 1330-1520 | 17% | 5 | 8 | Columbia University | 1360-1550 | 10% | 5 | 8 | University of Chicago | 1370-1560 | 28% | 17 | 10 | Duke University | 1340-1540 | 22% | 11 | 11 | Dartmouth College | 1330-1550 | 13% | 9 | 12 | Northwestern University | 1360-1530 | 26% | 11 | 12 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1380-1540 | 22% | 15 | 14 | Johns Hopkins University | 1290-1510 | 25% | 19 | 15 | Cornell University | 1300-1500 | 21% | 15 | 16 | Brown University | 1320-1540 | 14% | 5 | 17 | Emory University | 1310-1500 | 27% | 27 | 17 | Rice University | 1320-1530 | 23% | 17 | 17 | Vanderbilt University | 1332-1500 | 25% | 24 | 20 | University of Notre Dame | 1320-1500 | 27% | 3 | 21 | University of California-Berkeley | 1210-1470 | 22% | 24 | 22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1290-1500 | 38% | 31 | 23 | Georgetown University | 1310-1490 | 19% | 11 | 24 | University of California-Los Angeles | 1170-1410 | 23% | 24 | 24 | University of Virginia | 1220-1440 | 37% | 11 | 26 | University of South California | 1270-1470 | 22% | 32 | 27 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 27-31 | 42% | 27 | 28 | Tufts University | 1340-1500 | 26% | 19 | 28 | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill | 1210-1390 | 34% | 32 | 28 | Wake Forest University | 1240-1400 | 38% | 30 | 31 | Brandies University | 1290-1450 | 32% | 27 | 32 | New York University | 1250-1440 | 32% | 37 | 33 | College of William and Mary | 1250-1440 | 34% | 19 | 34 | Boston College | 1250-1430 | 26% | 19 | 35 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1250-1420 | 61% | 53 | 35 | Lehigh University | 1230-1400 | 28% | 34 | 35 | University of California-San Diego | 1140-1370 | 42% | 34 | 35 | University of Rochester | 1220-1430 | 43% | 39 | 39 | U. of IL-Urbana-Champaign | 26-31 | 69% | 38 | 39 | U. of WI-Madison | 26-30 | 53% | 46 | 41 | Case western Reserve Univ. | 1210-1410 | 73% | 46 | 42 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst | 1250-1420 | 44% | 39 | For more information, please check the US News special edition America's Best Colleges Best Liberal Arts Colleges Rank | School | SAT/ACT 25-75th percentile | Acceptance Rate | Graduation Rank | 1 | Williams College | 1320-1520 | 17% | 1 | 2 | Amherst College | 1320-1520 | 15% | 1 | 3 | Swarthmore College | 1350-1520 | 16% | 4 | 4 | Middlebury College | 1270-1490 | 17% | 4 | 4 | Wellesley College | 1270-1465 | 36% | 9 | 6 | Bowdoin College | 1300-1510 | 19% | 4 | 6 | Pomona College | 1390-1560 | 16% | 3 | 8 | Carleton College | 1310-1490 | 27% | 9 | 8 | Davidson College | 1270-1460 | 26% | 9 | 10 | Haverford College | 1300-1480 | 27% | 4 | 11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1310-1510 | 19% | 14 | 11 | Vassar College | 1320-1470 | 25% | 9 | 13 | Wesleyan University | 1300-1480 | 27% | 9 | 14 | Grinnell College | 1235-1450 | 43% | 24 | 14 | Harvey Mudd College | 1420-1570 | 31% | 24 | 14 | United Military Academy | 1150-1350 | 16% | 47 | 14 | Washington and Lee University | 1320-1480 | 17% | 21 | 18 | Smith College | 1170-1390 | 48% | 28 | 19 | Colgate University | 1270-1460 | 24% | 15 | 19 | United States Naval Academy | 1160-1370 | 14% | 27 | 21 | Hamilton College | 1300-1450 | 28% | 16 | 22 | Colby College | 1280-1430 | 31% | 21 | 22 | Oberlin College | 1290-1470 | 33% | 38 | 24 | Colorado College | 1230-1400 | 26% | 40 | 25 | Bates College | 1260-1430 | 29% | 16 | 25 | Byrn Mawr College | 1200-1410 | 49% | 38 | 25 | Mount Holyoke College | 1210-1420 | 53% | 43 | 25 | Scripps College | 1260-1440 | 43% | 50 | 29 | Macalester College | 1270-1450 | 41% | 28 | 30 | Barnard College | 1250-1440 | 29% | 16 | 30 | Bucknell University | 1230-1390 | 30% | 16 | 30 | University of Richmond | 1170-1360 | 32% | 38 | 33 | Kenyon College | 1240-1430 | 31% | 30 | 33 | Occidental College | 1190-1390 | 39% | 41 | 35 | Lafayette College | 1190-1370 | 37% | 16 | 36 | College of the Holly Cross | 1180-1350 | 34% | 4 | 36 | Sawanee-University of South | 1148-1360 | 64% | 61 | 36 | Trinity College | 1180-1400 | 42% | 30 | 36 | Whitman College | 1240-1430 | 46% | 21 | 40 | Bard College | 1330-1430 | 25% | 77 | 40 | Furman University | 1180-1370 | 57% | 30 | 42 | Connecticut College | 1200-1390 | 37% | 30 | For more information, please check the US News special edition America's Best Colleges Class of 2014 Ivy League Admissions Statistics | | | Ivy League | Overall Acceptance Rate | Early Action/Decision Acceptance Rate | Regular Decision Acceptance Rate | Harvard | 8% | N/A | 6.9% | Yale | 9% | 13.9% | 5.9% | Princeton | 10% | N/A | 8.2% | Columbia | 10% | 21.2% | 7.6% | Brown | 14% | 19.9% | 8.2% | Cornell | 21% | 32.7% | 15.1% | UPenn | 17% | 31.2% | 11.4% | Dartmouth | 13% | 28.9% | 9.9% | * Harvard and Princeton do not offer early action or early decision. | | 2010 College Majors with the Best Starting Salaries (from forbes.com) http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/11/college-degrees-best-salaries-leadership-careers-jobs_slide.html?partner=shine The National Association of Colleges and Employers recently conducted a nationwide survey of graduates of nearly 200 colleges, noting the number of jobs and salaries they had been offered according to their major. It found that the average starting salary for this year's graduates was $48,661, down about 1% from 2009. Here are the majors with the best starting salaries overall. Major | 2010 Average Starting Salary | Change from 2009 | 1. Petroleum Engineering | $74,799 | -10.0% | 2. Chemical Engineering | $65,628 | +1.1% | 3. Computer Science | $61,112 | -0.5% | 4. Computer Engineering | $59,917 | -2.9% | 5. Electrical/Electronics Engineering | $59,381 | -1.2% | | | | SAT Percentile Ranks for Males, Females, and Total from the College Board | 2008 College Bound Seniors?Critical Reading + Mathematics + Writing http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat_percentile_ranks_2008_composite_cr_m_w.pdf | Total | Male | Female | Score | Number | Percentile | Number | Percentile | Number | Percentile | | 2400 | 294 | 99+ | 167 | 99+ | 127 | 99+ | | 2390 | 125 | 99+ | 65 | 99+ | 60 | 99+ | | 2380 | 262 | 99+ | 135 | 99+ | 127 | 99+ | | 2370 | 334 | 99+ | 172 | 99+ | 162 | 99+ | | 2360 | 382 | 99+ | 212 | 99+ | 170 | 99+ | | 2350 | 484 | 99+ | 270 | 99+ | 214 | 99+ | | 2340 | 572 | 99+ | 312 | 99+ | 260 | 99+ | | 2330 | 664 | 99+ | 362 | 99+ | 302 | 99+ | | 2320 | 753 | 99+ | 412 | 99+ | 341 | 99+ | | 2310 | 895 | 99+ | 476 | 99+ | 419 | 99+ | | 2300 | 918 | 99+ | 478 | 99+ | 440 | 99+ | | 2290 | 994 | 99+ | 521 | 99 | 473 | 99+ | | 2280 | 1,112 | 99 | 588 | 99 | 524 | 99+ | | 2270 | 1,270 | 99 | 658 | 99 | 612 | 99 | | 2260 | 1,352 | 99 | 728 | 99 | 624 | 99 | | 2250 | 1,560 | 99 | 867 | 99 | 693 | 99 | | 2240 | 1,629 | 99 | 874 | 99 | 755 | 99 | | 2230 | 1,744 | 99 | 921 | 99 | 823 | 99 | | 2220 | 1,814 | 99 | 930 | 99 | 884 | 99 | | 2210 | 2,102 | 99 | 1,094 | 99 | 1,008 | 99 | | 2200 | 2,188 | 99 | 1,181 | 98 | 1,007 | 99 | | 2190 | 2,266 | 98 | 1,192 | 98 | 1,074 | 99 | | 2180 | 2,373 | 98 | 1,271 | 98 | 1,101 | 98 | | 2170 | 2,538 | 98 | 1,335 | 98 | 1,203 | 98 | | 2160 | 2,713 | 98 | 1,400 | 98 | 1,313 | 98 | | 2150 | 2,921 | 98 | 1,491 | 97 | 1,428 | 98 | | 2140 | 3,202 | 98 | 1,606 | 97 | 1,596 | 98 | | 2130 | 3,336 | 97 | 1,729 | 97 | 1,607 | 98 | | 2120 | 3,461 | 97 | 1,810 | 97 | 1,651 | 97 | | 2110 | 3,739 | 97 | 1,881 | 96 | 1,858 | 97 | | 2100 | 3,827 | 97 | 1,979 | 96 | 1,848 | 97 | | 2090 | 3,938 | 96 | 2,055 | 96 | 1,883 | 97 | | 2080 | 4,255 | 96 | 2,202 | 96 | 2,051 | 96 | | 2070 | 4,431 | 96 | 2,251 | 95 | 2,175 | 96 | | 2060 | 4,722 | 95 | 2,396 | 95 | 2,326 | 96 | | 2050 | 4,967 | 95 | 2,528 | 95 | 2,439 | 96 | | 2040 | 5,143 | 95 | 2,638 | 94 | 2,505 | 95 | | 2030 | 5,498 | 94 | 2,795 | 94 | 2,702 | 95 | | 2020 | 5,635 | 94 | 2,864 | 93 | 2,771 | 95 | | 2010 | 5,982 | 94 | 3,034 | 93 | 2,947 | 94 | | 2000 | 6,168 | 93 | 3,100 | 92 | 3,065 | 94 | | 1990 | 6,314 | 93 | 3,216 | 92 | 3,097 | 94 | | 1980 | 6,563 | 92 | 3,334 | 92 | 3,227 | 93 | | 1970 | 6,822 | 92 | 3,428 | 91 | 3,394 | 93 | | 1960 | 7,165 | 91 | 3,630 | 91 | 3,535 | 92 | | 1950 | 7,381 | 91 | 3,681 | 90 | 3,699 | 92 | | 1940 | 7,667 | 90 | 3,782 | 89 | 3,885 | 91 | | 1930 | 8,198 | 90 | 4,149 | 89 | 4,049 | 91 | | 1920 | 8,635 | 89 | 4,240 | 88 | 4,393 | 90 | | 1910 | 8,618 | 89 | 4,264 | 88 | 4,353 | 90 | | 1900 | 9,155 | 88 | 4,559 | 87 | 4,595 | 89 | | 1890 | 9,207 | 88 | 4,572 | 86 | 4,635 | 89 | | 1880 | 9,405 | 87 | 4,607 | 86 | 4,795 | 88 | | 1870 | 9,790 | 86 | 4,819 | 85 | 4,968 | 87 | | 1860 | 10,275 | 86 | 5,063 | 84 | 5,211 | 87 | | 1850 | 10,613 | 85 | 5,268 | 84 | 5,343 | 86 | | 1840 | 10,966 | 84 | 5,396 | 83 | 5,569 | 85 | | 1830 | 11,157 | 84 | 5,493 | 82 | 5,658 | 85 | | 1820 | 11,483 | 83 | 5,516 | 81 | 5,958 | 84 | | 1810 | 11,933 | 82 | 5,835 | 80 | 6,098 | 83 | | 1800 | 12,241 | 81 | 5,844 | 80 | 6,393 | 82 | | 1790 | 12,373 | 80 | 6,013 | 79 | 6,353 | 82 | | 1780 | 12,593 | 80 | 6,106 | 78 | 6,484 | 81 | | 1770 | 12,853 | 79 | 6,267 | 77 | 6,581 | 80 | | | | | |
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