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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