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Initials » Drexel      FDU-Metropolitan      JMU      MIAMIOH/Miami-Oxford      OSU      ODU      UMW      UVM/UVermont      UWash-Seattle      WISC-Madison     
City »Philadelphia Teaneck Harrisonburg Oxford Columbus Norfolk Fredericksburg Burlington Seattle Madison 
State »PA NJ VA OH OH VA VA VT WA WI 
Size »30,047 10,950 22,602 20,072 62,681 29,094 5,802 15,294 46,748 46,228 
F:M »52.9:47.1 59.3:40.7 59.5:40.5 55.6:44.4 48.8:51.2 54.7:45.3 65.1:34.9 57.3:42.7 51.8:48.2 51.5:48.5 
ACT »~30.2 ~23.3 26 ~27.8 ~28.1 21 27 ~28.4 ~29.6 ~30 
SAT »~1490.5 ~1229.2 100 ~1314.5 ~1443.7 100 100 ~1583.1 ~1475 ~1392.2 
Room »$14,415 $12,980 $8,873 $10,900 $11,740 $9,842 $10,548 $10,402 $10,752 $8,287 
Instate »$40,741 $34,878 $9,176 $13,800 $10,037 $8,550 $9,720 $15,718 $12,397 $10,403 
Outstate »$40,741 $34,878 $23,654 $29,590 $25,757 $24,210 $22,590 $36,646 $31,971 $26,653 
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Education »B- B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Innovation »C+ B+ B- B- B- B+ 
Competitive »B- B- B+ B- B- 
Academic Success »C+ B+ B- B+ 
Usefulwork »C+ B- B- B- B+ 
Social Life »C+ B+ A- B- B- A- 
Extra Curricular »C+ C+ A- A- C+ A- 
Safety »C+ A- A- B- C+ B+ B+ B+ 
Grounds »B+ A- A- B+ A- A- 
Maintenance »C+ C+ A- A- B+ B+ B+ 
Friendliness »B- A- B+ B+ 
Faculty Accessibility »B- A- B+ 
Surrounding City »A- C+ C+ A- B- B+ A- A- 
Funding Use »C+ C+ B+ B- C+ B+ 
Alumni »19/24 yrs 21/28 yrs 39/24 yrs 41/29 yrs 34/27 yrs 18/24 yrs 35/23 yrs 19/24 yrs 15/25 yrs 40/30 yrs 
Starting Salary »$72,692 $39,333 $53,621 $42,500 $47,679 $59,286 $48,148 $46,000 $60,714 $76,964 
Current Salary »$85,000 $125,312 $123,462 $153,906 $95,600 $106,154 $71,800 $156,364 $108,333 $200,577 
10yr Salary »$77,885 $70,261 $82,481 $80,653 $65,297 $79,230 $58,476 $91,605 $79,993 $117,761 
GoingWell »57.9% 66.7% 84.6% 90.2% 70.6% 72.2% 77.1% 73.7% 60% 80% 
JobSatis »57.9% 52.4% 79.5% 80.5% 58.8% 72.2% 65.7% 68.4% 53.3% 72.5% 
American Indian »                1%   
Asian »10% 6% 4% 3% 5% 4% 4% 3% 20% 5% 
Black »8% 10% 4% 4% 6% 22% 7% 1% 3% 2% 
Hispanic »5% 20% 4% 3% 3% 6% 6% 4% 6% 4% 
International »10% 8% 2% 6% 10% 3% 1% 3% 12% 12% 
White »58% 46% 79% 80% 71% 56% 64% 82% 48% 72% 
Unknown »6% 9% 4% 3% 2% 5% 13% 5% 6% 2% 
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Key:
Drexel =
Drexel University
FDU-Metropolitan = Fairleigh Dickinson University Metropolitan Campus
JMU = James Madison University
MIAMIOH/Miami-Oxford = Miami University - Oxford
OSU = Ohio State University
ODU = Old Dominion University
UMW = University of Mary Washington
UVM/UVermont = University of Vermont
UWash-Seattle = University of Washington - Seattle
WISC-Madison = University of Wisconsin - Madison


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