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Initials » Brown      FIDM-Los Angeles      MMM/MMC      RISD/RID      UC-Berkeley      UC-Davis      Yale     
City »Providence Los Angeles New York Providence Berkeley Davis New Haven 
State »RI CA NY RI CA CA CT 
Size »9,465 5,199 2,169 2,486 39,276 34,797 12,958 
F:M »52.5:47.5 88.6:11.4 77.3:22.7 65.5:34.5 50.5:49.5 54.1:45.9 50.3:49.7 
ACT »~32.7 ~25 ~25.3 ~32.4 ~32.3 27 ~2223850.9 
SAT »~1610.9 ~1358 ~1434.9 100 ~1464.7 1875 ~918669 
Room »$11,620 $  $15,600 $12,272 $15,482 $13,961 $13,500 
Instate »$45,612 $28,920 $26,640 $42,932 $12,864 $13,895 $44,000 
Outstate »$45,612 $28,920 $26,640 $42,932 $35,742 $36,773 $44,000 
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Academic Success »A- B+ C+ A- B+ B- A- 
Usefulwork »A- B+ C+ A- B+ B- A- 
Social Life »A- B- C+ C+ A- 
Extra Curricular »B- B+ A- 
Safety »B+ B+ B+ B+ B- B+ B+ 
Grounds »A- A- C+ A- B+ A- 
Maintenance »B+ B- B+ A- 
Friendliness »A- A- B+ A- 
Faculty Accessibility »A- B+ B- A- 
Surrounding City »A- A- B+ C+ 
Funding Use »A- B+ C+ A- A- 
Alumni »49/33 yrs 16/22 yrs 5/27 yrs 13/22 yrs 60/28 yrs 46/32 yrs 39/31 yrs 
Starting Salary »$62,321 $45,833 $32,500 $270,000 $46,795 $42,143 $52,885 
Current Salary »$269,355 $94,500 $48,750 $254,444 $116,410 $95,862 $185,227 
10yr Salary »$124,681 $68,260 $38,519 $262,798 $71,927 $58,826 $95,167 
GoingWell »81.6% 81.3% 80% 53.9% 70% 80.4% 56.4% 
JobSatis »83.7% 56.3% 80% 46.2% 63.3% 71.7% 53.9% 
American Indian »  1% 1%         
Asian »11% 12% 4% 16% 31% 33% 12% 
Black »5% 6% 11% 2% 3% 2% 5% 
Hispanic »9% 23% 16% 6% 12% 15% 7% 
International »16% 12% 4% 23% 13% 7% 21% 
White »44% 34% 58% 34% 32% 35% 46% 
Unknown »10% 9% 5% 17% 7% 4% 5% 
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Key:
Brown =
Brown University
FIDM-Los Angeles = Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles
MMM/MMC = Marymount Manhattan College
RISD/RID = Rhode Island School of Design
UC-Berkeley = University of California - Berkeley
UC-Davis = University of California - Davis
Yale = Yale University


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