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Initials » UMN/UMTC      OSU      MSU      Penn State/PSU      UIUC      WISC-Madison      IUB-Bloomington      UMich      Purdue      UIowa      Northwestern     
City »Minneapolis Columbus East Lansing University Park Champaign Madison Bloomington Ann Arbor West Lafayette Iowa City Evanston 
State »MN OH MI PA IL WI IN MI IN IA IL 
Size »64,202 62,681 54,338 48,861 47,693 46,228 45,456 45,162 43,345 35,057 25,098 
F:M »52.7:47.3 48.8:51.2 51.9:48.1 46.1:53.9 45.5:54.5 51.5:48.5 49.8:50.2 47.5:52.5 41.6:58.4 51.4:48.6 47.7:52.3 
ACT »~28.7 ~28.1 ~27.8 ~31.1 27.6 ~30 ~28.3 27.5 25 ~27 ~31.9 
SAT »~1505.8 ~1443.7 ~1367.5 ~1417.9 100 ~1392.2 ~1388 100 100 ~1370.7 ~1579.9 
Room »$8,532 $11,740 $8,806 $10,090 $10,636 $8,287 $9,149 $9,996 $10,300 $9,424 $13,862 
Instate »$13,555 $10,037 $13,579 $16,992 $16,210 $10,403 $10,209 $13,977 $9,992 $8,061 $45,527 
Outstate »$19,805 $25,757 $34,283 $29,566 $31,943 $26,653 $32,350 $41,811 $28,794 $26,931 $45,527 
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Innovation »B- B+ B+ B+ 
Competitive »B+ B- B- B+ 
Academic Success »B- B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Usefulwork »B- B+ B+ B+ B+ B- B+ 
Social Life »A- A- B+ B+ A- B+ B+ B+ 
Extra Curricular »B+ A- A- B+ B+ A- B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Safety »B- B+ A- B+ B+ B+ A- A- B+ B+ 
Grounds »B+ A- B+ A- A- B+ B+ B+ A- 
Maintenance »B+ A- B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Friendliness »A- B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Faculty Accessibility »B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Surrounding City »A- A- B+ B- B- A- B+ C+ B+ A- 
Funding Use »B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ B+ 
Alumni »19/24 yrs 34/25 yrs 64/32 yrs 48/28 yrs 74/26 yrs 40/28 yrs 27/27 yrs 80/27 yrs 48/25 yrs 27/24 yrs 44/29 yrs 
Starting Salary »$54,667 $47,679 $49,519 $46,835 $44,352 $76,964 $42,143 $48,968 $50,000 $42,826 $86,688 
Current Salary »$74,000 $95,600 $175,196 $134,143 $103,980 $200,577 $115,952 $111,269 $78,000 $129,333 $199,815 
10yr Salary »$62,722 $66,695 $89,290 $78,241 $67,198 $120,644 $69,279 $72,042 $61,200 $78,280 $126,105 
GoingWell »79% 70.6% 87.5% 77.1% 71.6% 80% 81.5% 68.8% 93.8% 85.2% 79.6% 
JobSatis »63.2% 58.8% 78.1% 77.1% 67.6% 72.5% 85.2% 68.8% 79.2% 66.7% 77.3% 
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Asian »7% 5% 4% 5% 12% 5% 4% 11% 5% 3% 13% 
Black »4% 6% 6% 4% 5% 2% 4% 4% 3% 3% 5% 
Hispanic »3% 3% 3% 5% 7% 4% 4% 4% 4% 5% 6% 
International »10% 10% 13% 12% 20% 12% 14% 14% 21% 11% 13% 
White »67% 71% 69% 69% 53% 72% 70% 59% 63% 68% 49% 
Unknown »7% 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 1% 5% 2% 7% 12% 
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Key:
IUB-Bloomington =
Indiana University - Bloomington
MSU = Michigan State University
Northwestern = Northwestern University
OSU = Ohio State University
Penn State/PSU = Pennsylvania State University
Purdue = Purdue University
UIUC = University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign
UIowa = University of Iowa
UMich = University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
UMN/UMTC = University of Minnesota Twin Cities
WISC-Madison = University of Wisconsin - Madison


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