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#49 University of California​‒​Irvine (Merage)

Irvine, CA

$37,945 per year (in-state, full-time); $46,584 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 215

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#47 University of Illinois​‒​Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

$19,975 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,975 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 237
#47 Wake Forest University (Babcock)

Winston-Salem, NC

$40,506 per year (full-time) 123
#44 Purdue University​‒​West Lafayette (Krannert)

West Lafayette, IN

$22,316 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,082 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 241
#44 University of Arizona (Eller)

Tucson, AZ

$20,622 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,033 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 99
#44 University of Iowa (Tippie)

Iowa City, IA

$18,758 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,420 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 129
#43 Michigan State University (Broad)

East Lansing, MI

$26,146 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,476 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 180
#40 Boston College (Carroll)

Chestnut Hill, MA

$38,416 per year (full-time) 195
#40 Boston University

Boston, MA

$42,400 per year (full-time) 297
#40 University of California​‒​Davis

Davis, CA

$34,560 per year (in-state, full-time); $46,805 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 100
#37 University of Maryland​‒​College Park (Smith)

College Park, MD

$40,158 per year (in-state, full-time); $47,448 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 230
#37 University of Rochester (Simon)

Rochester, NY

$48,007 per year (full-time) 267
#37 University of Texas​‒​Dallas

Richardson, TX

$14,258 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,118 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 112
#36 University of Florida (Hough)

Gainesville, FL

$12,589 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,983 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 116
#35 Texas A&M University​‒​College Station (Mays)

College Station, TX

$8,156 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,792 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 132
#34 University of Wisconsin​‒​Madison

Madison, WI

$14,184 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,678 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 203
#30 Arizona State University (Carey)

Tempe, AZ

$23,002 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,550 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 142
#30 Brigham Young University (Marriott)

Provo, UT

$21,900 per year (full-time) 325
#30 Rice University (Jones)

Houston, TX

$46,000 per year (full-time) 231
#30 Vanderbilt University (Owen)

Nashville, TN

$45,000 per year (full-time) 336
#27 Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)

Atlanta, GA

$25,284 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,246 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 131
#27 Ohio State University (Fisher)

Columbus, OH

$26,968 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,280 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 229
#27 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)

Notre Dame, IN

$43,460 per year (full-time) 314
#26 University of Southern California (Marshall)

Los Angeles, CA

$48,515 per year (full-time) 431
#25 Georgetown University (McDonough)

Washington, DC

$49,440 per year (full-time) 506

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