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Initials » BU      FAU      MSU      UMD/UMaryland-College Park     
City »Boston Boca Raton Montclair College Park 
State »MA FL NJ MD 
Size »41,615 36,962 21,678 43,020 
F:M »56.8:43.2 57.5:42.5 63.4:36.6 47.3:52.7 
ACT »~29.3 ~24.8 ~24.2 ~30.5 
SAT »~1498.4 ~1235.7 ~1409.5 ~1458.9 
Room »$13,620 $11,556 $13,910 $10,830 
Instate »$44,910 $4,790 $11,318 $9,162 
Outstate »$44,910 $17,234 $20,196 $28,348 
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Education »B- 
Innovation »B- B- B- 
Competitive »B- B- C+ 
Academic Success »B- 
Usefulwork »B- B- B- 
Social Life »C+ B- 
Extra Curricular »B- C+ 
Safety »B+ B+ 
Grounds »B- B- 
Maintenance »B+ C+ B- 
Friendliness »B- B- 
Faculty Accessibility »B- 
Surrounding City »B- B- 
Funding Use »B- B- 
Alumni »57/31 yrs 22/22 yrs 22/24 yrs 35/29 yrs 
Starting Salary »$46,500 $58,438 $40,750 $54,231 
Current Salary »$274,468 $143,529 $125,833 $88,571 
10yr Salary »$121,244 $97,292 $76,499 $66,238 
GoingWell »79% 68.2% 86.4% 85.7% 
JobSatis »66.7% 72.7% 68.2% 74.3% 
American Indian »        
Asian »10% 4% 5% 13% 
Black »3% 18% 9% 11% 
Hispanic »6% 22% 20% 7% 
International »18% 2% 3% 10% 
White »46% 50% 52% 52% 
Unknown »13% 1% 9% 4% 
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