Best Colleges for Doctoral Degree
in Area Studies

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 5.2%

Annual cost

$84,986/yr

Grad earnings

$93,487

SAT avg

1,546

ACT mid

34

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University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 10%

Annual cost

$84,678/yr

Grad earnings

$92,498

SAT avg

1,501

ACT mid

34

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University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California

🏛 Public Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 11.7%

Annual cost

$42,708/yr

Grad earnings

$92,446

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

🏢 Private Competitive

Acceptance rate 43.5%

Annual cost

$80,727/yr

Grad earnings

$90,873

SAT avg

1,433

ACT mid

32

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Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 7.6%

Annual cost

$81,300/yr

Grad earnings

$87,555

SAT avg

1,553

ACT mid

N/A

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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

🏛 Public Reach

Acceptance rate 17.9%

Annual cost

$33,345/yr

Grad earnings

$83,648

SAT avg

1,473

ACT mid

N/A

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Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 10.9%

Annual cost

$82,694/yr

Grad earnings

$83,238

SAT avg

1,473

ACT mid

33

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University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, Maryland

🏛 Public Competitive

Acceptance rate 44.8%

Annual cost

$28,073/yr

Grad earnings

$82,860

SAT avg

1,463

ACT mid

32

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New York University

New York, New York

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 9.4%

Annual cost

$79,121/yr

Grad earnings

$82,509

SAT avg

1,527

ACT mid

34

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

🏛 Public Competitive

Acceptance rate 43.7%

Annual cost

$32,134/yr

Grad earnings

$81,054

SAT avg

1,418

ACT mid

32

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University of California-Davis

Davis, California

🏛 Public Competitive

Acceptance rate 41.6%

Annual cost

$38,067/yr

Grad earnings

$80,838

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

🏛 Public Competitive

Acceptance rate 42.5%

Annual cost

$30,282/yr

Grad earnings

$78,466

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts

🏢 Private Competitive

Acceptance rate 35.3%

Annual cost

$82,123/yr

Grad earnings

$77,231

SAT avg

1,473

ACT mid

33

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The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

🏛 Public Reach

Acceptance rate 29.1%

Annual cost

$29,842/yr

Grad earnings

$75,121

SAT avg

1,380

ACT mid

30

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Rutgers University-Newark

Newark, New Jersey

🏛 Public Safety

Acceptance rate 78.7%

Annual cost

$33,749/yr

Grad earnings

$74,479

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

25

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University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

🏛 Public Competitive

Acceptance rate 43.4%

Annual cost

$27,770/yr

Grad earnings

$73,792

SAT avg

1,402

ACT mid

29

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William & Mary

Williamsburg, Virginia

🏛 Public Competitive

Acceptance rate 32.7%

Annual cost

$41,118/yr

Grad earnings

$73,490

SAT avg

1,458

ACT mid

33

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Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

🏛 Public Match

Acceptance rate 50.3%

Annual cost

$22,567/yr

Grad earnings

$72,424

SAT avg

1,342

ACT mid

30

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

🏛 Public Reach

Acceptance rate 18.7%

Annual cost

$25,181/yr

Grad earnings

$72,200

SAT avg

1,454

ACT mid

25

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University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

🏛 Public Match

Acceptance rate 57.8%

Annual cost

$33,389/yr

Grad earnings

$71,631

SAT avg

1,393

ACT mid

31

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University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

🏛 Public Match

Acceptance rate 69.3%

Annual cost

$29,043/yr

Grad earnings

$70,814

SAT avg

1,298

ACT mid

28

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Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

🏢 Private Safety

Acceptance rate 81.5%

Annual cost

$69,125/yr

Grad earnings

$70,783

SAT avg

1,326

ACT mid

30

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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

🏛 Public Safety

Acceptance rate 77%

Annual cost

$29,013/yr

Grad earnings

$69,020

SAT avg

1,359

ACT mid

30

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Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

🏛 Public Safety

Acceptance rate 85.4%

Annual cost

$27,176/yr

Grad earnings

$68,905

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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