3. University of Colorado Boulder
Location: Boulder, CO
Class of 2016 Applied: 42
Class of 2016 Accepted: 27
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The Rocky Mountain school is among the top recipients of NASA research awards for public universities, and the median career salary of its bachelor’s degree graduates is $89,900. Five of its graduates have won Nobel Prizes and eight have won MacArthur “genius” grants. U.S. News & World Report ranked it #92 among national universities.
