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Texas A&M University-College Station:
Texas A&M is a public land-grant research university and senior military college. They are home to one of the largest student bodies in the United States and hold simultaneous designations as a land, sea and space grant institution. Location: College Station, Texas Average Tuition: $13,178 in state; $40,087 out of state Acceptance Rate: 58% Graduation Rate: 82% Notable Alumni: Former U.S. Secretary of Energy: Ricky Perry; Mechanical engineer and first woman to be chief flight director at NASA: Holly Ridings; CEO of U.S. Wal-Mart Stores: Eduardo Castro-Wright
University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign:
The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, or UIUC for short, is a public land-grant research university. Besides producing several Nobel laureates and Pulit- zer Prize winners, UIUC is home to the second-largest university library in the country and the fastest super- computer on a university campus. They are also home to Research Park, an innovation center for some of the biggest start-ups and corporations in the country. Location: Champaign, Illinois Average Tuition: $17,138 in state; $35,110 out of state Acceptance Rate: 59% Graduation Rate: 84% Notable Alumni: Double Nobel prize winner in Physics: John Bardeen; Paypal Creator: Max Levchin; YouTube Founders: Steve Chen and Jawed Karim
University of Michigan:
The University of Michigan is a public research university consisting of 19 colleges and degrees in 250 disciplines. They specialize in architecture and urban planning, business, medicine, law, public policy, pharma- cy, social work, public health and dentistry. The school hasproducedover250high-levelgovernmenticials such as senators, cabinet secretaries and governors. Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Average Tuition: $16,178 in state; $53,232 out of state Acceptance Rate: 23% Graduation Rate: 92% Notable Alumni: Former United States Secretary of Agriculture: Julius Sterling Morton; Boeing co-found- er: Edgar Nathaniel Gott; Founder of the Swarm Cor- poration and Father of Artificial Life: Chris Langton
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