6. Cornell University
CWUR rank 12;
Payscale mid-range salary: $109,000
Notable alumni: Sheldon Lee Glashow member of the National Academy of Sciences, Pearl S. Oscar G. Mayer, Jr. Chairman of Oscar Mayer, Jamshid Amuzegar, Prime Minister of Iran.
There are seven graduate divisions at Cornell. There are also two Cornell medical campuses located in cities other than Ithaca, NY where the main campus resides–one in Manhattan and one in Education City, Qatar. Depending on your area of study you could be in nature, surrounded by snowy mountains most of the year, living in a metropolis, or enjoying the Persian Gulf.
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