2004 The Top Public Colleges Ranking!

College Search & Selection
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<p>please post the ranking~~</p>

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<p>I would group them rather than rank them:</p>

<p>University of California-Berkeley
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>

<p>University of California-Los Angeles
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>College of William and Mary
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Texas-Austin</p>

<p>Georgia Institute of Technology
Indiana University-Bloomington
Pennsylvania State University-University Park
Purdue University-West Lafayette
University of California-San Diego
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Washington</p>

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<p>On average, rankings generally have Berkeley as a top 5 school, UMich as a top 10 school , and UCLA as a top 15 school.</p>

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<ol>
<li>University of California–Berkeley<br></li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor<br>
University of Virginia<br></li>
<li>Univ. of California–Los Angeles<br></li>
<li>U. of North Carolina–Chapel Hill<br></li>
<li>College of William and Mary (VA) </li>
<li>Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison<br></li>
<li>Univ. of California–San Diego<br></li>
<li>U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign<br></li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>University of California–Davis<br></li>
<li>University of California–Irvine<br></li>
<li>Univ. of California–Santa Barbara<br></li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin<br>
University of Washington<br></li>
<li>Pennsylvania State U.–University Park<br>
University of Florida<br></li>
<li>Univ. of Maryland–College Park<br></li>
<li>Rutgers–New Brunswick (NJ)
University of Georgia<br>
University of Iowa<br></li>
<li>Miami University–Oxford (OH)
Ohio State University–Columbus<br>
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)
Texas A&M Univ.–College Station<br></li>
<li>University of Connecticut<br>
University of Delaware<br>
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities<br>
University of Pittsburgh<br></li>
<li>Indiana University–Bloomington<br>
Michigan State University<br></li>
<li>Clemson University (SC)
SUNY–Binghamton<br>
Univ. of California–Santa Cruz<br>
University of Colorado–Boulder<br>
Virginia Tech<br></li>
<li>Univ. of California–Riverside<br></li>
<li>Iowa State University<br></li>
<li>North Carolina State U.–Raleigh<br>
University of Alabama<br>
Univ. of Missouri–Columbia<br></li>
<li>Auburn University (AL)
University of Kansas<br>
University of Tennessee<br>
University of Vermont<br></li>
<li>Ohio University<br>
SUNY College Environmental Science and Forestry<br>
University of Arizona<br>
Univ. of Massachusetts–Amherst<br>
Univ. of Nebraska–Lincoln<br>
University of New Hampshire<br></li>
<li>SUNY–Stony Brook<br>
University of Missouri–Rolla<br></li>
<li>Florida State University<br>
University of Utah<br></li>
<li>Colorado State University<br>
University of Oregon<br>
Univ. of South Carolina–Columbia<br></li>
<li>Michigan Technological University<br>
University at Buffalo–SUNY<br>
University of Arkansas<br>
University of Kentucky<br>
University of Oklahoma<br>
Washington State University</li>
</ol>

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<p>20 hardest to get into, as follows:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>UVa</p></li>
<li><p>Cal Berkeley
Michigan
Cornell (the SUNY part)</p></li>
<li><p>Georgia Tech
Illinois U-C
Texas
UCLA
UCSD
UNC
William & Mary
Wisconsin</p></li>
<li><p>Maryland
Penn State
SUNY Binghamton
Miami of Ohio
Florida
UCSB
U Washington
Cal Poly SLO</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>Regarding admission difficulty....U Florida should be moved up in your list. US News considers it more selective than GaTech, Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas. Along with USNews, Barron's now rates UF in its "Most Selective" list. FWIW.</p>

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<p>collegeparent, I think your list is quite a bit off.</p>

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<p>Collegeparent, selectivity rankings and academic rankings are not the same. This said, according to the USNWR, public schools are ranked as follows in terms of selectivity (the ranking also takes into consideration private universities):</p>

<h1>13 University of California-Berkeley</h1>

<h1>18 University of California-Los Angeles and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</h1>

<h1>21 College of William and Mary</h1>

<h1>26 University of Virginia</h1>

<h1>31 University of California-San Diego</h1>

<h1>32 University of California-Irvine</h1>

<h1>38 University of California-Davis and University of California-Santa Barbara</h1>

<h1>40 University of Florida</h1>

<h1>43 University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign</h1>

<h1>45 University of Wisconsin-Madison</h1>

<h1>47 Georgia Institute of Technology</h1>

<h1>49 University of Texas-Austin</h1>

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<p>speaking as a virginia native I can tell you that pragmatically UVA is harder to get into than William and Mary particularly when you consider both in and out of state admission rates</p>

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<p>Alexandre, you forgot to add UNC</p>

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<p>Anecdotal but from a parent of a kid at UVA who applied to Ann Arbor,,,,,and from what I've seen locally....UVA tougher to get into...at least for out of state.</p>

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<p>How is Miami University (OH) so high? It seems like a nice college in all, when I visited. But are they highly ranked in anything?</p>

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<p>Wahoo2007- Please enlighten us as to why UVa is harder to get into than W&M? If you are talking SAT's or overall acceptance rate, W&M is "tougher" to get into. I personally believe that these schools are virtually the same in their admissions standards despite US News rankings that list W&M as more selective. Yet, you seem to think UVa is more selective...why is that? Do you have any numbers to back your claims up?</p>

<p>I find it amusing that people, like you, who cite USNEWS rankings as a reason for a school such as UVa (ranking #23) being "better" than a school like W&M (ranked #31) conveniently forget the other rankings within the overall composite. </p>

<p>While I don't agree with USNEWS on its methodologies (for overall quality, peer assessment scores or selectivity) I find it amusing that some people selectively forget pieces of rankings in their biased analysis of colleges.</p>

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<p>Interesting...</p>

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<p>Uva is ranked #11 by AP and W&M is unranked. Big edge to Uva.</p>

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<p>Is that the division I-A football poll? If that is the ranking you cite, it would help if you did your homework. </p>

<p>It is true that UVa is #11 in football according to the AP poll. But W&M (along with Colgate, Yale, Penn, James Madison, Lafayette, Lehigh, Cornell, Brown etc.) plays football in division I-AA, and is ranked in the teens (depending on which poll you follow).</p>

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<p>Teens in IAA is like a bottom 30 IA team. Give me bigtime football--and basketball.</p>

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<p>Can anyone compare W&M to UVA for in state strudents in terms of difficulty of acceptance?</p>

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<p>Hey guys I go to UVA and I've found tons of kids in my hall that said they either got waitlisted or rejected from William & Mary. I also thought that UVA was "harder" to get into, but I now think its equally the same, because my best friend goes to William & Mary and says that he knows a bunch of people that didn't get into UVA. I actually got waitlisted from W&M with a 1440 and a 4.02 gpa, so I might even think that it might be harder since the percentage for W&M is only 33% compared to here which is 39%, but whatever, I love UVA and think W&M is also a great school.</p>

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<p>UNC is probably one of the three most selective public schools for out-of-state applicants and maybe one of the top 10 or 12 most selective for in-staters.</p>

<p>(Yes, I know Carolina is all I post about these days. Write what you know :))</p>