2012 US News Rankings - Florida

Colleges and Universities A-Z Florida State University
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<p>For what it is worth, here are the 2012 US News National University rankings for Florida:</p>

<h1>38 - U Miami</h1>

<h1>58 - U Florida</h1>

<h1>101 - Florida State University (tied with NC State in the ACC)</h1>

<h1>164 - Florida Institute of Technology</h1>

<h1>177 - U Central Florida</h1>

<h1>181 - U South Florida</h1>

<p>FSU increases in the rankings with Miami, while U Florida drops out of the top 50.</p>

<p>While budget cuts hurt, President Barron and his staff at FSU are making lemonade from lemons.</p>

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<p>Dr. Machen must’ve forgot to return his completed ranking form to U.S. News this year.</p>

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<p>^lol! </p>

<p>:D</p>

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<p>Huh, Harvard and Princeton are tied at the top, followed by Yale at 3, Columbia at 4, and Caltech at 5, tied with MIT, Stanford, U Chicago and U Penn, with Duke rounding out the Top 10.</p>

<p>It’s interesting that there aren’t any “Real” surprises in the list to me. I mean, I guess Columbia is kind of a shocker since you don’t necessarily think of them as one of the premiere Ivy schools- it’s always Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.</p>

<p>Something that caught me was in the Regional rankings. Both Rollins College (#1) and Stetson (#3) show up in the rankings for the Southeast. Also Embry-Riddle (#11), Tampa (#23), Jacksonville (#46) and UNF (#48) in the Top 50 for the Southeast.</p>

<p>It’s weird to me, just because I really didn’t see UNF, Tampa, or JU as much more than a “safety” school at best, and didn’t really ever consider going to them, yet they are showing up in the rankings as very good Southeast schools. </p>

<p>Goes to show that public perception isn’t everything.</p>

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<p>Worth what you pay for them here. ;)</p>

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<p>Rollins and Stetson have been in the top 5 for regional schools for at least 20 years. Rollins is NOT a safety for too many students.</p>

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<p>FSU was at 102 in the 2010 rankings and 104 in the 2011 rankings.</p>

<p>UF was at 47 in the 2010 rankings and 53 in the 2011 rankings if I recall correctly.</p>

<p>Given the budget cuts, it’s hard to fault Florida for dropping 10 spots in 2 years, but you have to credit Barron for keeping everything together. Would love to know where we’d be if not for the cuts.</p>

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<p>Here are comments on the rankings by FSU Provost Garnett Stokes:

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<p>For the remainder of the release, see:</p>

<p>[Florida</a> State News and Events](<a href=“http://www.fsu.edu/news/2011/09/13/usnews.rankings/]Florida”>Florida State News and Events)</p>

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<p>Fab statement re FSU. When a legislature cuts a university budget
it has long term impact. It takes years to cultivate a tier one university,
yet it can be destroyed or diminished in a tenth the time. I hear and read so much,
“for the kids, for the kids” we need to do this or that budget cut-- Oh, really!!
Self serving is more like it.</p>

<p>.02 David</p>

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<p>Harvard of the North… aka Harvard… #1 in the nation.</p>

<p>Harvard of the South… aka Florida… #19 PUBLIC in the nation (#58 Overall).</p>

<p>Oh well… so much for that title.</p>