Best schools in the south

College Search & Selection
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<p>My ranking…</p>

<p>Davidson, Duke, Emory, Rice, UVa, Vanderbilt</p>

<p>Georgia Tech, Tulane, UNC, UT, Wake Forest, W&L, W&M</p>

<p>Florida, Georgia, Miami, Rollins, Sewanee, SMU, Texas A&M, Trinity</p>

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<p>Duke, UNC, UVa, Wake, Vanderbilt, Emory</p>

<p>Ga Tech, UGA, UF, Clemson</p>

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<p>It depends on what you’re measuring</p>

<p>UNDERGRAD / SELECTIVITY </p>

<p>Group I Davidson, Duke, Emory, Rice, UVa, Vanderbilt, W&M</p>

<p>Group II Georgia Tech, Tulane, UNC, UT, Wake Forest, W&L</p>

<p>Group III Florida, Georgia, Miami, Rollins, Sewanee, SMU, Texas A&M, Trinity </p>

<p>RESEARCH / GRAD / PhD / PROFESSIONAL / FACULTY QUALITY / RESOURCES</p>

<p>Group I UT-Austin / Duke / JHU </p>

<p>Group II Rice / UVA / UNC</p>

<p>Group IIIa Georgia Tech / Vanderbilt / Emory</p>

<p>Group IIIb Texas A&M / Florida / Georgia</p>

<p>This list excludes internationally recognized centers like UT-Southwestern and the Baylor College of Medicine that are primarily medical schools</p>

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<p>Vandy
Duke
Davidson
UVa
Clemson
W&L</p>

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<p>IMHO the top schools in the south: Duke, Emory, Vanderbilt, Virginia, North Carolina, William and Mary, Wake Forest, Rice, Davidson.</p>

<p>Tulane, Georgia Tech, Washington&Lee are also good.</p>

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<p>I would have to move UNC and Wake Forest up, UT down. On the other hand, I coudl see having 4 groups.</p>

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<p>I would move UT down one.</p>

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<p>Here is from my perception. I don’t know much about the other schools; this is just my perception from the ones I know.</p>

<p>(in order)
Duke, JHU, Rice, Emory, UVA, UT-Austin, UNC</p>

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<p>JHU is in Maryland…and in Baltimore, a complete s^&*hole. Not considered the South</p>

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<p>^^^^
I think that depends. Technically, it is south of the Mason-Dixon line - therefore “in” the south, but the people I know from there go both ways. Some very much consider themselves to be from/in the south, others do not.</p>

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<p>Perhaps for undergrad, but there’s no basis for grad/PhD/faculty quality. UT has more highly ranked programs across more disciplines than ANY school in the South. Per the NRC and and USNWR grad rankings, UT is most definitely in the first tier. </p>

<p>average PhD score for grad programs based on peer reputation rankings
(* denotes Southern school)

  1. Berkeley - 4.8
  2. Stanford - 4.8
  3. MIT - 4.8
  4. Princeton - 4.6
  5. Harvard - 4.6
  6. Yale - 4.4
  7. Michigan - 4.4
  8. Wisconsin - 4.3
  9. Chicago - 4.3
  10. Cornell - 4.3
  11. Columbia - 4.3
  12. UCLA - 4.2
    *13. UT-Austin - 4.0</p>

<p>professional schools by mean rank:

  1. Stanford - 1.8
  2. Berkeley - 5.0
  3. Michigan - 6.4
  4. Harvard - 7.0
  5. Northwestern - 12.3
  6. Columbia - 12.6
    *7. Duke - 13.0
    *8. UT-Austin - 13.2
  7. NYU - 14.5
  8. UCLA - 14.6
  9. Wisconsin - 15.2
    *12. Virginia - 16.5
  10. Illinois - 16.5
  11. Indiana - 17.3
  12. Pennsylvania - 18.6</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/publications/pdf/usnews_rankings_2008.pdf[/url]”>http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/publications/pdf/usnews_rankings_2008.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Per the NRC
Average of nonzero scores across all ranked disciplines:
1 MIT
2 Berkeley
3 Harvard
4 Princeton
5 Caltech
6 Stanford
7 Chicago
8 Yale
9 Cornell
10 UCSD
11 Columbia
12 Michigan
13 UCLA
14 Penn
15 Wisconsin
*16 UT-Austin
17 Illinois
17 Washington
19 Northwestern
*20 Duke</p>

<p>Average of all 41 scores
1 Stanford
2 Berkeley
3 Michigan
4 Cornell
5 Wisconsin
6 UCLA
*7 UT-Austin
8 Columbia
9 Illiois
9 Penn
9 Washington
12 Harvard
13 Minnesota
14 Princeton
15 Chicago
16 Yale
17 Ohio State
*18 Duke
*18 Johns Hopkins
20 Penn State</p>

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<p>Momofwildchild- i 100% agree with you :)</p>