Big Ten

<p>Big 10 in terms of academic excellence (prestige):</p>

<ol>
<li>Northwestern University
1) University of Chicago (CIC member, academic arm of the Big 10)</li>
<li>University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</li>
</ol>

<p>3) University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>4) University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign</p>

<p>5) Indiana University-Bloomington
5) Pennsylvania State University
5) Purdue University-West Lafayette</p>

<p>8) University of Minnesota-Twin Cities</p>

<p>9) Michigan State University-East Lansing
9) Ohio State University
9) University of Iowa</p>

<p>I think it is important to say that all 12 universities that belong to the academic arm of the Big 10 (CIC) are good. Even the weaker ones are still considered to be among the top 100 universities in the nation.</p>

<p>Slipper, did you bother to read the study I linked or are facts that disprove your opinion too much for you?</p>

<p>Go U Northwestern!</p>

<p>-The BEST in the Midwest (despite what those schools in Chicago, Ann Arbor, and St. Louis may say)!</p>