<p>Since Harvard and MIT are considered to be No. 1 and No.1-a (or vice versa) among all institutions in the US (sorry Yale, Princenton, etc), I am curious how the other Boston area colleges and universities rank behind the Cambridge schools.</p>
<p>Where does Boston College rank? BU? Northeastern? Tufts? Wellesley? UMass/Boston? Emerson? Stone Hill? Babson? Simmon? You all get the idea.</p>
<p>Let me hear your opinions. I know you got 'em</p>
<p>There are dozens of colleges in the Boston area, many of whom even people who live in the area never heard of. This is probably how they are usually ranked:</p>
<p>Wellesley
tufts
BC, Brandeis
BU
Northeastern, Wheaton
Stonehill, UMass-Boston, Suffolk U, Regis
Emmanuel, Simmons, Wheelock, Lesley, etc.
Wentworth, Mt. Ida, Pine Manor, Lasell, etc. </p>
<p>There are also a slew of specialty colleges that are hard to rank...Babson and Bentley for business;Boston Architectural College; Berklee, New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory; Emerson for performing arts;</p>
<p>Holy Cross (#33 on US News LAC Rankings) is 40 miles west of Boston and is on the MBTA train line to Boston with 10 trains per day.</p>
<p>Colleges of the Fenway are worth exploring.
They share resources with each other, specialize in various areas of study
Besides all the fine schools right in Boston there are several in the surrounding area.</p>
<p>Could anyone tell me Wellesley "Specialty".</p>
<p>Wellesley is probably the top all-female school in the world. It specializes in giving girls wonderful opportiunites to:</p>
<p>explore their bi-curiousity once and for all</p>
<p>bust the rocks of clumsy M.I.T. suitors</p>
<p>look down their noses at all college students in the Boston area except those at Harvard and MIT.</p>
<p>meet other young Asian women</p>
<p>Whoa Tour Guide - Sounds like you must have some fascinating personal anecdotes about unfortunate entanglements with Wellesley women?</p>
<p>I agree with Tour Guide's list except I would put Brandeis up with Tufts, over BC.</p>
<p>What about Wellesley academic strength? Science, mainly biology? or politics, mainly law?</p>
<p>Id put Wheaton above Northeastern and BU.</p>
<p>Khipper: tourguide has a pretty good handle on the "rankings" but it really depends on what you want to do. I went to MIT and my wife went to Simmons (yes we met at a fraternity mixer). Simmons has a very strong physical therapy program - Northeastern and BU are the only other ones on that list that have an accredited PT program. </p>
<p>My experience with Wellesley would agree - largely rich women getting MRS degree or a really good liberal arts degree to go on to MBA, law school or Med school. Think Hillary.</p>