<p>Hello, the above states the following. </p>
<p>Where would you go to study chemistry? And why?</p>
<p>Disregard tuition costs and other financial costs.</p>
<p>Wisconsin–Top 10 in chem and better overall exp. than others</p>
<p>Interesting.</p>
<p>Do you have any other reason for picking Wisconsin apart from rankings? Most rankings are heavily focused on graduate rather than undergraduate.</p>
<p>What would the costs be at each of these? With 4 state schools, at least 2 of those would be out of state tuition, which is really pricey (though less so at U of M).</p>
<p>Rankings measure faculty quality and to an extent facilities. Same people teach both levels in same place. As good a measure as you can find.</p>
<p>My vote is on UIUC or Wisconsin-Madison.</p>
<p>Urbana is world-renowend for chemistry. They’re ranked 19th in the world by QS and
[QS</a> World University Rankings by Subject 2013 - Chemistry | Top Universities](<a href=“http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2013/chemistry]QS”>QS World University Rankings for Chemistry 2013 | Top Universities)</p>
<p>NRC has Urbana at the top
[NRC</a> Rankings Overview: Chemistry - Faculty - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“NRC Rankings Overview: Chemistry”>NRC Rankings Overview: Chemistry)</p>
<p>THE rankings beg to differ
[Top</a> 100 universities for Physical Sciences 2013-14 - Times Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/subject-ranking/subject/physical-sciences]Top”>Subject Ranking 2013-14: Physical Sciences | Times Higher Education (THE))</p>
<p>They’re all very, very strong programs.</p>
<p>[Best</a> Chemistry Programs | Top Chemistry Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/chemistry-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/chemistry-rankings)</p>
<p>^ Those are some decent drops between #1, #4 and #6 ranked schools…</p>