Comprehensive Ivy League v. non-Ivy League Thread

<p>Program-for-program, Cornell is the best university in the Ivy League. The reputation of its individual majors is the bestof all the Ivies, overall.</p>

<p>Here is a list of the majors at Cornell that are either among the four best programs in the Ivies or the only program in the Ivies:</p>

<p>Music.
Theater.</p>

<p>Agricultural engineering.
Chemical engineering
civil engineering.
Electrical engineering.
Engineering physics.
Industrial engineering.
Materials engineering.
Mechanical engineering</p>

<p>Chinese.
English.
French
German
linguistics.
Philosophy.</p>

<p>Architecture
environmental design</p>

<p>Hotel management.
Landscape architecture</p>

<p>operations research.</p>

<p>Sociology.
Urban planning</p>

<p>astronomy.
Atmospheric sciences
bacteriology/microbiology.
Molecular biology.
Biochemistry.
Biology.
Biophysics.
Botany.
Cell biology.
Chemistry.
Computer science.
Ecology/environmental studies.
Entomology.
Environmental science.
Genetics.
Geology
Marine science.
Math.
Meteorology.
Nutrition.
Physics.
Statistics.
Zoology.</p>

<p>American studies.
Anthropology.
Asian studies.
Behavioral science.
Child psychology.
East Asian studies.
History
international relations.
Labor and industrial relations.
Medieval studies.
Political science.
Southeast Asian studies</p>

<p>agricultural business.
Agricultural economics.
Agriculture.
Agronomy.
Dairy science.
Dietetics.
Farm/Ranch management
food service.
Food service management.
Horticulture.
Natural resource management.
Ornamental horticulture.
Poultry science.</p>

<p>*based on Gourman Report</p>

<p>Now I REALLY don't believe the Gourman report.</p>

<p>as a business school-ologist, I can say that cornell is not at the very top tier of b-schools. Think HBS, Penn/Wharton, Stanford, dartmouth/tuck, MIT/Sloan...cornell/Johnson is an excellent school, but not a preeminent one.</p>

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