How well known is LSE in the United States?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Is LSE well known in the United States? If so how well known? Is it a household name? </p>

<p>Most importantly, how does it compare with other top UK universities such as Imperial College or UCL or Oxbridge?</p>

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<p>i imagine that most people outside of academic circles have never heard of it. i can’t even think of an american university to call it equals with. the only household u.k university is probably oxford, maybe cambridge too.</p>

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<p>In the financial centers, and among economists, LSE is well known. For the rest of the US, it’s just Oxford and Cambridge.</p>

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<p>i was also wondering about this. What about Imperial? Will it be well known among scientists/engineers? What about in the US generally?</p>

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<p>I can answer for “the US generally.” Never heard of Imperial. If you google it here, you definitions first - and then, a company that sells maintenance supplies, a casino in Las Vegas and a small town in Nebraska…</p>

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<p>i vaguely know of what i call ‘the london schools.’ i.e. ICL, UCL, LSE, LSB, etc.</p>

<p>If they’re good schools (which i’ve heard they are) then people in academic circles will have heard of them. But the general public will have not. That’s nothing to fret about though, there are many american universities most people haven’t heard of either (think most people have heard of Vanderbilt or WashU? lol.)</p>

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<p>^Uh, most Americans have heard of Vanderbilt and it’s lay prestige is first-rate. It’s commonly referred to as the “Harvard of the South”.</p>