<p>Michigan is as delightful and historic as UVa. It is colder, but in all other ways, it is as nice.</p>
<p>“Also, Man does not live by rankings alone.”</p>
<p>Endicott, I agree with you within reason. If programs are ranked within 5 or even 10 spots of each other, fit should take over. But where departments are ranked 20-30 spots apart, quality of department should be considered, particularly in cases such as Michigan and UVa, where overall quality and reputation of the institutions are almost identical and quality of life on and off campus are equally enviable. Ann Arbor is an amazing college town and Charlottesville is also formidable. Campus life at both schools is awesome. And yes, Michigan is as historic as they come. If you go back 150 years and had a debate on the best universities in the nation, Michigan would probably have made the short list of top 5-10 universities. </p>
<p>To put it bluntly, for students that are residents of neither state, Michigan and UVa are equal in the Humanities and Business. For such majors, one should go for fit since both are excellent and equally well rounded. On the other hand, for the Sciences, Engineering and Social Sciences, Michigan is stronger by a sizeable margin and to such majors, since both schools are pretty even in all other ways (quality of life, reputation, cost, college town atmosphere), Michigan makes more sense. </p>
<p>ENGINEERING OVERALL</p>
<h1>7 Michigan</h1>
<h1>28 UVa</h1>
<p>AEROSPACE ENGINEERING</p>
<h1>3 Michigan</h1>
<p>UVa not ranked in the top 20</p>
<p>BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING</p>
<h1>7 Michigan</h1>
<h1>15 UVa</h1>
<p>This is one of the very few fields where UVa actually holds its own vs Michigan</p>
<p>CHEMICAL ENGINEERING</p>
<h1>10 Michigan</h1>
<h1>19 UVa</h1>
<p>CIVIL ENGINEERING</p>
<h1>7 Michigan</h1>
<p>UVa not ranked in the top 20</p>
<p>COMPUTER SCIENCE</p>
<h1>7 Michigan</h1>
<p>UVa not ranked in the top 20</p>
<p>ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING</p>
<h1>6 Michigan</h1>
<h1>19 UVa</h1>
<p>ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING</p>
<h1>8 Michigan</h1>
<p>UVa not ranked in the top 20</p>
<p>INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING</p>
<h1>2 Michigan</h1>
<p>UVa not ranked in the top 20</p>
<p>MATRIALS SCIENCES</p>
<h1>2 Michigan</h1>
<p>UVa not ranked in the top 20</p>
<p>MECHANICAL ENGINEERING</p>
<h1>2 Michigan</h1>
<p>UVa not ranked in the top 20</p>
<p>NUCLEAR ENGINEERING</p>
<h1>1 Michigan</h1>
<p>UVa not ranked in the top 10</p>
<p>SCIENCES:
Biology</p>
<h1>15 Michigan (tied with Columbia)</h1>
<h1>42 Virginia</h1>
<p>Chemistry</p>
<h1>16 Michigan (tied with Princeton)</h1>
<p>UVa not ranked in the top 50</p>
<p>Computer Science</p>
<h1>13 Michigan</h1>
<h1>29 UVa</h1>
<p>Earth Sciences</p>
<h1>5 Michigan (tied with Columbia)</h1>
<p>UVa was not ranked in the top 25</p>
<p>Mathematics</p>
<h1>9 Michigan (tied with Columbia)</h1>
<h1>40 UVa</h1>
<p>Physics</p>
<h1>13 Michigan</h1>
<h1>36 UVa</h1>
<p>SOCIAL SCIENCES:
Economics</p>
<h1>11 Michigan (tied with Columbial and UCLA)</h1>
<h1>27 UVa</h1>
<p>Political Science</p>
<h1>3 Michigan</h1>
<h1>37 UVa</h1>
<p>Psychology</p>
<h1>2 Michigan</h1>
<h1>28 UVa</h1>
<p>Sociology</p>
<h1>3 Michigan</h1>
<h1>38 UVa</h1>