<p>Which college is most prestigious? </p>
<p>UCLA, UVa, University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, and University of Michigan?</p>
<p>If you could rank them, that would be great.
Also just to let you know, I am not letting prestige affect my college choice but I'm just curious of the five schools, how each ranks in prestige? Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>purely my opinion. it really depends on your major… but im sure you knew that.</p>
<p>Chicago
CMU
UCLA
UVa
UMichigan</p>
<p>UVa is above UMich and UCLA, but it really depends on where you live.</p>
<p>Probably something like this on the east coast:</p>
<p>Chicago
UVa
CMU
UMich
UCLA</p>
<p>And on the west coast:</p>
<p>Chicago
UCLA
UVa
UMich
CMU</p>
<p>Really, they’re all very similar, it’s not like we’re talking about Harvard.</p>
<p>snow, why you gotta drop the H-bomb</p>
<p>My opinion (CS mindset + from east coast):
CMU
Chicago
UMich
UVA
UCLA</p>
<p>Wow UCLA is being beat down pretty badly on its own forum haha.</p>
<p>Chicago
CMU
UVa
UCLA
UMich</p>
<p>Chicago
UCLA
Michigan
UVA
CMU</p>
<p>But if we’re discussing worldwide prestige, UCLA is easily #1. For example, in Iran (where many of my relatives live), UCLA has a very good reputation amongst the educated classes. While the Univ. of Chicago is arguably a better university, it doesn’t seem to be very well known abroad, except perhaps in Europe.</p>
<p>^
so true in asian countries</p>
<p>So interesting how opinions vary so much. I for one believe that UCLA has a very good reputation in the US no matter where one lives. If I said I went to U Chicago everyone would probably be thinking that I was going to a public college in chicago that is no better than ones state school. Just my thoughts.</p>
<p>The best indicator of “prestige” seems to be the cost of tuition. Simply rank the schools by their cost. Cost should reflect the “prestige” attributes.</p>
<p>I dont agree with that at all. Of those colleges I listed I believe Carnegie Mellon has the highest tuition, higher than even Harvard.</p>
<p>If you are taking about random people knowing the name then UCLA</p>
<p>I wish I had gotten into or even applied to Sarah Lawrence.</p>