NRC Ranks UCSD 2nd best overall public and 11th best university.

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>UC</a> San Diego?s Doctoral Programs Win High Marks in Prestigious NRC Study</p>

<p>Top 10 Publics
1. UC Berkeley
2. UCSD
3. UCLA
4. U of Michigan
5. G-Tech
6. U of Texas
7. UNC
8. U of Wisconsin
9. U of Washington
10. U of Maryland</p>

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<p>There was a ranking that had UCSD as #1 overall. Rankings dont really matter</p>

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<p>Yeah, we kick ass. Rankings don’t mean much, but I can’t help but feel proud :)</p>

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<p>@AndrewL</p>

<p>That ranking was for giving back to the community and this is for doctoral programs. It’s important to consider what they’re talking about.</p>

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<p>We rule. Enough said.</p>

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<p>Just observing trends some trends of the UC rankings it seems that UCSD has primarily surpassed UCLA in a lot of fields. How long do you think it will take before we break out of our 35th mold and surpass UCLA?</p>

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<p>^However long it takes for the rankings people to feel like we have.</p>

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<p>Undergraduate and Graduate rankings are nowhere near the same. Undergraduate rankings are too far skewed due to national reputation, endowment, competitiveness of applications, sports, etc. This is why you see schools with monstrous research (i.e., UCSD, Wisconsin, UIUC, Indiana, etc.) ranking high in a bevy of graduate rankings, but go unnoticed when USN publishes their annual ranking. Until UCSD can generate enough interest in its undergraduate population to propel itself upwards, it’ll be stagnant in the #35 position for a while.</p>

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<p>And it’s fair to note for the rest of us that this is just the rankings we’re talking about.</p>

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<p>Keep in mind that UCSD has only been around for 50 years. The school currently has multiple construction projects to build tier 1 research facilities and strives to offer new incentives for incoming profs/researchers. I’d say give it another 25 years, and it is likely that UCSD will surpass many high ranked institutions, including, but not limited to UCLA.</p>

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<p>I agree with wintersnow. In 25 years UCSD will have a lot more facilities etc, and ucla doesn’t have anywhere to expand like UCSD. Undergrad is where it’s at for me, and I still wanna see a ucsd football team kill other schools football teams</p>

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<p>Keep dreaming. :)</p>

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<p>i was walking down the street on thursday night and saw a girl wearing a “ucsd football” shirt … thing was, it was in NY :)</p>