<p>I am bumping this thread up. Florida State University is NOT comparable with a tier 3 university…it is a tier one school ranked 112 among all private and public National universities by USnews. It is ranked even higher among public schools, and many of its programs are very well respected and pined after by potential graduate students. It is by all means a tier one university with a law and medical school…I am not sure why the last poster would make an assertion otherwise! So ridiculous!</p>