Out of the Top 50 Universities: UF ranks 39th in selectivity

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Florida
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<h1>1 Harvard University</h1>

<h1>2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology</h1>

<h1>2 Yale University</h1>

<h1>4 California Institute of Technology</h1>

<h1>4 Princeton University</h1>

<h1>6 Columbia University</h1>

<h1>6 Washington University-St Louis</h1>

<h1>8 Stanford University</h1>

<h1>8 University of Pennsylvania</h1>

<h1>10 Brown University</h1>

<h1>11 Dartmouth College</h1>

<h1>11 Duke University</h1>

<h1>11 Rice University</h1>

<h1>14 University of California-Berkeley</h1>

<h1>15 Emory University</h1>

<h1>15 Georgetown University</h1>

<h1>17 Northwestern University</h1>

<h1>17 Tufts University</h1>

<h1>17 University of California-Los Angeles</h1>

<h1>17 University of Notre Dame</h1>

<h1>17 University of Southern California</h1>

<h1>22 Cornell University</h1>

<h1>22 Johns Hopkins University</h1>

<h1>22 University of Chicago</h1>

<h1>22 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</h1>

<h1>22 College of William & Mary</h1>

<h1>26 University of Virginia</h1>

<h1>26 Vanderbilt University</h1>

<h1>29 Boston College</h1>

<h1>29 Brandeis University</h1>

<h1>29 University of California-San Diego</h1>

<h1>32 Carnegie Melon University</h1>

<h1>32 Lehigh University</h1>

<h1>32 Tulane University</h1>

<h1>35 New York University</h1>

<h1>35 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill</h1>

<h1>35 University of Rochester</h1>

<h1>38 University of California-Irvine</h1>

<h1>39 University of California-Santa Barbara</h1>

<h1>39 University of Florida</h1>

<h1>39 Wake Forest University</h1>

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<p>If UF is ranked 39th in selectivity then why is it only ranked 47th?</p>

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<p>Joe,</p>

<p>We are only ranked 47th because selectivity is only one of seven factors that US News uses to determine rank. For example our Endowment, Alumni Giving, Student to Faculty Ratio, and Peer Assesment Score need to improve to become a Top University. I am confident that UF's administrators are working to improve all of them, but it will take time.</p>

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<p>So, you dont think that # 47 is a top university? I guess why go to UF? May as well go to Santa Fe CC then, right?</p>

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<p>"So, you dont think that # 47 is a top university? I guess why go to UF? May as well go to Santa Fe CC then, right?"</p>

<p>Who is this being directed at?</p>

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<p>you</p>

<p>"Student to Faculty Ratio, and Peer Assesment Score need to improve to become a Top University."</p>

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<p>I think the University of Florida is outstanding. If I did not then why would I post so many articles all over CC to show how things are improving? I am a very concerned alumni that feels that we are on the verge of becoming one of the best public universities in the country. In due time, it's not inconceivable that we become the University of Michigan of the south. But it's important that we are grounded in the reality of the situation that we are currently in. We need to take off our Orange and Blue goggles sometimes and really try to look at how we can improve as a research university.</p>

<p>Clearly you wouldn't undertand because you didn't go to UF for your undergrad.</p>

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<p>thanks for the insult, chief</p>