Part IV: Comparisons of Highly Regarded Public Universities (USNWR 42-47)

College Search & Selection
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<p>In continuation of the recent posts drawing on information from the collegeboard.com website, I came up with some interesting comparisons on some more highly regarded Public Universities (this group involves the next 7 publics ranked by USNWR between 42-47). I hope that this is informative and useful for students looking to compare some of the nation's top public universities.</p>

<p>SCHOOL UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
Average: 28.426</p>

<p>18,212 UC Santa Barbara
20,719 UC Irvine
23,458 UC Davis
27,836 U Washington
35,110 U Florida
36,613 Penn State
37,037 U Texas</p>

<p>% OF IN-STATE STUDENTS
Average: 90%</p>

<p>72% Penn State
82% U Washington
94% U Florida
94% U Texas
96% UC Santa Barbara
97% UC Irvine
97% UC Davis</p>

<p>% OF WOMEN
Average: 54%</p>

<p>58% UC Santa Barbara
57% UC Davis
57% U Florida
54% U Texas
53%U Washington
52% UC Irvine
47% Penn State</p>

<p>ACCEPTANCE RATE
Average: 59%</p>

<p>48% U Florida
53% UC Santa Barbara
57% U Texas
58% Penn State
60% UC Irvine
68% UC Davis
68% U Washington</p>

<p>SAT 25/75 AVERAGE FOR CRITICAL READING
Average: 582</p>

<p>615 U Florida
595 U Texas
590 UC Santa Barbara
580 U Washington
570 Penn State
570 UC Irvine
555 UC Davis</p>

<p>SAT 25/75 AVERAGE FOR MATH
Average: 614</p>

<p>635 U Florida
630 U Texas
615 UC Irvine
610 U Washington
610 Penn State
600 UC Davis
600 UC Santa Barbara</p>

<p>SAT 25/75 AVERAGE FOR CR & M COMBINED
Average: 1196</p>

<p>1250 U Florida
1225 U Texas
1190 U Washington
1190 UC Santa Barbara
1185 UC Irvine
1180 Penn State
1155 UC Davis</p>

<p>% OF STUDENTS IN TOP 10% OF HIGH SCHOOL CLASS
Average: 81%</p>

<p>96% UC Irvine
96% UC Santa Barbara
95% UC Davis
85% U Florida
84% U Washington
73% U Texas
37% Penn State</p>

<p>FRESHMAN RETENTION
Average: 92%</p>

<p>94% U Florida
93% U Washington
93% UC Irvine
93% Penn State
93% U Texas
90% UC Davis
90% UC Santa Barbara</p>

<p>IN-STATE TUITION
Average: $7271</p>

<p>$3206 U Florida
$5985 U Washington
$6794 UC Irvine
$7010 UC Santa Barbara
$7630 U Texas
$8109 UC Davis
$12,164 Penn State</p>

<p>OUT-OF-STATE TUITION
Average: $22,928</p>

<p>$17.791 U Florida
$20,364 U Texas
$21,283 U Washington
$22,712 Penn State
$25,478 UC Irvine
$25,694 UC Santa Barbara
$27,177 UC Davis</p>

<p>FEBRUARY HIGH/LOW TEMPERATURES
69-45 U Florida
67-48 UC Irvine
65-47 UC Santa Barbara
65-44 U Texas
60-40 UC Davis
50-37 U Washington
36-20 Penn State</p>

<p>FACULTY/STUDENT RATIOS
Average: 17/1</p>

<p>11/1 U Washington
17/1 UC Irvine
17/1 UC Santa Barbara
17/1 Penn State
18/1 U Texas
19/1 UC Davis
21/1 U Florida</p>

<p>GREEK LIFE-% OF MEN/% OF WOMEN
Average: 10%/10%</p>

<p>14%/12% U Florida
12%/11% U Washington
12%/11% Penn State
9%/13% U Texas
9%/8% UC Irvine
9%/8% UC Davis
4%/7% UC Santa Barbara</p>

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<p>Washington has nowhere near that top 10% number. A recent article put it closer to 50%.</p>

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<p>barrons,
I checked my numbers and the U Washington Top 10% numbers above are what are being reported by collegeboard.com:</p>

<p>"84% in top 10th of graduating class
96% in top quarter of graduating class
100% in top half of graduating class"</p>

<p>I also checked the current online edition of USNWR (which presently is a year behind the collegeboard numbers) and they had 82%. However, there was a footnote stating that this represented less than 51% of the enrolled freshman. </p>

<p>Also, the 2006-07 CDS for U Washington also says 84%.</p>

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<p>I see where the disconnect comes--only 46% submitted a HS rank.</p>

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<p>The main takeaway from this post is that U Florida is an amazing value.</p>

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<p>
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The main takeaway from this post is that U Florida is an amazing value.

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<p>Agreed. If you can get in!</p>

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<p>The major problem with UF is that faculty/student ratio. Look at the strength of the student body versus the cost of attendance. It's a great deal.</p>

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<p>UF is awesome.
It's so underrated by people at my school, mostly because so many go there.</p>

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<p>UF dealt major $$$ setback.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/29/florida%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/29/florida&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>^^Yea, I find that pretty ridiculous to say the least.</p>

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<p>If UF can figure out a work-around for the tution constraints and is allowed to hire more faculty, you will see it skyrocket in the standings. It is sad how the state legislature is not more supportive... maybe with time UF (and FSU) will be allowed a little more freedom...the return to the State's economic engine would be returned many times over.</p>

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<p>Can you post the other factors like faculty awards and library holdings, like you posted earlier. It would also be interesting (for this and the first ranking for the top 10 publics) to point out which ones have a medical school, since that does have a major influence on research funding and the NAS faculty profile.</p>

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<p>Crist is an FSU alumnus and I'm very disappointed in this decision. Especially dismayed an FSU alumnus myself. </p>

<p>All we can do is try again. Florida needs a tier system set up for the research universities.</p>

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<p>All the numerical data except library is here.</p>

<p><a href="http://mup.asu.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://mup.asu.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Didn't Davis' acceptance rate dropped to 50% ish or 40%ish this year?</p>