"people also searched for..." (Overlap in college searches)

College Search & Selection
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<p>I've noticed for a while now that if you search for a university on google, it gives you a ton of detailed information about that university. Included in this information is cross-university searches. i.e., what people who search for one university, tend to search for with another university. </p>

<p>I excluded professional schools of universities (e.g. boalt hall.) These universities aren't listed in any formal order.</p>

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Harvard:</p>

<p>Yale University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Princeton University
Columbia University
Boston University
Cornell University
University of Pennsylvania
Dartmouth College
New York University
University of Oxford
University of California, Los Angeles</p>

<p>Yale:</p>

<p>Harvard University
Princeton University
Columbia University
Stanford University
Brown University
Cornell University
University of Pennsylvania
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dartmouth College
New York University
University of Chicago
Yale School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
University of California, Berkeley</p>

<p>Stanford:</p>

<p>Harvard University
University of California, Berkeley
Yale University
University of California, Los Angeles
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Southern California
Princeton University
Columbia University
Cornell University
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
California Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Stanford University School of Medicine</p>

<p>Princeton:</p>

<p>Yale University
Harvard University
Columbia University
Stanford University
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University
Brown University
Dartmouth College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rutgers University
New York University
University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles</p>

<p>MIT:</p>

<p>Harvard University
Stanford University
California Institute of Technology
Yale University
Princeton University
Boston University
Cornell University
Columbia University
University of California, Berkeley
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
New York University
University of Michigan</p>

<p>Caltech</p>

<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Harvard University
Cornell University
Carnegie Mellon University
Princeton University
Columbia University
University of Chicago
University of California, San Diego
Yale University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Pennsylvania</p>

<p>USC:</p>

<p>University of California, Los Angeles
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
New York University
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Washington
Harvard University
California Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
Columbia University
University of Texas at Austin
Northwestern University</p>

<p>UCLA:</p>

<p>University of Southern California
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Santa Barbara
Stanford University
University of California, Davis
New York University
Harvard University
University of Washington
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
California Institute of Technology
Columbia University
UCLA Anderson
University of Michigan</p>

<p>Berkeley</p>

<p>University of California, Los Angeles
Stanford University
University of California, Davis
University of California, San Diego
University of Southern California
University of California, San Francisco
Harvard University
Boalt Hall
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Washington
Columbia University
Cornell University
California Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
University of Chicago</p>

<p>UCSD:</p>

<p>San Diego State University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of San Diego
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Davis
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Southern California
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, Riverside
Stanford University
UC San Diego School of Medicine
University of Washington
Harvard University</p>

<p>Cornell:</p>

<p>Columbia University
Harvard University
Dartmouth College
Yale University
University of Pennsylvania
Ithaca College
Princeton University
New York University
Stanford University
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles</p>

<p>Brown:</p>

<p>Columbia University
Yale University
Harvard University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
Stanford University
Tufts University
Providence College
Boston University
Rhode Island School of Design
New York University
University of Rhode Island
University of Chicago</p>

<p>Dartmouth:</p>

<p>Brown University
Harvard University
Cornell University
Yale University
Princeton University
Columbia University
Duke University
University of Pennsylvania
Dartmouth Medical School
Stanford University
Northwestern University
Williams College
Tufts University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Chicago</p>

<p>UMich:</p>

<p>Michigan State University
University of Michigan Health System
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Wayne State University
Eastern Michigan University
Northwestern University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Chicago
Cornell University
Stanford University
University of Michigan Law School
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University
University of California, Los Angeles
Columbia University</p>

<p>Uva:</p>

<p>Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
College of William and Mary
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James Madison University
Virginia Commonwealth University
University of Richmond
Duke University
George Mason University
University of Virginia School of Law
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University
Johns Hopkins University
Harvard University
Princeton University</p>

<p>UIUC:</p>

<p>University of Illinois at Chicago
Illinois State University
University of Chicago
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Purdue University
Northwestern University
University of Michigan
Northern Illinois University
University of Minnesota
Ohio State University
University of Texas at Austin
University of California, Los Angeles
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley
Cornell University</p>

<p>WUSTL:</p>

<p>Saint Louis University
University of Washington
Washington University School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Washington University School of Law
University of Missouri–St. Louis
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
University of Missouri–Columbia
Johns Hopkins University
Cornell University
Yale University
Harvard University
Columbia University
University of Pennsylvania</p>

<p>Duke:</p>

<p>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina State University
Wake Forest University
Harvard University
Stanford University
Yale University
Cornell University
University of Virginia
Columbia University
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton University
Duke University School of Medicine
Duke University School of Law
University of Chicago
University of California, Los Angeles</p>

<p>Georgetown</p>

<p>George Washington University
American University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Virginia
Harvard University
Duke University
Columbia University
New York University
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton University
The Catholic University of America
Stanford University
Georgetown University School of Medicine</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon:</p>

<p>University of Pittsburgh
Cornell University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
Columbia University
Stanford University
University of Pennsylvania
University of Michigan
Northwestern University
Tepper School of Business
Princeton University
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley
Harvard University</p>

<p>UChicago:</p>

<p>Northwestern University
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University
University of Michigan
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
University of Chicago Law School
Harvard University
New York University
Stanford University
Cornell University
Yale University
Princeton University
University of California, Berkeley</p>

<p>Columbia:</p>

<p>New York University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Yale University
Princeton University
Brown University
University of Pennsylvania
Stanford University
Teachers College, Columbia University
Barnard College
University of Chicago
Dartmouth College
Columbia Business School
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology</p>

<p>Vanderbilt:</p>

<p>Duke University
Emory University
Belmont University
Northwestern University
Harvard University
University of Tennessee
University of Virginia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Middle Tennessee State University
Stanford University
Yale University
Tennessee State University
University of Michigan
Johns Hopkins University</p>

<p>JHU:</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Pennsylvania
Duke University
Harvard University
Cornell University
Columbia University
George Washington University
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of Virginia
Yale University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Chicago</p>

<p>Penn:</p>

<p>Pennsylvania State University
Drexel University
Princeton University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Yale University
Temple University
Brown University
New York University
Johns Hopkins University
Stanford University
University of Chicago</p>

<p>NYU:</p>

<p>Columbia University
New York University Stern School of Business
New York University School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Cornell University
University of California, Los Angeles
City University of New York
Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University
Princeton University
Stanford University
Polytechnic Institute of New York University</p>

<p>Northwestern:</p>

<p>University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Michigan
Northwestern University School of Law
Stanford University
Kellogg School of Management
Cornell University
New York University
Columbia University
University of Pennsylvania
Feinberg School of Medicine
Harvard University
Yale University
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>UNC:</p>

<p>Duke University
North Carolina State University
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of Virginia
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Wake Forest University
East Carolina University
Elon University
University of Michigan
University of Texas at Austin
University of California, Los Angeles
Florida State University
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University
North Carolina Central University</p>

<p>Emory:</p>

<p>Georgia State University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Vanderbilt University
University of Georgia
Duke University
Emory University School of Medicine
Mercer University
Johns Hopkins University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Virginia
Harvard University
University of Michigan
University of Chicago
Columbia University</p>

<p>Wake Forest</p>

<p>Duke University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elon University
North Carolina State University
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
University of Virginia
College of William and Mary
High Point University
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
East Carolina University
Winston-Salem State University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Salem College
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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<p>Observations:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>HYPSM are the most cross searched for universities (unsurprisingly.)</p></li>
<li><p>Duke seems underrepresented based on its prestige. While it has its strongest showing in the south and a strong showing in the east, its virtually absent from the west coast universities, HYPSM, and the rest of the ivies excluding Dartmouth.</p></li>
<li><p>Wake forest is only listed by two other universities in the list. And both of those universities are part of the other two in its research triangle. It's reputation, it seems, falls far short of its US NEWS rank.</p></li>
<li><p>Michigan places very well among several universities across different coasts. Although its only listed in MIT of HYPSM,</p></li>
<li><p>UCLA and Berkeley also place very well, although their placements are somewhat hard to predict. UCLA for example, is the only (American) public university cross searched with Harvard (something i won't deny brought a grin to my face) although its absent from Yale and MIT searches.</p></li>
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<p>I'm too tired to make any more observations, but chime in with any interesting tidbits or conjectures you might have. This is meant to be more fun than serious.</p>

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<p>Wake Forest is not part of the Research Triangle. That area (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) has three well-known research universities (NC State, Duke, and UNC, respectively) as well as a number of other smaller universities and colleges. Wake Forest is farther west, in Winston-Salem, and is in the Triad region (Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point).</p>