<p>National</a> Universities Rankings - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report</p>
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<li>UC San Diego</li>
<li>UC Davis</li>
<li>UC Santa Barbara</li>
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<p>46. UC Irvine</p>
<p>If you thought the complainers from Irvine were bad before...</p>
<p>Here is a comparison of US News so you don’t have to go searching. 2005, 2009, 2010</p>
<p>Berkeley [Same as 2005]
2010 - 21
2009 -21
2005 - 21</p>
<p>Los Angeles [Up 1 from 2005 report]
2010 - 24
2009 - 25
2005 - 25</p>
<p>San Diego [Same as 2005]
2010 - 35
2009 - 35
2005 - 35</p>
<p>Davis [Same as 2005]
2010 - 42
2009 - 44
2005 - 42</p>
<p>Santa Barbara [Up 3 from 2005 report]
2010 - 42
2009 - 44
2005 - 45</p>
<p>Irvine [Down 3 from 2005 report]
2010 - 46
2009 - 44
2005 - 43</p>
<p>Santa Cruz [Up 3 from 2005 report]
2010 - 71
2009 - 96
2005 - 74</p>
<p>Riverside [Down 15 from 2005 report]
2010 - 96
2009 - 89
2005 - 81</p>
<p>Poor Riverside. At least they’re not insecure enough to constantly compare themselves to UC Santa Cruz.</p>
<p>Watch out, Berkeley, the Bruins are on the rise! I really want to see a public school in the top 20 sometime soon. Berkeley better get a move on or UCLA might try and make the great leap.</p>
<p>I’m a bit surprised UCSD hasn’t budged in five years. It seems like their admission standards have risen significantly in that time frame.</p>
<p>Hopefully the current or prospective Anteaters here won’t feel too bad about their new rank. It’s still a Top 50 school.</p>
<p>Added Santa Cruz. They certainly recovered a bit since 2009.</p>
<p>It could be a one time swing however. For example, UCSC went from 79 in 2008 to 96 last year to 71 this year. There’s a lot of movement the lower you go down the list.</p>
<p>And yes the Irvine people aren’t going to be happy.</p>
<p>is there a spot where they rank the best public universities?
i could have sworn there was…</p>
<p>Right here:</p>
<p>[Best</a> Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-top-public]Best”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-top-public)</p>
<p>Dayaaam. Riverside needs to step their game up.</p>
<p>Quote: “Poor Riverside. At least they’re not insecure enough to constantly compare themselves to UC Santa Cruz.”</p>
<p>Haha, I kinda laughed at that. It is true, because several UCR fanboys in recent threads have been saying: “UCR is ranked higher than UCSC so therefore UCR>UCSC.” Now they will go back to saying: “Rankings don’t mean anything.” :)</p>
<p>Quote: “It could be a one time swing however. For example, UCSC went from 79 in 2008 to 96 last year to 71 this year. There’s a lot of movement the lower you go down the list.”</p>
<p>True, but if you look at UCSC since 2000, it has always been a UC by itself between the mid tiers and UCR. UCSC’s stats profile is quite a bit higher than UCR in all areas and a bit below the mid tier in all areas. Last year for some reason was a fluke and the school dropped ~20 spots randomly, and now it is about back to where it has been.</p>
<p>Can’t believe UCLA is only 3 from Berkeley. I mean this is great, but I was always under the impression that Berkeley was so hard to get into. What is the main reason for UCLA’s jump? Is there a particular department that discovered a cure or something? What is this measured by?</p>
<p>Hmmm… Does anyone know how rankings work? </p>
<p>What makes schools go up and down?</p>
<p>we should look at the points though: </p>
<p>UCSD 62, UCSB 59 , UCD 59, UCI 58</p>
<p>They are not that far apart. Would such a difference in points result in a huge difference of prestige?</p>
<p>A college’s yield-the percentage of students offered admission who actually accept-can indirectly affect its admission rate. If a college has a high yield, it can admit fewer students and still fill its classes. If it has a low yield, it has to admit more. And regardless of how it is achieved, a lower admission rate translates into a higher U.S. News ranking for a college.</p>
<p>UCLA passed up University of Virginia </p>
<p>awe jieah…</p>
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<p>berkeley’s admit rate: 21.6%
ucla’s: 22.8%</p>
<p>I thought UCLA had a slightly lower acceptance rate than Berkeley this year</p>
<p>UCLA may have had a lower admit rate than Berkeley for Fall 2009, however Us News used 2008 admit rates for this report.</p>
<p>I find it odd how even with California’s budget crisis and all the cuts the UCs are making, their rankings still managed to improve.</p>
<p>Yea, I thought all UC’s would lose a bit of ground this year. Fortunately it was just UCI, what a relief.</p>