<p>Ok I was taking a look at the world university rankings based on faculty, research and academics and to my surprise I found out that Rice is #78. Believe it or not Purdue is higher in ranking. So how did Rice reach #17 in the US rankings?! There is a big difference between 17 and 78!!! And UChicago which is #15 in US is number 10 in the world. What is happening?</p>
<p>P.S: I am not a ranking or prestige whore, I'm just concerned.</p>
<p>For the study you are talking about graduate programs and such are more important in the rankings. Rice has always been focused on undergrad, that shouldn't be surprising.</p>
<p>Not to mention I think the whole ranking this is riddled with errors and pretty much impossible to do correctly. I chose Rice over higher ranked schools and would do so again in a heartbeat.</p>
<p>If you are all about the rankings, then check the US graduate rankings. Rice will almost always be towards the bottom of the list becasue the school puts its emphasis on undergrads.</p>
<p>I dont know if the rankings is based on thheir graduate programs. Rice is very high on my list and I'll definitly choose it over a couple of Ivies.</p>
<p>And thanx for telling me about Rice's Grad programs :cool:</p>
<p>IHS you're a whore and a tool and worthless in life</p>
<p>It also depends on what world ranking you are looking at. The one that I had did not even place University of Chicago or Rice on the list. Instead it had UT Austin as like #16. The rankings are totally false though. Everyone on this forum knows that Rice is really #1.</p>
<p>you can never get an accurate ranking of any school.</p>
<p>that's why i tend not to look at them..unless rice is @ the top ;)</p>
<p>I was only worried coz of you know..employment..employers tend to look at these rankings...but what the hell..Rice is da best!!</p>
<p>I would not give that ranking too much thought. The University of California-San Francisco was ranked in the top 15 if I recall. UCSF is purely a medical school!</p>
<p>Which ranking, put out by who? If you are looking for "world" recognition - people in other countries will not be very familiar with Rice, but will be with HYPS and large public U's so will rank them higher. There's also the issue of volume... Rice is a small school so doesn't generate the huge amount of research that bigger schools do. To which rankings are you refering?</p>
<p>anxious mom,
No I wasnt talking about world recognition. This site has ranked the most prominent universities in the world and has placed rice in number 78</p>
<p>It is still pretty impressive that out of the thousands of schools in the world Rice actually placed in the top 100.</p>
<p>But we all know Rice is much better than that!!!</p>
<p>that ranking is crap... Emory is ranked outside the top 100... and its ranked #20 by USN... the very fact that ASU is ranked above Emory should be enough alone to discredit the ranking</p>
<p>this should make you feel a little better. Though a little dated this ranking uses what many consider some of the best methodology, and it is from the University of Texas:</p>
<p>Top 20 Universities That are Not Primarily Science/Engineering Schools</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard University </li>
<li>Princeton University </li>
<li>Stanford University </li>
<li>University of Chicago </li>
<li>Yale University </li>
<li>Columbia University </li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania </li>
<li>Brown University </li>
<li>Cornell University </li>
<li>Duke University </li>
<li>Emory University </li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University </li>
<li>Northwestern University </li>
<li>Rice University </li>
<li>University of California, Berkeley </li>
<li>Washington University, St. Louis </li>
<li>Brandeis University </li>
<li>Dartmouth College </li>
<li>University of California, Los Angeles </li>
<li>University of Michigan, Ann Arbor </li>
<li>University of Wisconsin, Madison </li>
</ol>
<p>thanks iDad, I feel much better :cool:</p>
<p>IHS: This ranking is done by the following: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2004. </p>
<p>Read the FAQs and Methodology for the limitations of their rankings!</p>