The "Official" 2015 US News Best Colleges

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<p>THE Official 2015 US News Best Colleges</p>

<p>Source: <a href="http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities"&gt;http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Enjoy!~ :)</p>

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<p>Table View (More Data)</p>

<p>Source: <a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/data”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/data&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also, 2015 Best Colleges: Top 20 National Universities (Slideshow)</p>

<p>Source: <a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/2015-best-colleges-top-20-national-universities”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/2015-best-colleges-top-20-national-universities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>2015 Best Colleges: Top 20 National Liberal Arts Colleges (Slideshow)</p>

<p>Source: <a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/2015-best-colleges-top-20-national-liberal-arts-colleges”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/2015-best-colleges-top-20-national-liberal-arts-colleges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Looks like Ohio State still hasn’t cracked the top 50 Sparkeye. Also, what is going on at Michigan State? I have never seen it ranked so low.</p>

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<p>^^ rjk, oh well, I guess we will have to wait until the next year… :stuck_out_tongue: </p>

<p>Ohio State gains fewer freshmen, but test scores are best in school history</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/08/21/OSU_freshmen.html”>http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/08/21/OSU_freshmen.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>*Admission rate at tOSU is now down to 38% from 55% of last year!</p>

<p>Northwestern, Michigan, Ohio State rank highest in Big Ten for ACT scores</p>

<p><a href=“Northwestern, Michigan, Ohio State rank highest in Big Ten for ACT scores - cleveland.com”>Northwestern, Michigan, Ohio State rank highest in Big Ten for ACT scores - cleveland.com;

<p>“State,” on the other hand, I am not concerned a bit! It will bounce back eventually!</p>

<p>MSU to launch public phase of $1.5 billion capital campaign in October</p>

<p><a href=“MSU to launch public phase of $1.5 billion capital campaign in October”>http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/campus/2014/09/06/msu-launch-public-phase-billion-capital-campaign-october/15204623/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Rare isotopes facility underway at Michigan State</p>

<p><a href=“Rare isotopes facility underway at Michigan State | symmetry magazine”>http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/august-2014/rare-isotopes-facility-underway-at-michigan-state&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Go Bucks & Go State!! </p>

<p>Now time for me to get back to my 6-month-old Josh! G’nite! :D</p>

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<p>No wonder you haven’t been on much lately Sparkeye. Congrats on your new son! :-)</p>

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<p>UCLA can go back to calling USC a clown college.</p>

<p>and ■■■ Northeastern is now a highly-regarded university!</p>

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<p>We USC alumni pay more attention to the football rankings.</p>

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<p>Northeastern and BU tie, that’s gonna make for a fun year of comments :P</p>

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<p>When I was going into college, Northeastern was in the 100s, now it’s in the 40s - I seriously don’t buy the hype though (<a href=“http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/”>http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/&lt;/a&gt;). It’s a solid school for professional majors but the co-op program is not for everyone.</p>

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<p>One day @Hunt may have to redefine “milliHarvards” as "milliPrincetons if this keeps up <:-P </p>

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<p>@pierre0913‌ </p>

<p>They certainly gamed the system, but by gaming it they got lots more money, a very heightened reputation, a higher student quality, and are using those resources to their advantage. The school is building and hiring at a similar rate to its rise up the rankings. No matter where the resources came from, it is very visible that both the academic quality and the facilities are getting better. The hype did come first, but the hype actually led to the results people would expect from the ranking. It’s like a self fulfilling prophecy: get ranked higher, get more money for it, get better students for it, use said money to get better facilities and academic quality. In the end everyone gets what they wanted.</p>

<p>The co-op program is certainly not for everyone, but these days what major isn’t “professional”? Most people go to college with job security as a major reason if not the primary reason, so why shouldn’t a college education reflect that?</p>

<p>Excluding true pure academics with the ability to focus less on post-grad and more on their genuine academic interests, everyone else is pretty much “professional”. The reason people go to college has changed, especially with a college degree meaning less and less in terms of job security.</p>

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Don’t hold your breath. But the ranking is a nice consolation prize for Princeton.</p>

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<p>Sparkeye, have you timed Josh in the 40 yet? Can he block? Can we put him on the line, or is he destined for the backfield? At six months, we may have to put him at Nose Guard.</p>

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<p>Thank you very much, rjk! :)</p>

<p>No kidding, LakeWashington!! Judging from what I’ve seen how the Buckeyes played last Saturday against the Hokies, Josh could probably crawl faster if not block better than the entire team. :p</p>

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<p>If the current trend keeps going, by about the year 2023 colleges will be measured in milli-Northeasterns.</p>

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<p>Anyone have delta analysis on which universities made the biggest moves?</p>

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<p>The Washington Post has done the analysts (Change since 2010-11).</p>

<p><a href=“http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/local/us-news-college-ranking-trends/1292/”>http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/local/us-news-college-ranking-trends/1292/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>it’s related to this article:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/us-news-college-rankings-amid-predictability-some-major-shifts/2014/09/08/a2e17efc-3774-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/us-news-college-rankings-amid-predictability-some-major-shifts/2014/09/08/a2e17efc-3774-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It’s interesting to view the trend over the last 5 years.</p>

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<p>The finance rankings are a joke.
Penn at 6?
NYU out of top 10?</p>

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<p>there we go, a bit better
<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2014/09/09/correction-to-best-undergraduate-business-specialty-rankings”>http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2014/09/09/correction-to-best-undergraduate-business-specialty-rankings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>UMass went up to #76!!! But it’s tied with Delaware…how is it only tied with Delaware? UMass is better than Rutgers, also. </p>

<p>Duke yet again, THE most overrated college. No way is it deserving of Top 10 status. What has it even done to call itself elite?</p>