This is a thread for people to post/suggest REALLY GOOD Third Tier Schools:

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<p>To return to the beginning of this thread, Kansas State is presently ranked as a Tier 1 national university by USNWR, but it was previously ranked as a Tier 3 institution. Irrespective of its ranking, K-State is an excellent university and is actively pursuing a goal of becoming a top 50 public research university by 2025. The reason that you don’t hear much about K-State is that it has always been – and probably always will be – in the shadow of its big brother, the University of Kansas. What KU fans won’t tell you, however, is that the undergraduate admission standards for both schools are identical. You can get an excellent, low cost education at either institution and Manhattan (K-State) and Lawrence (KU) are both great college towns.</p>

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<p>^ I think the ranking shift is due to a change in USNews methodology. They consider more schools Tier 1 now.</p>

<p>With that said, I agree with everything in your post. Both Kansas schools are way underrated.</p>

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<p>Tier 3 by the previous USNWR rankings?
If so, it would be helpful to posters to specify the previous tier divisions.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think it was as follows:
Schools 1-50 would have been Tier 1, schools 51-131 would have been Tier 2, schools 132-196 would have been Tier 3, and the rest would have been Tier 4.</p>

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<p>^ This was the old system:

Courtesy of the Internet Archive WayBack Machine.</p>

<p>There was no Tier 2 :)</p>

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<p>In California, the two newish coastal Cal States: Cal State Monterey Bay and Cal State Channel Islands. We’ve known a few kids to thrive there… they say a private-school experience in many ways (small class sizes, personal attention, etc) at public-school prices.</p>

<p>Also in SoCal, University of Redlands. Seems to be a real up-and-comer, and it doesn’t get much attention.</p>

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<p>*mom2collegekids: Loyola New Orleans is a very, very good school. *</p>

<p>??? Where the heck did I suggest that it wasn’t???</p>

<p>this was MY post…</p>

<p>*UA-Huntsville for Engineering, Comp Sci, Science majors, business majors, and nursing majors. </p>

<p>Great scholarships, too. And, great co-op and internship opportunities for high tech majors. *</p>