Top 10 Prestigious Public Universities THREAD II

<p>The other thread is full and I would like to start a new one here....</p>

<p>Here's what I think:</p>

<ol>
<li>University of California- Berkeley, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor</li>
<li>University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, University of Virginia</li>
<li>University of California- Los Angeles, College of William & Mary</li>
<li>Rutgers University - New Brunswick</li>
<li>University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign</li>
<li>University of Iowa- Iowa City</li>
<li>University of Wisconsin- Madison</li>
<li>University of Maryland- College Park</li>
<li>Ohio State University- Columbus, Pennslyvania State University</li>
<li>University of Washington, Purdue University-West Lafayette, University of Florida</li>
</ol>

<p>Rank your top 10.</p>

<p>University of Texas > Iowa, Ohio State, Washington, Purdue, Florida, Maryland, by far Rutgers.</p>

<ol>
<li>University of California- Berkeley, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor</li>
<li>University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, University of Virginia</li>
<li>University of California- Los Angeles, College of William & Mary, University of Texas - Austin</li>
<li>Rutgers University - New Brunswick</li>
<li>University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign</li>
<li>University of Iowa- Iowa City</li>
<li>University of Wisconsin- Madison</li>
<li>University of Maryland- College Park</li>
<li>Ohio State University- Columbus, Pennslyvania State University</li>
<li>University of Washington, Purdue University-West Lafayette, University of Florida</li>
</ol>

<p>I updated it.</p>

<p>NRC rankings (average nonzero scores):
1 UC Berkeley<br>
2 UC San Diego<br>
3 Michigan<br>
4 UCLA<br>
5 Wisconsin<br>
6 Texas<br>
7 Washington<br>
8 Illinois<br>
9 Minnesota<br>
10 North Carolina
11 UC Irvine<br>
12 Virginia<br>
13 Purdue<br>
14 Arizona<br>
15 Penn State<br>
16 Rutgers<br>
17 UC Davis<br>
18 Ohio State<br>
19 Indiana<br>
20 SUNY Stony Brook </p>

<p>I personally think that overrates UCSD and underrates Ohio State.</p>

<p>It would be great if everyone posts the program rankings for each of the public universities:</p>

<p>I will start with Rutgers because I am more familiar with it:</p>

<p>The Wall Street Journal’s SmartMoney magazine, January 2009</p>

<h1>6 in the nation for the value delivered to the university’s graduates based on college costs versus median salaries three years and 15 years after graduation</h1>

<p>U.S. News & World Report: Best Graduate Schools</p>

<h1>1 in the nation, School Library Services/Media; Women’s History</h1>

<h1>4 in the nation, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics; Library Services for Children and Youth; African-American History; Diversity of Law School–Newark</h1>

<h1>5 in the nation, Gender and Literature</h1>

<h1>6 in the nation, Library and Information Services; Printmaking</h1>

<h1>7 in the nation, Criminology</h1>

<h1>8 in the nation, Digital Librarianship</h1>

<h1>9 in the nation, Public Affairs Information and Technology Management; Library Information Systems; Cultural History; Logic</h1>

<h1>10 in the nation, Public Management Administration</h1>

<p>U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Colleges</p>

<h1>1 in the nation (13th consecutive year), Most Diverse National University (Rutgers–Newark)</h1>

<p>Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, Academic Ranking of World Universities</p>

<h1>55 in the world</h1>

<p>Philosophical Gourmet Report: Graduate Programs in Philosophy</p>

<h1>1 in the English-speaking world, Philosophy of Language</h1>

<h1>1 in the English-speaking world, Philosophy of the Mind</h1>

<h1>1 in the English-speaking world, Philosophy of Cognitive Science</h1>

<h1>1 in the English-speaking world, Epistemology</h1>

<h1>2 in the English-speaking world (tied with Oxford), Philosophy Faculty</h1>

<p>Planetizen: Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs</p>

<h1>4 in the nation, Rutgers’ Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy</h1>

<p>Wall Street Journal</p>

<h1>8 in the nation, Executive MBA, Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick, Return on Investment</h1>

<h1>20 in the world, Executive MBA, Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick, World’s Best EMBA Programs</h1>

<p>London Financial Times</p>

<h1>2 in the world, Executive MBA, Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick, Career Progress</h1>

<h1>3 in the world, Executive MBA, Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick, Programs Offered at Public Universities</h1>

<p>NCAA</p>

<h1>3 in the nation in Academic Progress Rate for athletes</h1>

<p>Saviors of Our Cities: A Survey of Best College and University Civic Partnerships</p>

<h1>23 in the nation, Best Neighbor Schools (Rutgers–Newark)</h1>

<p>Diversity Inc.: Top Colleges and Universities
Among the top five colleges and universities in the nation for diversity management</p>

<p>Academic Analytics Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
Broad Categories</p>

<h1>2 in the nation, Agricultural Sciences</h1>

<h1>5 in the nation, Education</h1>

<h1>10 in the nation, Humanities</h1>

<h1>11 in the nation, Family, Consumer, and Human Sciences</h1>

<h1>19 in the nation, Natural Resources and Conservation</h1>

<h1>23 in the nation, Business</h1>

<p>Individual Disciplines</p>

<h1>2 in the nation, Food Science; Mathematics Education Concentration</h1>

<h1>3 in the nation, Italian Language and Literature; Women’s and Gender Studies</h1>

<h1>4 in the nation, Ceramic and Material Science and Engineering</h1>

<h1>5 in the nation, Atmospheric Science; Global Affairs (Rutgers–Newark)</h1>

<h1>6 in the nation, Environmental Sciences; Physical Sciences (Oceanography)</h1>

<h1>7 in the nation, Evolutionary Anthropology; Marine Sciences (Oceanography); Planning and Public Policy</h1>

<h1>8 in the nation, Pharmaceutical Sciences</h1>

<h1>9 in the nation, Cultural Anthropology; Education Policy Concentration; Operations Research; Social Work</h1>

<h1>10 in the nation, Animal Sciences; Communication, Information, and Library Studies; Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics; Literatures in English; Philosophy</h1>

<p>U.S. News & World Report:</p>

<h1>23, in the nation, Pharmacy</h1>

<h1>8 in the nation, for total NIH funding for Pharmacy research</h1>

<p>Rutgers was awarded a record $391 million in new research grants and contracts in FY 2009
To date, Rutgers has received $22.4 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to support a range of research, from preventing colon cancer to better understanding sediment in coastal estuaries
60 percent of Rutgers undergraduates engage in original research
In 2008, Rutgers placed among the top 10 universities in the nation for the licensing and optioning of inventions
Rutgers has nearly 400 active U.S. patents and was granted 36 patents in 2008 alone</p>

<p>Rutgers ranks 6th in the nation for value delivered to graduates based on median salaries three years and 15 years after graduation in SmartMoney’s survey of college costs versus salaries earned by alumni of 50 public and private institutions.</p>

<p>Rutgers is diverse. The students of Rutgers–Newark have made that campus the nation’s “most diverse” for 13 years running in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of America’s Best Colleges</p>

<p>For undergrad experience:</p>

<p>W&M</p>

<p>UVirginia
UCalifornia
UMichigan</p>

<p>UCLA
UNorth Carolina
Ga Tech</p>

<p>W&M is in a class by itself. The premiere public LAC. Closer in scope to Haverford, Amherst, Davidson, or Brown. Completely different mission statement than the research U’s from other states. The real competition/debate is between the other schools listed.</p>

<p>Everyone please post statistics and rankings for other public universities. Lets create a comprehensive list of it. It would be great if someone could make it sticky to make helpful for applications regarding public universities. </p>

<p>And if you can, change name of the thread to “Comprehensive list of Public Universities program’s Rankings and Statistics.” </p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

<p>Forbes Rankings from 2008-</p>

<ol>
<li>USMA</li>
<li>USAFA</li>
<li>New College of Florida</li>
<li>USNA</li>
<li>University of Virginia</li>
<li>William & Mary</li>
<li>UNC-Chapel Hill</li>
<li>UC-Berkeley</li>
<li>Virginia Military Institute </li>
<li>UCLA</li>
</ol>

<p>[America's</a> Best Public Colleges - #10 University of California, Los Angeles - Forbes.com](<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/13/best-public-colleges-oped-college08-cx_mn_de_0813public_slide_10.html]America’s”>America's Best Public Colleges)</p>

<p>Kiplinger’s 100 Best Values in Public Universities, 2009-2010 (in-state)</p>

<ol>
<li>UNC-Chapel Hill</li>
<li>University of Florida</li>
<li>University of Virginia</li>
<li>William & Mary</li>
<li>SUNY Binghamton </li>
<li>University of Georgia</li>
<li>University of Washington</li>
<li>University of Maryland-College Park</li>
<li>SUNY-Geneseo</li>
<li>NC State University</li>
</ol>

<p>OOS Rankings</p>

<ol>
<li>SUNY-Binghamton</li>
<li>SUNY-Geneseo</li>
<li>UNC-Chapel Hill</li>
<li>University of Florida</li>
<li>TCNJ</li>
<li>William & Mary</li>
<li>University of Minnesota</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>NC State</li>
<li>Truman State University</li>
</ol>

<p>[url=<a href=“Kiplinger | Personal Finance News, Investing Advice, Business Forecasts”>Kiplinger | Personal Finance News, Investing Advice, Business Forecasts]Kiplinger.com[/url</a>]</p>

<p>SJTU Rankings</p>

<p>[United</a> States Universities in Top 500 - 2009](<a href=“http://www.arwu.org/Country2009Main.jsp?param=United%20States]United”>http://www.arwu.org/Country2009Main.jsp?param=United%20States)</p>

<p>From a thread I posted on the UT-Austin forum.</p>

<p>USNWR</p>

<p>Overall Undergrad Ranking 47
Undergrad Business 6
Accounting 1
Finance 4
Insurance/Risk Man. 5
International Bus. 5
Management 3
MIS 3
Marketing 3
Undergrad Engineering 11
Civil 4
MBA 18
Accounting 1
Entrepreneurship 9
Info. Systems 3
Marketing 9
Public Affairs 14
Info. & Tech. Man. 9
Public Policy Analysis 9
Social Policy 9
Education 10
Administration 6
Special Education 4
Engineering 11
Aerospace 8
Chemical 8
Civil 4
Computer 9
Environmental 4
Mechanical 10
Petroleum 1
Health
Audiology 9
Clinical Psychology 16
Nursing 19
Pharmacy 4
Social Work 6
Speech/Lang. Pathology 9
Law 16
Tax Law 10
Trial Advocacy 9
Arts and Sciences
Biological Science 23
Ecology 8
Chemistry 12
Computer Science 9
Art. Intel. 5
Programming 8
Systems 8
Theory 10
Earth Sciences 9
Geology 5
Geophysics 8
Paleontology 9
Mathematics 14
Analysis 10
Applied Math 9
Topology 7
Physics 16
Cosmology 8
Plasma 5
Social Sciences and Humanities
Economics 25
English 19
History 19
Latin Am.Hist. 1
Political Science 25
Psychology 12
Sociology 14
Soc. Of Population 5
Library and Information Science 7
Archives and Preservation 1
Law Librarianship 3
Master of Fine Arts 15</p>

<p>Rankings by Public Accounting Report 2008
Undergrad 1
Masters 3
PhD 4</p>

<p>US National Research Council Rankings
When compared to other universites:
Ranked by average rankings 7
Ranked by average of non-zero rankings 16</p>

<p>Individual Areas
Art History 19
Classics 8
Comparative Lit. 21
English 21
French 23
German 13
Linguistics 11
Music 17
Philosophy 25
Spanish 12
Biochem/Mol. Bio 23
Cell Biology 41
Ecol/Evol/Behav 10
Genetics 28
Neuroscience 47
Pharmacology 27
Physiology 35
Areospace Eng, 8
Biomedical Eng. 19
Chemical Eng. 10
Civil Engineering 4
Electrical Eng. 14
Materials Science 19
Mechanical Eng. 15
Astronomy 10
Chemistry 13
Computer Science 7
Geoscience 14
Mathematics 23
Physics 11
Anthropology 12
Economics 31
Geography 14
History 21
Political Science 19
Psychology 16
Sociology 16</p>

<p>Undergraduate Libarary 5th largest in nation
7,495,275 books
Endowment $7.2 billion in 2008 9th in nation </p>

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<p>univ of minnesota is underrated</p>

<p>Ohio State should not be on a top 10 list. Although they may have a good program here or there, overall, the University is not traditionally ranked very high compared to other universities.</p>

<p>UVA and Florida should both be near the top of any public university ranking list. Both are very good schools, very competitive and commonly accepted as two of the best public schools in the country.</p>

<p>Why Florida? Yes, the student body (which they bought through bright futures) is competitive but they don’t have the highly ranked departments other top publics do.</p>

<p>Neither does UVa. Few of its depts are Top 10 or even Top 20.</p>

<p>True barrons.</p>

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</ol>

<p>This is a ■■■■■ post. Rutgers is not a top 15, let alone top 5 public. It is too busy sinking cash into its money pit of a football program instead of wisely investing it in academics:</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/opinion/nyregionopinions/28NJdowling.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/opinion/nyregionopinions/28NJdowling.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Some of the Rutgers faculty have formed a group called the “Rutgers1000: Friends of Rutgers Academics” to protest the NJ state university’s prioritization of athletics (primarily football) over academics.</p>

<p>In the Times Higher Education (THE) – QS World University Rankings 2009, McGill was ranked the best public university in North America, and 18th in the world. .</p>

<p>[Times</a> Higher Education](<a href=“Times Higher Education home | Times Higher Education (THE)”>World University Rankings | Times Higher Education (THE))</p>

<p>THE QS is generally considered craptastic.</p>

<p>Yup, there seems no reason whatsoever to go outside of the North America to get an opinion of the international ranking of North American schools… oh wait a minute.</p>