Top 10 U.S. Universities in Terms of International Prestige and Name-Recognition

College Search & Selection
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<li>Harvard</li>
<li>UC Berkeley</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>CIT</li>
<li>University of Chicago</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania</li>
<li>Duke</li>
</ol>

<p>Let the bloodbath begin o.O</p>

2

<p>1.Harvard
2.MIT
3.Yale
4.UCBerkeley
5.Stanford
6.Princeton</p>

<p>Whats Duke?</p>

3

<p>My own ranking:</p>

<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>UC Berkeley</li>
<li>Yale
Princeton</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>Chicago</li>
<li>Cornell
UPenn</li>
</ol>

<p>Duke, while prestigious in the US, is virtually unknown in other countries. I'd still probably place it in the top 20.</p>

4

<p>Chicago? Laypeople here have no idea it's a de-facto Ivy! Throw UCLA onto that list. Its Pac-Rim influence is too great to ignore.</p>

5

<p>Name recognition factor in my school:</p>

<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Penn</li>
</ol>

6

<p>There are several threads over the years that deal with this same subject -- Matter of fact, there was a rather lively discussion about a year ago. If you're interested in pursuing this line of thought, you might go into the archives and extract it. If not, the point is moot since the criteria for these judgments are so subjective.</p>

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<p>In Korea, it'd be something like</p>

<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Princeton/Yale</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Penn
...
than it's all downhill</li>
</ol>

8

<p>sucharta's rankings are exactly what i suggest. berkeley will slowly drop down, and UCLA will one day take over its spot =P</p>

9

<p>I wouldn't underestimate the recognition of UCLA and UC Berkeley - probably over Columbia.</p>

10

<p><<If you're interested in pursuing this line of thought, you might go into the archives and extract it. If not, the point is moot since the criteria for these judgments are so subjective.<<</p>

<p>Actually, it's not moot precisely because it is so subjective and the participants in the discussion today as opposed to a year ago are not the same individuals. Oh, and because the world is not a stagnant place, like the archives.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Stanford (maybe 5.)</li>
<li>Princeton (maybe 4.)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley</li>
<li>UC Los Angeles</li>
<li>Columbia/Cornell</li>
<li>Penn</li>
<li>Northwestern (?)</li>
</ol>

12

<p>In Japan, based on my completely non-scientific findings, these are the ten most popular colleges. COMPLETELY NON-SCIENTIFIC. :p These are in no particular order.</p>

<ol>
<li> Harvard</li>
<li> Yale</li>
<li> Princeton</li>
<li> Berkeley</li>
<li> UCLA (Yeah, it's the California/Los Angeles thing)</li>
<li> Stanford</li>
<li> MIT</li>
<li> Columbia (Utada Hikaru went to Columbia, so...)</li>
<li> Chicago</li>
<li> maybe Cal Tech? Cornell?</li>
</ol>

13

<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Chicago</li>
<li>Duke </li>
<li>CIT</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
</ol>

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<p>you people from california are INSANE if you think UCBerkeley or UCLA can even begin to stack up against the major schools here on the east coast. Only Stanford and Caltech can go toe-to-toe.</p>

<ol>
<li>harvard</li>
<li>princeton</li>
<li>yale</li>
<li>columbia</li>
<li>stanford</li>
<li>upenn</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>maybe brown</li>
<li>caltech</li>
<li><p>UChicago</p></li>
<li><p>GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, BABY!</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>Well... I'm not sure about the exact rankings, however, for international prestige, the schools that I know are very well known internationally are Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, UCAL-Berkeley, University of Michigan, Cornell, Columbia, CIT, MIT, and the University of Chicago.</p>

16

<p>ARGH. There is no UCAL. It's UC. >:-(</p>

<p>Sorry, I just get annoyed easily with the rapeage of UC terminology.</p>

17

<p>Brown has ZERO brand recognition abroad</p>

<p>most people don't even know it's Ivy, and half of those who do know- think it doesn't deserve to be there.</p>

<p>frankly, internationally apart from harvard, princeton, yale, stanford, mit, caltech, Upenn (wharton) no one gives a damn.</p>

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<p>I disagree. Berkeley's name abroad is pretty damn good (I have yet to meet anyone in my travels that hasn't heard of it in the post-industrial world) and UCLA carries as well. Now, if it's for the right reasons, I can't say.</p>

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<p>forgot Berkeley. oops</p>

<p>but it's known mainly as only a research institute. it's humanities aren't very well known at all.</p>

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<p>hm, well, if you meant me, i'm not actually from cali. I'm from Asia (you know, 'international') and I agree it's a little odd, but the two top UCs have more of a 'wow' value than many ivies.</p>