UCD ranks well again!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Davis
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<p>Hey I got this from a thread at UC GENERAL Discussion:</p>

<p>note UCD is also ranked above UCI in this ranking.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...3&page=6&pp=15[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...3&page=6&pp=15</a></p>

<p>Here’s a World Ranking:
World university rankings</p>

<p>A list compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University which is now widely quoted as a measure in the academic world.</p>

<p>Shanghai Jiao Tong’s top 50 universities (last year’s ranking in brackets):</p>

<p>1 (1) Harvard University USA
2 (3) University Cambridge UK
3 (2) Stanford University USA
4 (4) University California - Berkeley USA
5 (5) Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT) USA
6 (6) California Inst Tech USA
7 (9) Columbia University USA
8 (7) Princeton University USA
9 (10) University Chicago USA
10 (8) University of Oxford UK
11 (11) Yale University USA
12 (12) Cornell University USA
13 (13) University California - San Diego USA <<<<<<
14 (16) University California - Los Angeles USA
15 (15) University Pennsylvania USA
16 (18) University Wisconsin - Madison USA
17 (20) University Washington - Seattle USA
18 (17) University California - San Francisco USA
19 (22) Johns Hopkins University USA
20 (14) Tokyo University Asia/Pac
21 (19) University Michigan - Ann Arbor USA
22 (21) Kyoto University Asia/Pac
23 (23) Imperial Coll London UK
24 (24) University Toronto USA
25 (25) University Illinois - Urbana Champaign USA
26 (25) University Coll London UK
27 (27) Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich Switzerland
28 (28) Washington University - St. Louis USA
29 (32) New York University USA
30 (29) Rockefeller University USA
31 (30) Northwestern University USA
32 (31) Duke University USA
32 (33) University Minnesota - Twin Cities USA
34 (35) University California - Santa Barbara USA
35 (34) University Colorado - Boulder USA
36 (40) University Texas - Austin USA
37 (36) University British Columbia Canada
38 (36) University Texas Southwestern Med Center USA
39 (43) Pennsylvania State University - University Park USA
39 (38) Vanderbilt University USA
41 (42) University California - Davis USA
41 (39) University Utrecht Netherlands
43 (44) Rutgers State University - New Brunswick USA
43 (48) University Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh USA
45 (46) Karolinska Inst Stockholm Sweden
46 (41) University Paris 06 Europe
47 (55) University California - Irvine USA
47 (47) University Edinburgh Europe
47 (57) University Maryland - Coll Park USA</p>

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<p>I like how Davis is better than Boston, Rice, Brown, and UCSD is better than UCLA....
I consider this the ranking that Berkeley people use to consider themselves the top 5, even though they're not even top 20 on US News.</p>

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<p>I also like the fact that Paris 06 is better than Irvine. LMAO.</p>

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<p>When folks are talking about Berkeley as being a top university, they are usually including grad school. Cal is considered, by the international academic community, to be one of the top universities in the world. The rankings vary a bit year to year, but Cal has had more of it's grad programs ranked in the top ten than any other university. </p>

<p>You must always consider the field of study. A graduate degree in engineering from UCB would be considered more impressive than one from Harvard, for instance.</p>

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<p>anothercollegemom, this list does include grad school because ucsf is in it.</p>

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<p>Her post reflects that she knew that, othersiderock.</p>

<p>UCSD is ranked that high because it's becoming one of the top science schools in the nation.</p>

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<p>why are these other ranking so odd...
to me...us news rankings seem more believable</p>

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<p>they just rank based on different criteria dude. go and read about it to learn how they choose.</p>

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<p>I agree with momotudy, some of these rankings are quite odd. If they come out with a ranking of schools closest to the name "UC Bavis" then UC Davis would be #1.</p>

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<p>But most of the rankings do a have a system. Washington Monthly's rankings may appear odd because it looks for very specific indicators which are not used by US News. It is not necessarily less valid. It is just looking at limited, specific indicators and WM is quite clear about what is it ranking.</p>