<p>IMO, Elon is the next Wake. And High Point is the next Elon.</p>
<p>Elon University 3
University Of Southern California 3
George Mason University 2
University Of Alabama – Tuscaloosa 2
University Of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh Campus 2
Clemson University 1
Drexel University 1
Florida State University 1
Fordham University 1
Grinnell College 1
Gonzaga University 1
Harvard College 1
High Point University 1
Ohio State University – Columbus 1
University Of Chicago 1
University Of Minnesota – Twin Cities 1
University Of Richmond 1
University Of Tampa 1
Ursinus College 1
Washington University In St. Louis 1
Yale University 1</p>
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<p>agree completely</p>
<p>Alabama, its going through what other schools like ohio state and florida went through. When their football team wins, more people apply. Florida had 2,000 more applications after they won the national championship.</p>
<p>I third Pitt, completely forgot about them.</p>
<p>Dartmouth-very exciting new president</p>
<p>Tulane. The school has rebounded tremendously from Hurricane Katrina and is a much stronger university now in many regards, but this is not currently reflected in the rankings. The school set a record for total number of applications and quality of the incoming student class last year and then shattered that record this year. The current admissions numbers being used by US News are the worst in the school’s history. Should see a nice bump when the new rankings are released</p>
<p>Well I gotta be biased and mention my own school, Temple University.</p>
<p>Unfortunately overshadowed by that school with a football team located in the middle of nowhere and that other school on the other side of the state that’s basically in the midwest.
Brand new, state-of-the-art business school and art school (one of the best, at that), historically one of the all time best basketball teams, and up-and-coming football team that will be in Bowl games in the near future. Located just minutes from Center City Philadelphia. Getting increasingly more selective and fortunately no longer a commuter school.</p>
<p>Gets a bad rap for being in North Philly, even though the campus is VERY safe. Luckily, the school is buying a lot of the old, decaying buildings and land on the fringe of campus.</p>
<p>Should no doubt be in the US News top 100 at the least very soon.</p>
<p>I would like to hear why Elon is mentioned. So far as I can tell, it is an expensive pop collar school with no prospect of socio-economic diversity. Pitt has been trying for years to break out as a research university, but with Carnegie Mellon four blocks up the street, no one takes it seriously. Also, its state affiliated status makes it neither a rah rah state school nor a ‘dear ivy’ school that can raise endowment money. It ain’t going anywhere. One school that has successfully focused on Princeton as a model is the University of Richmond. And you have to love any school that has a spider as the mascot. OK, the snarkfest is over, but come on guys, don’t float any more sitting ducks please.</p>
<p>Minnesota-Twin Cities and 'Bama</p>
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<p>University of Pittsburgh got 377 million from the NIH for biomedical research last year.
[NIH</a> Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT)](<a href=“http://report.nih.gov/award/trends/FindOrg_Detail.cfm?OrgID=2059802]NIH”>http://report.nih.gov/award/trends/FindOrg_Detail.cfm?OrgID=2059802)</p>
<p>This puts them at number 9 squarely between UCLA and Yale
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<p>Pitt is recognized as being in the top ten departments for ten departments in the biomedical sciences for research
[url=<a href=“http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&institution=3258&byinst=Go]Chronicle”>http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&institution=3258&byinst=Go]Chronicle</a> Facts & Figures: Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index](<a href=“http://report.nih.gov/award/HistoricRankInfo.cfm]NIH”>http://report.nih.gov/award/HistoricRankInfo.cfm)</p>
<p>Pitt is a major powerhouse in research, certainly moreso than Carnegie Mellon in the biomedical sciences.</p>
<p>Georgia State University is a up and coming university in Atlanta. It is spending over a billion dollar expanding and renovating the school.</p>
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<p>You’re clearly uninformed, because Pitt is a completely ‘rah rah’ school…</p>
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<p>Isn’t that the whole point of CC though? ;)</p>
<p>Drexel and Temple could be up-and-coming, at least in that they deserve more respect and recognition than they get outside of the Philadelphia region.</p>
<p>I can’t believe you put Harvard and Yale on the tally.</p>
<p>GA State…all the potheads with <3.0 GPAs are going there from my school, I’m not ready to list them as up-and-coming mitan_da1 ;p.</p>
<p>cal poly slo. Although their engineering and architecture programs are already highly regarded i believe their other programs will rise tremendously.</p>
<p>cpenoi - It is easy to see why Elon is often mentioned as an up and coming school. US News named it the top school to watch (based on nominations from nationwide college administrators) and it has moved steadily up their rankings for many years. The average SAT score (math + verbal) has gone up 200 points in the past 15 years. I don’t know how you could call it expensive, it is in Kiplinger’s top 50 “Best Value” private universities, and #1 in total cost category. It is also listed in Fisk’s 26 Best Buy colleges, Princeton Review top 100 Best Value colleges, and was named the top college financially by Campus Grotto. Each of these rankings considers both cost and quality of education. It also recognized for student engagement, community service, and travel abroad programs. There is not a lot of socio-economic diversity, as you say, but that is not a pre-requisite for a school to be up and coming. The lack of diversity is not much different from most 4 year private colleges. Sitting duck???</p>
<p>Elon University 4
University Of Alabama Tuscaloosa 4
University Of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus 4
University Of Southern California 3
Drexel University 2
George Mason University 2
Georgia State University 2
Temple University 2
University Of Minnesota Twin Cities 2
Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo 1
Clemson University 1
Dartmouth College 1
Florida State University 1
Fordham University 1
Grinnell College 1
Gonzaga University 1
High Point University 1
Ohio State University Columbus 1
Tulane University 1
University Of Chicago 1
University Of Richmond 1
University Of Tampa 1
Ursinus College 1
Washington University In St. Louis 1</p>
<p>Minnesota and Clemson and Alabama</p>
<p>Wisconsin-Madison is not up and coming, but it certainly is getting better and more selective, especially in this economy.</p>
<p>^I would have to disagree with the comment about UW-Madison is getting better. It’s a great school and I will always be a Badger at heart (Madison native), but it is becoming the victim in a vicious budget war in the State Legislature. Many Republicans in WI are resistant to give UW increased money because of the supposed liberal bias at the school. As a result, they are usually the one that takes the fall in the budget. They are not getting the funding they need (especially the Humanities) and many fear they will begin to lose many professors to competing schools (esp. Minnesota). It hurts me to say this but unless the treatment of UW by the State Capitol changes, I think UW will struggle to stay amongst its peers with continual budget cuts.</p>