<p>Why can I not find Villanova in the rankings of national universities in US News and World Report rankings. The only significant finding I note is that the business school is ranked #11. What about the university as a whole?</p>
<p>Villanova isn’t in the national universities category – it’s in “Master’s Universities, North,” and in that category it’s #1.</p>
<p>they are also 11th in undergraduate engineering programs</p>
<p>“Villanova isn’t in the national universities category – it’s in “Master’s Universities, North,” and in that category it’s #1.”</p>
<p>I’m not sure exactly what this means. Are there other universities like this that are not included as national universities? And what exactly is a “Masters University”?</p>
<p>Master universities do exist but let<code>s just say that this appelation is inadequat. Indeed, those universities are the ones that don</code>t offer doctorate. Their highest degree is usually either a master or a bachelor.</p>
<p>U.S. News has a description of the category on the Master’s Universities page: “Master’s Universities, such as Providence and Villanova, offer a full range of undergrad programs and some master’s programs but few doctoral programs. These rankings are split into four regions: North, South, Midwest, and West.” National universities like Harvard and University of Pennsylvania offer doctoral programs.</p>
<p>Amelia is right. I find it odd that UNDERGRADUATE rankings catagorize types of colleges based on graduate programs. I have to admit I kind of like it, though, so I can tease friends who went to Nova.</p>
<p>Oh, BTW sund is flaming in case you missed that.</p>