“…if you wanna get an idea of department strength from a USNews ranking you look into their graduate rankings. Also looking at any other major subject ranking out there (Shanghai, THE, QS, USNews global, CWUR) tells the same story. Also i didn’t say that there are no schools that are ranked higher in some subjects than non-HYPSM top 10 schools, but rather that comparing the top 10 schools with the top #11-15 school you generally have more higher ranked departments in the former group. UMich and CMU are not top 15 undergrad schools.”
Thanks for confirming that Michigan belongs in the top fifteen undergraduate schools in this country.