<p>This is my first post and i was wondering if big red had a reputation academically. Thanks in advance!!</p>
<p>Well, Warren Buffet transferred from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to go there, so it can’t be that bad.</p>
<p>Right thats true i forgot about that haha</p>
<p>The “N” on the Nebraska football helmet stands for “Nawledge”.</p>
<p>No reputation.</p>
<p>Top dog in its region. Low selectivity and high yield. It is a good public university, and like others, is more known for its football program than for academics …to the great joy of the local students.</p>
<p>Nationally, it has no reputation. It isn’t really discussed or considered. Just another state school.</p>
<p>However, it is considered a decent school in Nebraska, if that matters to you.</p>
<p>Just don’t expect to get a job on Wall Street coming from a school like Nebraska.</p>
<p>Middling. US News ranks UNL the #46 public research university in the country, and last in the Big Ten. On the other hand, the Big Ten includes many of the best public research universities in the country, so Nebraska keeps good company.</p>
<p>My impression is that in the early 20th century, Nebraska was quite highly regarded, producing pathbreaking research in fields like agricultural science, ecology, and sociology. It was the 18th school to be invited to join the Association of American Universities (AAU), a somewhat exclusive club of top research universities. But its research output has lagged in recent decades–not that there’s necessarily less in absolute terms, but it hasn’t kept pace in the growth of new research–and in 2011 UNL became the first institution ever to be kicked out of the AAU by a vote of its members (though several had resigned rather than be voted out). Nebraska officials say the AAU’s research criteria are stacked against UNL because the university’s medical school is a separate institution whose research doesn’t count toward UNL’s total, and also because a large fraction of UNL’s research is agricultural research conducted under grants awarded by USDA without a peer review process, which the AAU doesn’t count, either. In any event, being kicked out of the AAU was something of a blow to UNL’s prestige.</p>
<p>That said, it’s a pretty good public university, and the people of Nebraska seem to like it just fine because very few of them ever leave the state for anything better. In the fall of 2010, a grand total of 19 Nebraskans enrolled as freshmen at Ivy League institutions; nearby Midwestern private schools didn’t fare much better, with 8 Nebraskans enrolling at Notre Dame, 7 at Northwestern, 6 at WUSTL, and 5 at Chicago. </p>
<p>UNL is set up to be all things to all people. It offers a much broader range of programs and fields of study than any other institution in the state, public or private, and unlike a UC Berkeley or a Michigan, it’s not set up to serve only the top tier of students. It expects to, and does, enroll many (probably most) of the top students in the state, but it also reaches pretty deep into the applicant pool to serve average or just slightly better-than-average students as well. That’s a pretty clear and not unreasonable vision of what a public research university should be, and Nebraskans seem to be fine with that arrangement. And Cornhusker football dominates every corner of the state to a degree that few, if any, other schools can match, giving almost every Nebraskan a perceived stake in the institution whether they’ve attended or not.</p>
<p>Every single person in my family has gone and taught there. It is average I guess and Lincoln isn’t that cool of a town because there’s nothing to do and it’s really humid.</p>
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I think they make some very valid arguments.</p>
<p>If only UN Omaha weren’t the defacto medical school for UNL. Oh well.</p>
<p>What is your goal? Investment banking on Wall Street? A teacher at a Nebraska K-12 school? A doctor? A lawyer? An accountant? What??? It makes a difference.</p>
<p>What are your stats?</p>
<p>I’m seeing it listed as #101 among National Universities?
[University</a> of Nebraska–Lincoln | Best College | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-nebraska-lincoln-2565]University”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-nebraska-lincoln-2565)</p>
<p>Decent State Flagship.</p>
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<p>Yes, that’s where USNews places it, tied with Iowa State, UC Riverside, Oklahoma, and Tennessee–all good but not great public universities.</p>
<p>Among public flagships–the top public university in each state–it would rank #27. As I said, middling. Not bad, a good but not a great public university.</p>