What school is best for Middle Eastern/Near Eastern/Islamic Studies

<p>I have been admitted to the following schools-Washu, Northwestern, Swarthmore, Middlebury and Umich. I still hope to hear back from Georgetown, Tufts, Amherst, COrnell, Dartmouth, Brown..</p>

<p>Out of the schools I have been admitted, though, which one has the best Middle Eastern/Near Eastern/ Islamic Studies Program. I have been unable to find any sort of ranking regarding this.</p>

<p>Thanks a lot!</p>

<p>Anyone!??!//! ahhH</p>

<p>I know Cornell, Georgetown and Michigan are all very strong in Near/Middle Eastern studies. According to a ranking I saw a while back (cannot remember the sources but it was reliable), the top 15 were as follows:</p>

<ol>
<li>University of Chicago</li>
<li>Harvard University</li>
<li>Princeton University</li>
<li>Columbia University</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania</li>
<li>University of California-Berkeley</li>
<li>University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</li>
<li>Indiana University-Bloomington</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University</li>
<li>New York University</li>
<li>University of Washington</li>
<li>University of California-Los Angeles</li>
<li>Yale University</li>
<li>Cornell University</li>
<li>Brown University</li>
</ol>

<p>That's from memory, but it is pretty accurante.</p>