@PurpleTitan Yes, a generalization (as are most of my posts), you can always find a highly rated LA program at a public university but it is the exception more than the rule. This goes back to what I have always said about public universities in that you have to look at each major individually (where it is must less important to do this at top privates). Just because a public university isn’t in the top 100 doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a top 10 program that is highly competitive. I see too many people wanting to base there attendance at a public U based on its overall ranking and not the individual programs ranking which IMO is a big mistake. All public universities have areas of strength and weaknesses.