Top Colleges in the Sweet 16

[Cameron Crazy]

The "Big Least" applies to education well as class.

1 Harvard University (MA)
1 Princeton University (NJ)
3 Yale University (CT)
4 University of Pennsylvania
5 Duke University (NC)
5 Stanford University (CA)
7 California Institute of Technology
7 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
9 Columbia University (NY)
9 Dartmouth College (NH)
11 Washington University in St. Louis
12 Northwestern University (IL)
13 Cornell University (NY)
13 Johns Hopkins University (MD)
15 Brown University (RI)
15 University of Chicago
17 Rice University (TX)
18 University of Notre Dame (IN)
18 Vanderbilt University (TN)
20 Emory University (GA)
20 University of California – Berkeley*
22 Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
23 Georgetown University (DC)
23 University of Virginia*
25 Univ. of California – Los Angeles*
25 University of Michigan – Ann Arbor*
27 Tufts University (MA)
27 U. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill*
27 Wake Forest University (NC)
30 Univ. of Southern California
31 College of William and Mary (VA)*
32 Lehigh University (PA)
32 Univ. of California – San Diego*
34 Brandeis University (MA)
34 University of Rochester (NY)
34 Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison*
37 Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH)
37 Georgia Institute of Technology*
37 New York University
40 Boston College
40 University of California – Irvine*
42 U. of Illinois – Urbana - Champaign*
43 Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)
43 Tulane University (LA)
45 Univ. of California – Santa Barbara*
45 University of Washington*
45 Yeshiva University (NY)
48 Pennsylvania State U. – University Park*
48 University of California – Davis*
50 Syracuse University (NY)
50 University of Florida*
52 University of Texas – Austin*
53 George Washington University (DC)
53 Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA)
55 Pepperdine University (CA)
55 Univ. of Maryland – College Park*
55 University of Miami (FL)
58 University of Georgia*
58 University of Pittsburgh*
60 Boston University
60 Ohio State University – Columbus*
60 Purdue Univ. – West Lafayette (IN)*
60 Rutgers – New Brunswick (NJ)*
60 Texas A&M Univ. – College Station*
60 University of Iowa*
66 Miami University – Oxford (OH)*
66 University of Delaware*
68 Fordham University (NY)
68 Univ. of California – Santa Cruz*
68 University of Connecticut*
71 Brigham Young Univ. – Provo (UT)
71 Southern Methodist University (TX)
71 Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)
74 Indiana University – Bloomington*
74 Michigan State University*
74 SUNY – Binghamton*
74 Univ. of Minnesota – Twin Cities*
78 Baylor University (TX)
78 Clemson University (SC)*
78 North Carolina State U. – Raleigh*
78 St. Louis University
78 University of Colorado – Boulder*
78 Virginia Tech*
84 Clark University (MA)
85 American University (DC)
85 Auburn University (AL)*
85 Iowa State University*
85 Marquette University (WI)
85 Univ. of California – Riverside*
85 University of Denver
85 Univ. of Missouri – Columbia*
85 University of Tennessee*
93 Howard University (DC)
93 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry*
93 University of Tulsa (OK)
93 University of Vermont*
97 Illinois Institute of Technology
97 SUNY – Stony Brook*
97 Texas Christian University
97 University of Arizona*
97 University of Kansas*
97 Univ. of Nebraska – Lincoln*
97 University of New Hampshire*
104 University of Alabama*
104 University of Dayton (OH)
104 Univ. of Massachusetts – Amherst*
104 University of San Diego
104 University of the Pacific (CA)
109 Drexel University (PA)
109 Florida State University*
109 Ohio University*
109 University of Missouri – Rolla*
109 University of Oklahoma*
109 Univ. of South Carolina – Columbia*
115 Loyola University Chicago
115 Northeastern University (MA)
115 University at Buffalo – SUNY*
115 University of Oregon*
115 University of San Francisco
120 Catholic University of America (DC)
120 Colorado State University*
120 University of Kentucky*
120 University of Utah*
120 Washington State University*

[Bison]

I won't deny that Duke's a great school... one of the tops in the country. But c'mon, a 40% mens' basketball graduation rate according to the latest NCAA study? Seems like a major disconnect between Duke the school and Duke the basketball team.

[The Sad Man]

All I know is Allen Iverson went to Georgetown, so I wouldn't be comparing any school's overall academics to their basketball team's intelligence, knowledge and class.

[lipman]

"top colleges"?

What is this a list of? Top college of what...general education, business, sciences?

[Gandalf]

Originally Posted by lipman

"top colleges"?

What is this a list of? Top college of what...general education, business, sciences?

They must need to be large, or to be universities (though some on the list only have college in the name). It's inconceivable that Davidson would not be on a list a good schools, and I would be amazed if Bucknell is not better academically than many of those listed. I mentioned those two since they were in the NCAA tournament; there are many, many other examples of extremely good schools omitted: Williams, Swarthmore,...

[The Sad Man]

It looks like the U.S News University rankings. They have a separate rankings for liberal arts colleges (where Williams, Amherst, Swathmore, Bucknell, etc would fall)

[wooHoo]

Looks to be USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2006: National Universities: Top Schools

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/col...udoc_brief.php


Edit- too slow... (guess the link took too much time)

[Real American Hero]

And people wonder why Duke is despised. It's not their ranking. It's not that their (basketball) team is consistently ranked. It's not even that the team gets all the calls. It's the farkin' arrogance.

Tober, check out the cost of the alma mater, man. It's like 5 times what I was paying when I graduated, and I ain't all that old.

[seabass]

Does Duke offer a class in putting thread topics in the right section of message boards?

[Cameron Crazy]

Originally Posted by seabass

Does Duke offer a class in putting thread topics in the right section of message boards?

No, most of us would have placed out of that one. Maybe at Con-U, with "Living on a Budget While Earning Minimum Wage 101" as a prerequisite.