MU #76 in US News Ranking

[Knight Commission]

Released today.  Tied with IU.

[Texas Western]

Released today.  Tied with IU.

We are also ahead of Michigan State.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Released today.  Tied with IU.

But it's Indiana.

[Tugg Speedman]

MU 76 (as noted) ... five schools tied at 71

American
Baylor
Virginia Tech
Iowa
Minnesota

So Brent Upgraded!

[Tugg Speedman]

Oh, and the top public universities

#20 UC - Berkeley
#23 UC - LA
#23 Virginia
#29 Michigan
#30 UNC
#37 UC - San Diego
#38 UC - Davis
#40 UC - Santa Barbara
#42 UC - Irvine
#42 Illinois
#47 UW Madison

Another Thought

Madison is the #4 ranked Big 10 School (#13 NW, #29 Mich, #42 Ill, #47 UW, #48 Penn St, #54 tOSU, #62 Pur, #62 Mary, #70 Rutgers, #71 Iowa, #71 Minnesota, #76 Ind, #85 MSU, #99 Neb)

MU is the #2 rated Big East School (#21 Gtown, #76 MU, #121 DePaul, #126 Seton Hall, #145 St. Johns)

Now to be fair to the BE schools ...

Creighton #1 Regional Universities, Midwest
Butler #2 Regional Universities, Midwest
Xavier #5 Regional Universities, Midwest
Villanova #1 Regional Universities, North
Providence #2 Regional Universities, North



Discuss

[Stronghold]

It surprised me to see how many of the public UC schools were in the top 50.

[ChicosBailBonds]

It surprised me to see how many of the public UC schools were in the top 50.

Best system in the states, but a nightmare to get into, especially now.  I have one going to college in two years and the competition to get into a UC is incredible.  Back in my day, it came down to UC San Diego, UC Irvine and MU for me.   There is no way in hell I could get into those two UC schools today with the grades I had then (which were very good).   

Think of it this way, there are only 7 undergrad UC schools, and 6 are in the top 50.  UC Riverside is the 7th.   There is also UC SF, but that is a medical school only. 

[Galway Eagle]

Oh, and the top public universities

#20 UC - Berkeley
#23 UC - LA
#23 Virginia
#29 Michigan
#30 UNC
#37 UC - San Diego
#38 UC - Davis
#40 UC - Santa Barbara
#42 UC - Irvine
#42 Illinois
#47 UW Madison

Another Thought

Madison is the #4 ranked Big 10 School (#13 NW, #29 Mich, #42 Ill, #47 UW, #48 Penn St, #54 tOSU, #62 Pur, #62 Mary, #70 Rutgers, #71 Iowa, #71 Minnesota, #76 Ind, #85 MSU, #99 Neb)

MU is the #2 rated Big East School (#21 Gtown, #76 MU, #121 DePaul, #126 Seton Hall, #145 St. Johns)

Now to be fair to the BE schools ...

Creighton #1 Regional Universities, Midwest
Butler #2 Regional Universities, Midwest
Xavier #5 Regional Universities, Midwest
Villanova #1 Regional Universities, North
Providence #2 Regional Universities, North



Discuss

Careful I posted that once going into the new big east and got torn to pieces on here. A bunch of people filled about how regional can mean better or something.

[Aughnanure]

MU 76 (as noted) ... five schools tied at 71

American
Baylor
Virginia Tech
Iowa
Minnesota

So Brent Upgraded!

American should not be that high.

[4everwarriors]

Northeastern?

[Chicago_inferiority_complexes]

Best system in the states, but a nightmare to get into, especially now.  I have one going to college in two years and the competition to get into a UC is incredible.  Back in my day, it came down to UC San Diego, UC Irvine and MU for me.   There is no way in hell I could get into those two UC schools today with the grades I had then (which were very good).   

Think of it this way, there are only 7 undergrad UC schools, and 6 are in the top 50.  UC Riverside is the 7th.   There is also UC SF, but that is a medical school only. 

So California needs 7, but Wisconsin needs 13?

[swoopem]

Best system in the states, but a nightmare to get into, especially now.  I have one going to college in two years and the competition to get into a UC is incredible.  Back in my day, it came down to UC San Diego, UC Irvine and MU for me.   There is no way in hell I could get into those two UC schools today with the grades I had then (which were very good).   

Think of it this way, there are only 7 undergrad UC schools, and 6 are in the top 50.  UC Riverside is the 7th.   There is also UC SF, but that is a medical school only. 

So why doesn't he just go to Marquette? If everything goes according to plan he'll be able to witness a national championship run....or two

[jficke13]

So California needs 7, but Wisconsin needs 13?

Aren't there a whole bunch of Cal-State schools that are public but a "lower" tier than the UC system?

[Chicago_inferiority_complexes]

Aren't there a whole bunch of Cal-State schools that are public but a "lower" tier than the UC system?

Good question, I don't know.

I've always been baffled at the # in Wisconsin, though, compared to other states. And that's just the 4-year schools. Pretty sure there are 13 2-year UW-schools as well.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Good question, I don't know.

I've always been baffled at the # in Wisconsin, though, compared to other states. And that's just the 4-year schools. Pretty sure there are 13 2-year UW-schools as well.

Most states university systems are laid out this way with two tiers. 

University of XXXXXX
XXXXX State University (-Location)

[Avenue Commons]

MU 76 (as noted) ... five schools tied at 71

American
Baylor
Virginia Tech
Iowa
Minnesota

So Brent Upgraded!

Interesting. I think of Baylor and Minnesota as being way ahead of VT and Iowa. And Marquette ahead of all of them. But I'm biased.

[WellsstreetWanderer]

Aren't there a whole bunch of Cal-State schools that are public but a "lower" tier than the UC system?

  Yes : Cal State Fullerton, Bakersfield, Dominguez Hills, etc., etc.  There are also Cal- Polys particularly        San Luis Obispo  which is very difficult to get in as well

[Chicos' Buzz Scandal Countdown]

We are also ahead of Michigan State.

Pretty embarassing that we would be ranked ahead of any state school with a research presence.

I think we're all pretty aware that these rankings weight the research and public funding available to all of these schools very high. Not bashing MU, as we're not really out to be that school at this point.

Also - nice how MU and UW have 57% and 51% acceptance rates, respectively... speaking to any Badger fan, you'd expect them to be in the Michigan range. NOPE

[muhoosier260]

It surprised me to see how many of the public UC schools were in the top 50.

Financial instability comes to mind whenever the cal system is referenced. A behemoth should have a handful of good schools, makes sense.

[LAMUfan]

The california state schools are a lower tier but there are lots of majors that aren't offered at both UC's and state schools.  I'm from LA, I went to MU for physical therapy which is not offered at UC's but is at some of the state schools.  the more you know.

Also it is much easier to get into the UC schools when you are from CA, Santa Barbara (I got in), SD, cal and UCLA are tough, the others not so much.

[Coleman]

Where were we last year? Did we move in the right direction? I remember being in the 80s when I was at MU 5-8 years ago.

[Wally Schroeder]

Where were we last year? Did we move in the right direction? I remember being in the 80s when I was at MU 5-8 years ago.

75, up from 83 two years ago.

[Texas Western]

Oh, and the top public universities

#20 UC - Berkeley
#23 UC - LA
#23 Virginia
#29 Michigan
#30 UNC
#37 UC - San Diego
#38 UC - Davis
#40 UC - Santa Barbara
#42 UC - Irvine
#42 Illinois
#47 UW Madison

Another Thought

Madison is the #4 ranked Big 10 School (#13 NW, #29 Mich, #42 Ill, #47 UW, #48 Penn St, #54 tOSU, #62 Pur, #62 Mary, #70 Rutgers, #71 Iowa, #71 Minnesota, #76 Ind, #85 MSU, #99 Neb)

MU is the #2 rated Big East School (#21 Gtown, #76 MU, #121 DePaul, #126 Seton Hall, #145 St. Johns)

Now to be fair to the BE schools ...

Creighton #1 Regional Universities, Midwest
Butler #2 Regional Universities, Midwest
Xavier #5 Regional Universities, Midwest
Villanova #1 Regional Universities, North
Providence #2 Regional Universities, North



Discuss

It is interesting that Madison continues to tank. I read where the administration at Northeastern made a push to get their ratings up and they have gone from off the board almost to near parity with Madison. Would love to see our administration figure out how to move us up in the ratings .  I think a lot of it is a PR campaign to peer institutions and guidance counselors at high schools. 

[warriorchick]

It is interesting that Madison continues to tank. I read where the administration at Northeastern made a push to get their ratings up and they have gone from off the board almost to near parity with Madison. Would love to see our administration figure out how to move us up in the ratings .  I think a lot of it is a PR campaign to peer institutions and guidance counselors at high schools. 

Tex, you must have missed this other thread:

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=44687.0

[forgetful]

Aren't there a whole bunch of Cal-State schools that are public but a "lower" tier than the UC system?

California has 10 schools in the main UC system and another 23 in the Cal-state system.