Forbes released their annual college rankings this morning.



http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/

C-USA Overall Rankings
32 Rice
378 Louisiana Tech
505 Old Dominion
511 UTEP
523 Florida Atlantic
524 Charlotte
528 UAB
539 FIU
553 Southern Miss
576 WKU
581 North Texas
612 Middle Tennessee
641 UTSA
Not Ranked in Top 650: Marshall

What does Forbes base their rankings on?

(07-30-2014 12:28 PM)Niner National Wrote:  What does Forbes base their rankings on?

Student Satisfaction (25%) - Using ratemyprofessor and retention rates

Post-Graduate Success (32.5%) - Using salary data and also various lists of influential people

Student Debt (25%)

Four Year Graduation Rate (7.5%)

Academic Success (10%) - Using prestigious scholarships/fellowships like Rhodes, or going on to get a PhD

http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehowa...eges-2014/

These are all random. Pretty much Rice is a top tier and you can throw the rest in a jar and pick em for CUSA

With all of the small liberal arts colleges in here, it's maybe not an indicator of **universities** but institutions overall. Some are much more specialized than more far-reaching ones, like La Tech ODU UTEP etc.

One of these things is not like the others...

(07-30-2014 12:52 PM)Ragu Wrote:  These are all random. Pretty much Rice is a top tier and you can throw the rest in a jar and pick em for CUSA

Will all due respect to you and Forbes, I don't believe that for a second.

(07-30-2014 02:06 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 12:52 PM)Ragu Wrote:  These are all random. Pretty much Rice is a top tier and you can throw the rest in a jar and pick em for CUSA

Will all due respect to you and Forbes, I don't believe that for a second.

Rice is a tier above. I dont consider any of the rest of them to be far and away better than the rest of the schools. Just depends on the ranking you use on that day.

(07-30-2014 02:08 PM)Ragu Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 02:06 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 12:52 PM)Ragu Wrote:  These are all random. Pretty much Rice is a top tier and you can throw the rest in a jar and pick em for CUSA

Will all due respect to you and Forbes, I don't believe that for a second.

Rice is a tier above. I dont consider any of the rest of them to be far and away better than the rest of the schools. Just depends on the ranking you use on that day.

Well crap. There ya go...the idiots forgot to consult YOU for your opinion.

Is these things were accurate or mattered, there wouldnt be huge variations.

(07-30-2014 01:56 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  One of these things is not like the others...

Yup... there's a lonely entry in that list, for a school that's actually attempted to compete with the top football teams in the country and done so in my lifetime.

You could say the same thing about Marshall, but apparently they're not a member of the Shelby Thames Giant Kollege Klub, or something. So they're not on the list.

(07-30-2014 11:13 AM)Dawg06 Wrote:  Forbes released their annual college rankings this morning.



http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/

C-USA Overall Rankings
32 Rice
378 Louisiana Tech
505 Old Dominion
511 UTEP
523 Florida Atlantic
524 Charlotte
528 UAB
539 FIU
553 Southern Miss
576 WKU
581 North Texas
612 Middle Tennessee
641 UTSA
Not Ranked in Top 650: Marshall

Where is EE when these type threads are posted?

(07-30-2014 01:56 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  One of these things is not like the others...

I agree even if we dropped a digit we would still be 5 places behind the owls.

Kudos Rice

(07-30-2014 08:29 PM)winston70 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 11:13 AM)Dawg06 Wrote:  Forbes released their annual college rankings this morning.



http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/

C-USA Overall Rankings
32 Rice
378 Louisiana Tech
505 Old Dominion
511 UTEP
523 Florida Atlantic
524 Charlotte
528 UAB
539 FIU
553 Southern Miss
576 WKU
581 North Texas
612 Middle Tennessee
641 UTSA
Not Ranked in Top 650: Marshall

Where is EE when these type threads are posted?

EE is right here and rather than making a quote let me ask you a question. Since student debt is a large factor in these ratings where do you think Tech would rank if the vast majority of their students had to pay for their tuition rather than getting it free under the State of Louisiana TOPS program? Tuition as you know is a huge part of student debt.

That is outstanding for Rice. Mega jealous here. Tulane in the 140's I believe.

(07-31-2014 02:44 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  That is outstanding for Rice. Mega jealous here. Tulane in the 140's I believe.

Rice is an outstanding school and deserves a top ranking, but you know as well as anyone that these types of rankings are in many ways just . . . . . bogus. Some good schools have refused to participate with the US News rankings for just that reason: they are easily manipulated beauty contests.

(07-31-2014 08:55 AM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 08:29 PM)winston70 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 11:13 AM)Dawg06 Wrote:  Forbes released their annual college rankings this morning.



http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/

C-USA Overall Rankings
32 Rice
378 Louisiana Tech
505 Old Dominion
511 UTEP
523 Florida Atlantic
524 Charlotte
528 UAB
539 FIU
553 Southern Miss
576 WKU
581 North Texas
612 Middle Tennessee
641 UTSA
Not Ranked in Top 650: Marshall

Where is EE when these type threads are posted?

EE is right here and rather than making a quote let me ask you a question. Since student debt is a large factor in these ratings where do you think Tech would rank if the vast majority of their students had to pay for their tuition rather than getting it free under the State of Louisiana TOPS program? Tuition as you know is a huge part of student debt.

I think you can take your TOPS money to USM if you want. Of course, USM does a piss poor job of marketing itself in Southeast Louisiana, preferring to tap the, um, limitless well of scholastic aptitude that is the Sumrall-Seminary metroplex, so most people don't know that.

As for LA Tech, they're just riding the tech bubble. People will realize one day that computers are annoying as ****, and the bubble will burst... not that Rust-on-Louisiana ever made all that much of a bubble.

(07-31-2014 08:55 AM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 08:29 PM)winston70 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 11:13 AM)Dawg06 Wrote:  Forbes released their annual college rankings this morning.



http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/

C-USA Overall Rankings
32 Rice
378 Louisiana Tech
505 Old Dominion
511 UTEP
523 Florida Atlantic
524 Charlotte
528 UAB
539 FIU
553 Southern Miss
576 WKU
581 North Texas
612 Middle Tennessee
641 UTSA
Not Ranked in Top 650: Marshall

Where is EE when these type threads are posted?

EE is right here and rather than making a quote let me ask you a question. Since student debt is a large factor in these ratings where do you think Tech would rank if the vast majority of their students had to pay for their tuition rather than getting it free under the State of Louisiana TOPS program? Tuition as you know is a huge part of student debt.

Since you are resident of LA maybe you should focus on a different school that wastes tax payer money in the state? The primary mission of all our schools is education and Tech does it better than all the others minus LSU and Tulane. Maybe ULM should be your new project.

(07-31-2014 06:44 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-31-2014 08:55 AM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 08:29 PM)winston70 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 11:13 AM)Dawg06 Wrote:  Forbes released their annual college rankings this morning.



http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/

C-USA Overall Rankings
32 Rice
378 Louisiana Tech
505 Old Dominion
511 UTEP
523 Florida Atlantic
524 Charlotte
528 UAB
539 FIU
553 Southern Miss
576 WKU
581 North Texas
612 Middle Tennessee
641 UTSA
Not Ranked in Top 650: Marshall

Where is EE when these type threads are posted?

EE is right here and rather than making a quote let me ask you a question. Since student debt is a large factor in these ratings where do you think Tech would rank if the vast majority of their students had to pay for their tuition rather than getting it free under the State of Louisiana TOPS program? Tuition as you know is a huge part of student debt.

I think you can take your TOPS money to USM if you want. Of course, USM does a piss poor job of marketing itself in Southeast Louisiana, preferring to tap the, um, limitless well of scholastic aptitude that is the Sumrall-Seminary metroplex, so most people don't know that.

As for LA Tech, they're just riding the tech bubble. People will realize one day that computers are annoying as ****, and the bubble will burst... not that Rust-on-Louisiana ever made all that much of a bubble.