UC climbs up to #129 (last year UC was #135). Here is how the AAC stacks up:


54. Tulane
58. SMU
58. UCONN
88. Tulsa
121. Temple
129. Cincinnati
161. USF
173. UCF
189. Houston
Tier 2. Memphis
Tier 2. ECU

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreview...iversities

Broken down by conferences

ACC
8 Duke
16 Notre Dame
23 Virginia
27 Wake Forest
31 Boston College
35 Georgia Tech
48 Miami
58 Syracuse
62 Clemson
62 Pitt
71 Virginia Tech
95 Florida State
95 NC State
161 Louisville
avg 54.8
median 48

Big Ten
13 Northwestern
29 Michigan
42 Illinois
47 Wisconsin
48 Penn State
54 Ohio State
62 Maryland
62 Purdue
70 Rutgers
71 Iowa
71 Minnesota
76 Indiana
85 Michigan State
99 Nebraska
avg 59.21
median 62

Pac 12
4 Stanford
20 Cal
23 UCLA
25 USC
48 Washington
88 Colorado
106 Oregon
121 Arizona
129 Arizona State
129 Utah
138 Oregon State
138 Washington State
avg. 80.75
median 97

SEC
16 Vanderbilt
48 Florida
62 Georgia
68 Texas A&M
88 Alabama
97 Missouri
103 Auburn
106 South Carolina
106 Tennessee
129 LSU
129 Kentucky
135 Arkansas
149 Mississippi
156 Mississippi State
avg. 99.57
median 104.5

Big 12
53 Texas
71 Baylor
76 TCU
106 Iowa State
106 Kansas
106 Oklahoma
142 Kansas State
145 Oklahoma State
156 Texas Tech
168 West Virginia
avg. 112.9
median 106

The following conferences do not have all schools ranked or have schools that are not all in the same category (eg, both national universities and regional universities).

RNP = Rank Not Published, eg 202+ in national university category
(L) = National Liberal Arts category
® = Regional school category

American
54 Tulane
58 UConn
58 SMU
88 Tulsa
121 Temple
129 Cincinnati
161 USF
173 UCF
189 Houston
RNP ECU
RNP Memphis

Atlantic 10
11 (L) Davidson
11 ® St. Joseph's
24 ® St. Bonaventure
30 (L) Richmond
31 ® La Salle
54 George Washington
58 Fordham
76 UMass
99 St. Louis
103 Dayton
116 Duquesne
138 George Mason
156 VCU
161 Rhode Island

Big East
1 ® Creighton
1 ® Villanova
2 ® Butler
2 ® Providence
5 ® Xavier
21 Georgetown
76 Marquette
121 DePaul
126 Seton Hall
145 St. John's

Big West
10 ® Cal Poly
33 ® Long Beach State
38 UC Davis
40 UC Santa Barbara
40 ® Cal State Fullerton
42 UC Irvine
68 ® Cal State Northridge
113 UC Riverside
168 Hawai'i

CUSA
19 Rice
31 ® Western Kentucky
46 ® Marshall
149 UAB
201 Louisiana Tech
201 UNC-Charlotte
RNP FAU
RNP FIU
RNP Middle Tennessee St
RNP North Texas
RNP Old Dominion
RNP Southern Miss
RNP UTEP
RNP UT-San Antonio

MAC
76 Miami, OH
77 ® Eastern Michigan
103 Buffalo
129 Ohio
173 Ball State
173 Bowling Green
173 Western Michigan
194 Central Michigan
194 Kent State
194 Northern Illinois
RNP Akron
RNP Toledo

MVC
3 ® Drake
4 ® Bradley
9 ® Evansville
18 ® Northern Iowa
67 ® Missouri State
106 Loyola, Chicago
142 Illinois State
189 Southern Illinois
RNP Indiana State
RNP Wichita State

MWC
27 (L) Air Force
38 ® San Jose State
46 ® Fresno State
63 ® Boise State
121 Colorado State
149 San Diego State
161 Wyoming
189 New Mexico
194 Nevada-Reno
194 Utah State
RNP UNLV

Sun Belt
9 ® Appalachian State
50 ® Texas State
53 ® Arkansas State
76 ® Troy
81 ® Louisiana-Monroe
RNP Arkansas-Little Rock
RNP Georgia Southern
RNP Georgia State
RNP Louisiana-Lafayette
RNP South Alabama
RNP Texas-Arlington

WCC
2 ® Santa Clara
3 ® Gonzaga
3 ® Loyola Marymount
11 ® Saint Mary's
54 Pepperdine
62 BYU
95 San Diego
106 San Francisco
116 Pacific
RNP Portland

No school has improved more than UC's 27 spots since 2010. (tied with Northeastern U)

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/lo...ends/1292/

Need to find a way to get in the top 100

The formula for the rankings uses measures such as admission rates, graduation rates, faculty resources, financial resources and results of peer surveys. I imagine faculty resources and financial resources are holding us back in these rankings at the moment.

(09-09-2014 08:06 AM)Bearcat2012 Wrote:  No school has improved more than UC's 27 spots since 2010. (tied with Northeastern U)

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/lo...ends/1292/

San Diego State improved 34 spots.

Question -- does anyone believe that the US New & World Report rankings reflect the actual quality of education that ones receives at these institutions?

I would agree completely--U.S. News is more a measure of prestige than quality. That said, it's the "go to" source for those too lazy to really investigate quality at the program level. And quality is subjective too; the needs of any given student may be better served at a lower ranked institution than a higher ranked one. Great leaders in all fields have risen from obscure colleges; alternately, a pedigree from one of the best may open doors initially but there must be talent and substance to sustain a career.

Still, very good news. UC would enter the ACC or B12 above several current members of those conferences. Congratulations to UC leadership and faculty for continued growth in research, academics and athletics as a nationally recognized institution.

I agree with the "prestige" element to these rankings. CBS morning show had a guy from USNWR on the show. He gave a cursory review of the rankings and measurements. He indicated the top 5 or 6 have pretty much been in the same position for over 30 years. Seems they just reshuffle the order from year to year. They asked why Princeton was number one. His answer focused on alumni involvement/support. He seemed to use that explanation later for a ranking change. What I thought was odd was the impression alumni involvement/support was his subjective interpretation. I did not hear him provide tangible evidence to support the statement.