Best Colleges in the South, based on a combination of educational quality, affordability, and high-earning alumni.

http://time.com/money/best-colleges/rank...the-south/

Money ranks Houston ahead of:

LSU
Florida St
Okla St
Texas Tech
Arizona
Miami
Miss St
Arkansas
TCU
Baylor
Ole Miss
Alabama
Auburn
Louisville
Kentucky
South Carolina

Houston is also behind:
Virginia
Washington and Lee
Virginia Tech
James Madison
VMI
Richmond
William and Mary
George Mason

...and that's just listing the VA schools

Some great schools in Virginia! And North Carolina.

Money ranks 12 Virginia/North Carolina schools in the Top 22 in the South . . .

What's the point now when Red Staters don't BC value the university experience?

http://www.people-press.org/2017/07/10/s...titutions/

(07-15-2017 09:18 AM)4x4hokies Wrote:  Houston is also behind:
Virginia
Washington and Lee
Virginia Tech
James Madison
VMI
Richmond
William and Mary
George Mason

...and that's just listing the VA schools

Also not surprising is UH trailing Rice, Texas, Texas A&M, and D3 Trinity in Texas. But to also be ranked lower than UT-Dallas and UTEP runs against the message Khator is crafting for the Cougars.

Tulane is further down the list at 45, which is a big surprise, as is SMU. That must be in response to high tuitions at those schools?

(07-16-2017 10:03 AM)ESE84 Wrote:  

(07-15-2017 09:18 AM)4x4hokies Wrote:  Houston is also behind:
Virginia
Washington and Lee
Virginia Tech
James Madison
VMI
Richmond
William and Mary
George Mason

...and that's just listing the VA schools

Also not surprising is UH trailing Rice, Texas, Texas A&M, and D3 Trinity in Texas. But to also be ranked lower than UT-Dallas and UTEP runs against the message Khator is crafting for the Cougars.

Tulane is further down the list at 45, which is a big surprise, as is SMU. That must be in response to high tuitions at those schools?

Cougar high ranks well against,,,,, ah, like, just a moment, pause ..... I'm having a senior moment, oops, .... I guess I just lost my chance for higher office.

Wonder if they take COLA into account when coming up with the 'early career earnings' section given how recent grads usually get jobs near their college, making $68,000 straight out of Rose Hulman goes way farther if you stay in the midwest versus $70,300 after Stanford while living in Silicon Valley.

(07-16-2017 10:03 AM)ESE84 Wrote:  

(07-15-2017 09:18 AM)4x4hokies Wrote:  Houston is also behind:
Virginia
Washington and Lee
Virginia Tech
James Madison
VMI
Richmond
William and Mary
George Mason

...and that's just listing the VA schools

Also not surprising is UH trailing Rice, Texas, Texas A&M, and D3 Trinity in Texas. But to also be ranked lower than UT-Dallas and UTEP runs against the message Khator is crafting for the Cougars.

Tulane is further down the list at 45, which is a big surprise, as is SMU. That must be in response to high tuitions at those schools?

UT-D isn't a surprise. They are pretty good and have a high % of tech grads. UTEP is very surprising.

Yeah, UT-D is an excellent medium-sized public school at 17K undergrads. Not even among the Top 10 largest undergrads in Texas, size wise.

UTEP ranks really well in the Washington Monthly rankings too.

Bear in mind that Money ranks NC State ahead of Duke, so clearly cost is a huge factor in their equation.