(07-16-2023 05:00 PM)CitrusUCF Wrote:  For the hell of it, because I'm a nerd, I built out my index score involving a number of P5 institutions that I picked myself (happy to figure out an institution if there's one missing you'd like to see). Here's where they'd fall on the metrics.

Endowment
Min - $6.5b, Med - $17b, Mean - $23.4b

3 points: Texas, Stanford
2 points: Notre Dame, Michigan
1 point: Northwestern, Texas A&M, Duke, Vanderbilt, Virginia, USC, Cal, Ohio St., UCLA

Endowment Per Student
Min - $382,812; Med - $1,040,746; Mean - $1,623,891

3 points: Stanford
2 points: Notre Dame
1 point: Texas, Vanderbilt, Duke, Northwestern, Virginia

Acceptance Rate
Highest - 8.7%, Med - 5%, Mean - 5.2%

3 points: Stanford
1 point: Northwestern, Duke, Vanderbilt

Total R&D Funding
Min - $276.3m; Med - $1.131b; Mean - $918m

3 points: Michigan, Washington, UCLA, Wisconsin, Stanford, Duke, Ohio St., UNC, Texas A&M, Pittsburgh
2 points: Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Florida, USC
1 point: Northwestern, Cal, Texas, Rutgers, Virginia

R&D Per Faculty - Take with a massive grain of salt as data is questionable
Min - $251,395.00; Med - $357,605.00; Mean $330,558.00

3 points: Georgia Tech, Wisconsin, Stanford, Cal, UCLA
1 point: Duke, Texas A&M, Washington

Nobel Laureates (All-Time) on Faculty When Awarded
Min - 16; Med - 48; Mean - 60

3 points: Cal, Stanford, Duke, Michigan
2 points: Northwestern
1 point: UNC, Virginia, Wisconsin, Washington, UCLA, Pittsburgh, Southern Cal, Notre Dame

Rhodes Scholars
Min - 49; Median - 64; Mean - 181

3 points: Stanford, Northwestern
2 points: Michigan, Cal

Total Index Score
21 - Stanford (higher than all existing Ivies by 2 points!)
10 - Cal-Berkeley; Duke; Michigan
9 - Northwestern
8 - UCLA
7 - Wisconsin
5 - Georgia Tech; Notre Dame; Texas; Texas A&M; Vanderbilt; Washington
4 - Ohio State; Pittsburgh; North Carolina; Southern California; Virginia
2 - Florida
1 - Rutgers

(07-17-2023 10:42 PM)DawgNBama Wrote:  CitrusUCF posted this in the Ivy League expansion thread, but I think it's a much better fit for here. Please give all credit to CitrusUCF. He came up with this gem:

(07-16-2023 05:00 PM)CitrusUCF Wrote:  For the hell of it, because I'm a nerd, I built out my index score involving a number of P5 institutions that I picked myself (happy to figure out an institution if there's one missing you'd like to see). Here's where they'd fall on the metrics.

Endowment
Min - $6.5b, Med - $17b, Mean - $23.4b

3 points: Texas, Stanford
2 points: Notre Dame, Michigan
1 point: Northwestern, Texas A&M, Duke, Vanderbilt, Virginia, USC, Cal, Ohio St., UCLA

Endowment Per Student
Min - $382,812; Med - $1,040,746; Mean - $1,623,891

3 points: Stanford
2 points: Notre Dame
1 point: Texas, Vanderbilt, Duke, Northwestern, Virginia

Acceptance Rate
Highest - 8.7%, Med - 5%, Mean - 5.2%

3 points: Stanford
1 point: Northwestern, Duke, Vanderbilt

Total R&D Funding
Min - $276.3m; Med - $1.131b; Mean - $918m

3 points: Michigan, Washington, UCLA, Wisconsin, Stanford, Duke, Ohio St., UNC, Texas A&M, Pittsburgh
2 points: Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Florida, USC
1 point: Northwestern, Cal, Texas, Rutgers, Virginia

R&D Per Faculty - Take with a massive grain of salt as data is questionable
Min - $251,395.00; Med - $357,605.00; Mean $330,558.00

3 points: Georgia Tech, Wisconsin, Stanford, Cal, UCLA
1 point: Duke, Texas A&M, Washington

Nobel Laureates (All-Time) on Faculty When Awarded
Min - 16; Med - 48; Mean - 60

3 points: Cal, Stanford, Duke, Michigan
2 points: Northwestern
1 point: UNC, Virginia, Wisconsin, Washington, UCLA, Pittsburgh, Southern Cal, Notre Dame

Rhodes Scholars
Min - 49; Median - 64; Mean - 181

3 points: Stanford, Northwestern
2 points: Michigan, Cal

Total Index Score
21 - Stanford (higher than all existing Ivies by 2 points!)
10 - Cal-Berkeley; Duke; Michigan
9 - Northwestern
8 - UCLA
7 - Wisconsin
5 - Georgia Tech; Notre Dame; Texas; Texas A&M; Vanderbilt; Washington
4 - Ohio State; Pittsburgh; North Carolina; Southern California; Virginia
2 - Florida
1 - Rutgers