(04-30-2021 04:17 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-28-2021 01:22 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  How on gods green earth is Navy ranked that low...

Guess it not 100% based on the level of education you get.

Curious what they use to measure a universities quality.

Yeah---Navy is as rigorous and academically honorable as a school can be---but the specialization and uniqueness of its mission is always going to make it difficult to compare to other more typical universities. For instance, in US News and World Report---Navy is ranked with the national liberal arts schools---I dont know---lol---but that just doesnt sound right to me....

Eh, you can make a case that the service academies fit the classic definition of a "liberal arts education" -- as opposed to a modern definition of a liberal arts degree. Combining the sciences and the humanities, teaching one to think, and molding a student to be a good well-rounded citizen.
Mr. Jefferson would have liked our curriculum, I dare say.

I was an history major, but my degree says "Bachelor of Science" because it included mathematics through Calculus III and Differential Equations, chemistry, physics, electrical engineering, systems engineering, thermodynamics, and more as core curriculum. I daresay other core courses like leadership, law for the junior officer, and others fit the classic definition of a liberal arts education, too.