WSJ - The Top U.S. Colleges

Since the WSJ requires a subscription, here are the top 10:

#1 Stanford University
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
#3 Columbia University
#4 University of Pennsylvania
#5 Yale University
#6 Harvard University
#7 Duke University
#8 Princeton University
#9 Cornell University
#10 California Institute of Technology

Top 10 in NY

#3 Columbia University
#9 Cornell University
#33 New York University
#54 Colgate University
#58 University of Rochester
#60 Hamilton College
#75 Vassar College
#78 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
#80 Barnard College
#102 Union College

Top 10 in Texas

#18 Rice University
#51 University of Texas at Austin
#73 Trinity University
#80 Texas A&M University-College Station
#86 Southern Methodist University
#186 Baylor University
#196 Texas Christian University
#207 Austin College
#240 Southwestern University
#288 St Mary's University

The ranking is based on 15 factors across four categories: Forty percent of each school’s overall score comes from student outcomes, including how they fare after leaving campus, 30% from the school’s resources, 20% from how well it engages its students and 10% from the learning environment, or diversity.
 
SJU ranked # 402

Queens College # 414

SUNY New Paltz. # 423

St. Bonaventure. # 453

LSU # 441

DePaul # 270


Nova # 116

Syracuse # 105

BC # 62

BU # 42

UConn # 109



UConn # 109

Rutgers. # 109



Stony Brook. # 133

Fordham # 197


Binghamton # 190

PC # 235

Albany. #. 229

Seton Hall # 283

Manhattan #223

Fairfield # 204

Quinnipiac # 219

Scranton # 210

ND. # 25

Hofstra # 325
 
I stand corrected - thanks Kevin. Silly me spelled it St. John's instead of St John's.

SJU is # 402, one spot below John Brown University and one above School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Anyway, I firmly believe in the old adage "It's not where you go, it's what you make of it..."
 
I stand corrected - thanks Kevin. Silly me spelled it St. John's instead of St John's.

SJU is # 402, one spot below John Brown University and one above School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Anyway, I firmly believe in the old adage "It's not where you go, it's what you make of it..."
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As as FYI.. ......One metric cited was salary 10 years AFTER Entering college

A sample follows: For the most part not a great difference in salary, years after graduation

St. John's was $53,400

Syracuse $56,600

UConn $53,900

Marquette $55,800

Rutgers $54,600

Marist $53,800

St. John Fisher $45,000

Hofstra $53,100

DePaul $50,600

Providence $ 58,600

Siena $54,600

Fordham $55,800

Seton Hall $53,500

SUNY Albany $50,500

Fairfield $68,700

SUNY Binghamton $57,900

Molloy (which was ranked very slightly above Fordham) $56,700

For Beast of the East:

BC $66,800

Villanova $73,800
 
I don't put a lot of stock in these rankings. I think everyone knows what the best schools in the country are. We also know that state universities are cheaper than private schools. I doubt there is really much difference between the school ranked 125th and the school ranked 175th for example.
 
I don't put a lot of stock in these rankings.......
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Like them or not, college rankings (see US News) drive the number and quality of applications as well as alum donations.

StJohn's disappointing academic rankings serve as Harrington's legacy.
 
I don't put a lot of stock in these rankings.......
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Like them or not, college rankings (see US News) drive the number and quality of applications as well as alum donations.

StJohn's disappointing academic rankings serve as Harrington's legacy.
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Well Queens College #414 and SJU #402 are similarly ranked schools. For a commuter student who would have to pay full tuition at St. John's, Queens College would cost approximately $130,000 less not counting the time value of money. So what is SJU doing that it ranks above Queens College.
 
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