US News & World Report named Harvard the best college in the world

[Anonymous]

US News & World Report released its "Best Global Universities Ranking" on Tuesday, naming Harvard University the best school in the world — somewhat of a surprise, considering that Harvard ranked second on the publication's annual list of top American universities.

Here are the top 2o universities in the world, according to US News & World Report:

1. Harvard University

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3. University of California, Berkeley

4. Stanford University

5. University of Oxford (United Kingdom)

6. University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

7. California Institute of Technology

8. University of California, Los Angeles

9. Columbia University

10. University of Chicago

11. University of Washington

12. Johns Hopkins University

13. Princeton University

14. (tie) University of Pennsylvania

14. (tie) Yale University

16. University of Toronto

17. University of Michigan

18. Imperial College London (United Kingdom)

19. University of California, San Diego

20. Duke University

[Anonymous]

It's all rigged, as you know.

The sooner people stop consulting this report, the sooner college brand frenzy will abate and our kids will be able to guiltlessly choose something truly suited for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
It's all rigged, as you know.

The sooner people stop consulting this report, the sooner college brand frenzy will abate and our kids will be able to guiltlessly choose something truly suited for them.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Global rankings at least provide information on good college options outside of US which may be less expensive than US colleges.

My understanding is UK colleges are definitely less expensive and some European colleges are "free" even to non-citizens.

[Anonymous]

I detect an anglo bias in them-there rankings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's all rigged, as you know.

The sooner people stop consulting this report, the sooner college brand frenzy will abate and our kids will be able to guiltlessly choose something truly suited for them.

+1000

+10,000

Let's stop playing into this crap.

[Anonymous]

UC Berkeley - 3rd
UCLA - 8th
Michigan - 17th
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UVA - 94th

I guess it's true what people outside of VA say about UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UC Berkeley - 3rd
UCLA - 8th
Michigan - 17th
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UVA - 94th

I guess it's true what people outside of VA say about UVA.

And UMD is 41!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Global rankings at least provide information on good college options outside of US which may be less expensive than US colleges.

My understanding is UK colleges are definitely less expensive and some European colleges are "free" even to non-citizens.

Some German colleges are free and they provide very good STEM education.

[Anonymous]

Berkeley is number 3!

[Anonymous]

What was the methodology? It seems hilarious that it's almost all US schools. Not one from China? Western Europe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What was the methodology? It seems hilarious that it's almost all US schools. Not one from China? Western Europe?

27. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Switzerland Zurich

31. University of Tokyo
Japan Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

33. University of British Columbia
Canada Vancouver, British Columbia

37.Heidelberg University
Germany Heidelberg

40. University of Melbourne
Australia Parkville, Victoria

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's all rigged, as you know.

The sooner people stop consulting this report, the sooner college brand frenzy will abate and our kids will be able to guiltlessly choose something truly suited for them.

+1000

+10,000

Let's stop playing into this crap.

+another 10 grand!!!

[Anonymous]

Everyone in academia knows UVa has been overrated by US Bews domestic rankings. It's ridiculous, as said by former UMd president CD Mote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone in academia knows UVa has been overrated by US Bews domestic rankings. It's ridiculous, as said by former UMd president CD Mote.

+1 I think UVA's acceptance rate is about 30%.