QS Top Global College Rankings - 2026

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting….so clearly none of you would send your kids to Notre Dame 294 or Georgetown 285? Send them to Arizona State at 174

Don’t let UVA mom know they are #275 or Emory mom know they are 182

St Andrews is 113….

One kid to UVA. One to one of the two outstanding Aussie universities (this is a list of universities, not colleges, btw) on the list.

The UVA student had a superior life experience, by far. Both had solid training in their area of expertise. No gen eds in Oz, so 3 years and lower cost. But the research out of the Australian schools was greater as it is a much larger institution.

Top 30? Top 300? A difference without a distinction if your kid makes the most of it. What do they want? Not sure? FFS, take a gap year and get on with it.

Third child on a likely athletic recruiting path to the schools DCUM fawns over. Might opt out. Saw older siblings access great educations and subsequently exciting careers. He is too young to decide, but old enough to know this board is bananas.

—A family of dual citizens who think DCUM has lost its tiny little mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting….so clearly none of you would send your kids to Notre Dame 294 or Georgetown 285? Send them to Arizona State at 174

Don’t let UVA mom know they are #275 or Emory mom know they are 182

St Andrews is 113….

Precisely why there is so much interest and hate on DCUM. Much higher global ranking than many “elite” US schools at a fraction of the cost.

Imagine bragging about being ranked 113th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe OP and their ilk will apply to universities outside the US and free up more space for US kids who value our schools. Win-win.

This. If you believe this ranking is helpful, please send your kid out of the country. We’ll all benefit.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting….so clearly none of you would send your kids to Notre Dame 294 or Georgetown 285? Send them to Arizona State at 174

Don’t let UVA mom know they are #275 or Emory mom know they are 182

St Andrews is 113….

Precisely why there is so much interest and hate on DCUM. Much higher global ranking than many “elite” US schools at a fraction of the cost.

Imagine bragging about being ranked 113th.

Look at it from a top of the heap perspective.

Top 20 in US out 4,000 universities is top 0.50%

Top 113 in world out of 25,000 universities is top 0.45%.

So yes, possible to humble brag with that ranking on a relative scale.

[Anonymous]

Better world rankings site, IMHO

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Better world rankings site, IMHO

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking

And your opinion is relevant because?