What is the state flagship of Pennsylvania?
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Anonymous
| The top state school in Pennsylvania that I can think of is Penn State. Is this the highest ranking public in PA? |
Anonymous
yes and also Univ Pitt basically, any of the 64 or so universities in the USA/Canada that are part of the AAU and are public (about 50% of them) count as "flagships" |
Anonymous
Flagship isn't the same as highest ranking. Often, that's true, but not always. Penn State is definitely Pennsylvania's flagship. |
Anonymous
Right. Like Georgia, for example? GT is higher ranked than UGA, but UGA is the flagship. What about states like Arizona- is the flagship ASU or U of A? How about New York? Does it even have a flagship? Indiana University vs. Purdue? |
Anonymous
New York has Cornell. |
Anonymous
Cornell is private. A state flagship generally refers to a state's highest ranking public. Like University of Texas is the state flagship of Texas. |
Anonymous
University of Arizona. |
Anonymous
Wrong. Half of Cornell is public. In-state students pay public college tuition. |
Anonymous
| The answer is definitely penn state. Normally the flagship is university of [state] but UPenn is private. |
Anonymous
Ohio State > Ohio U |
Anonymous
NY made a choice to share resources among the campuses and has no flagship. Many states had a technical institute and a liberal arts flagship. The distinctions have diminished over time. |
Anonymous
| Isn’t SUNY Binghamton the flagship in NY? |
Anonymous
Nope. |
Anonymous
| Penn State is the flagship. But University of Pittsburgh is highly regarded has a similar academic level and is located in a better location so a good number of PA residents prefer Pitt over Penn State. |
Anonymous
Um...only at the Ag school. But NY has 4 main large research universities, not 1: Albany, Binghamton, Stony Brook, Buffalo. |