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Northeastern's major metrics are on par with many of the T20 T25 schools.
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That is exactly the problem.  Northeastern has been gaming those metrics harder than other schools.

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

So, Northeastern has improved their ranking from around #160 to #44 in US News.  Part of this has involved fundraising, which obviously provides more resources for education.  Northeastern has successful coop intern programs to help students get jobs.  That is valuable for many students.  But relentless focus on metrics ignores important things that are not quantified in USNews rankings.

Let's compare to #49 Ohio State.  Ohio State has a good law school and good business school with an undergraduate major.  They have good math, physcis, and economics.  They have famous climate scientist Lonnie Thompson.  And of course, they have nationally competitive sports.  Schools like Ohio State cannot be built in a decade.  They require long, continuous dedication to funding excellent scholarship and teaching.  I can't name any professors at Northeastern. Northeastern would happily hire Ohio State Ph.D. students as professors, but the reverse rarely happens (if ever).

Imagine going to Ohio State, and attending a campus lecture where Lonnie Thompson explains how he hiked up the Himalayas to get ice core samples to measure global warming.  Then in your environmental science lab, the teaching assistant says "That fatso Thompson sat at base camp and made me carry the ice cores!"  That is the type of inspiration you can get at a place like Ohio State.  It isn't just one famous man.  It is a collection of experts dedicated to their fields, who will share the latest knowledge in every discipline.

A quick web search shows:  The following alumni and faculty members of The Ohio State University have been recognized as Nobel laureates:

Paul Flory, 1974, Chemistry (PhD, Ohio State, 1934)
William A. Fowler, 1983, Physics (BS, Ohio State, 1933)
Kenneth G. Wilson, 1982, Physics (faculty, 1988-2002)
Additionally, Rattan Lal (PhD, Ohio State, 1968; faculty, 1987-present) was a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore.

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