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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends what you value. If you value attention to undergraduate education, it might be over-rated. According to USNews, which has a separate rating for best undergraduate teaching at national universities, it's tied for #18, with Miami University (Ohio). Close to this area, it's quite possible your student would get better teaching at William & Mary (tied for #7) or UMBC (tied for #9).

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/undergraduate-teaching

(They have a similar ranking for liberal arts colleges: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges/undergraduate-teaching)[/quote]

I was trying to figure out how Elon could be at the tippy top of this list. Then I noticed that it’s generated by administrators voting on the degree to which a college prioritizes undergrads or something along those lines. I’m no Harvard booster, but I would consider this list fairly useless.[/quote]

Administrators are correct that Harvard doesn't prioritize undergraduates, though.[/quote]

Oh for sure. But I think the list is presented as a ranking of excellence in undergraduate teaching or something along those lines. I’m not convinced that a bunch of booster-y administrators are going to be a reliable source to tell us where the best undergraduate education can be found. no disrespect meant to Elon, I hear it’s a lovely place, but number one for undergraduate education in the country??[/quote]

Well, ask professors what they value for their own kids. FIL would not allow his kids to apply to schools like Harvard that absolutely do not care about the undergrads, nor any school where undergrads are taught primarily by TAs (who know nothing about teaching).[/quote]

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