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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If USNWR ranked Villanova as a national u, rather than regional, it would rank around 50. UVA is ranked around 25. So I’m told by people who should know. [/quote]

Villanova is ranked nationally by USNWR - #49. UVA is #25.[/quote]

UVA is ranked high[er] because of its research budget. Undergrad vs undergrad Villanova is a better experience, hence why they can charge $70,000 after rejecting over 70% of applicants.[/quote]

T[b]hat's a ridiculous statement. How did you cook that "undergrad vs undergrad" bit up?[/b] [/quote]

[b]Well, there may be some truth to it.  If you rated schools on a 1 to 10 scale with 10 being the most undergraduate and teaching focused (Williams might be a 10 and Arizona State a 1), Villanova would probably be something like a 7 and UVA a 5.[/quote][/b]

It's an absurd statement, don't even try.[/quote]

Why is it absurd to say institutions put varying degrees of focus on teaching?  Is there really any question that they don't?  Niche specializes in student surveys.  If you average across ratings for the categories of Professor teaching effort, Prof passion for subject, Prof cares about student success, Prof is engaging and understandable, and Prof is approachable and helpful, Williams averages 95%, Villanova 87%, UVA 84%, and Arizona State 77%.  So what the poster above said is true in ordinal ranking based on Niche, but there is really not a very big difference between UVA and Villanova. [/quote]

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