Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to UMD -- they've done an excellent job improving that school over the last few years.

And of course I agree with Michigan being #1. It's an outstanding school.

Except for the mold issues.

What is with you and the mold? Every building in the country has mold to one degree or another.

I love Buffalo First! I always consult them about...nothing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to UMD -- they've done an excellent job improving that school over the last few years.

And of course I agree with Michigan being #1. It's an outstanding school.

Michigan overall is much, much more focused on graduate students than undergraduates.

All state flagships are focused on their graduate programs. My DC graduated from Michigan and had an excellent experience. Upper level classes were comparable to my undergrad classes at a SLAC in terms of size and professor attention.

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to UMD -- they've done an excellent job improving that school over the last few years.

And of course I agree with Michigan being #1. It's an outstanding school.

Except for the mold issues.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Helpful to us. DD is looking at several of the public universities. We live in VA and looking at the rankings, the VA schools are better ranked than the out of state ones she is considering.

how exactly is it helpful?

Do you care about Washington Business Journal? Do you have any reason to like their choices? Do you think they have a local bias? They list some stats, and clearly weight things a bit differently than some of the others, but who even knows what their criteria are.

My kid is OOS at a school in their top 20, but not as highly ranked as UVA. We know why we chose what we did and what criteria mattered to us. Truly. The schools can be very different when you look closely.

For example, the great UC schools have impacted majors galore. So, no matter how interested your kid might turn out to be in one of those subject areas after maturing a bit freshman year, the door is closed. How is that "better?"

This list was compiled by Buffalo Business First (no local bias) and the criteria are listed here:
https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2019/04/01/collegemethod.html

I don't think this list is any more or less valid than other lists. Rankings should always be taken with a grain of salt and this list is just another way of looking at things. I do find it interesting that Maryland and Virginia, for such small states, have so many highly ranked schools compared to other states.

Anonymous wrote:Helpful to us. DD is looking at several of the public universities. We live in VA and looking at the rankings, the VA schools are better ranked than the out of state ones she is considering.

how exactly is it helpful?

Do you care about Washington Business Journal? Do you have any reason to like their choices? Do you think they have a local bias? They list some stats, and clearly weight things a bit differently than some of the others, but who even knows what their criteria are.

My kid is OOS at a school in their top 20, but not as highly ranked as UVA. We know why we chose what we did and what criteria mattered to us. Truly. The schools can be very different when you look closely.

For example, the great UC schools have impacted majors galore. So, no matter how interested your kid might turn out to be in one of those subject areas after maturing a bit freshman year, the door is closed. How is that "better?"

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to UMD -- they've done an excellent job improving that school over the last few years.

And of course I agree with Michigan being #1. It's an outstanding school.

Michigan overall is much, much more focused on graduate students than undergraduates.

Congrats to UMD -- they've done an excellent job improving that school over the last few years.

And of course I agree with Michigan being #1. It's an outstanding school.

Shows that we have great public schools here in VA and MD.

Helpful to us. DD is looking at several of the public universities. We live in VA and looking at the rankings, the VA schools are better ranked than the out of state ones she is considering.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:another useless ranking.

No, I like this one because Michigan is ranked first so it must be accurate.

My feelings exactly. The ones that have Berkeley first are all wrong.

Anonymous wrote:another useless ranking.

No, I like this one because Michigan is ranked first so it must be accurate.

another useless ranking.

Go Blue

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/04/04/university-of-maryland-among-top-u-s-public.html?ana=wtop_bd

"The University of Maryland is among the top-rated public colleges in America, according to new nationwide rankings for 2019, compiled and released earlier this week by Buffalo Business First, a Business Journal sister publication.

The university ranked No. 13 out of several hundred colleges across the U.S., up one spot from a year ago.

The state universities of Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia came in first, second and third place, respectively.

In Virginia, the College of William and Mary (No. 8), Virginia Tech (No. 32), Virginia Military Institute (No. 38), George Mason University (No. 55) and James Madison University (No. 60) all cracked the top 100.

Along with UMd., University of Maryland Baltimore County (No. 59) and St. Mary's College of Maryland (No. 68) also cracked the top 100."