Anonymous wrote:Pitt, PSU and Temple are all considered the Tier 1 public schools in Pennsylvania. There are a number of others that are considered Tier 2 like Slippery Rock, IUP, Bloomsburg to name a few.

The ranking of the school has nothing to do with which school is the flagship. Penn State is most definitely the Pennsylvania state flagship school. Pitt and Temple are both funded differently so neither of them are the flagship. And as with any battle group, there can only be one flagship.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Subjective.

Not the PP, but the absolute worst part of Penn State is their location in the boonies.

Not a Penn State grad, but Penn State is the quintessential college town. Being in a vibrant college town is not the boonies.

+1 I would 1000x rather go to school in a college town like State College than in the middle of a busy urban area like Pitt or Temple. Different strokes...

(not a Penn State grad or affiliated with the school, FWIW, but just in general.)

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Subjective.

Not the PP, but the absolute worst part of Penn State is their location in the boonies.

Not a Penn State grad, but Penn State is the quintessential college town. Being in a vibrant college town is not the boonies.

LOL.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Subjective.

Not the PP, but the absolute worst part of Penn State is their location in the boonies.

Not a Penn State grad, but Penn State is the quintessential college town. Being in a vibrant college town is not the boonies.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Subjective.

Not the PP, but the absolute worst part of Penn State is their location in the boonies.

And that is your opinion.

Penn state is even though i think Pitt is better school

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Subjective.

Not the PP, but the absolute worst part of Penn State is their location in the boonies.

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Anonymous wrote:The top state school in Pennsylvania that I can think of is Penn State. Is this the highest ranking public in PA?

Flagship isn't the same as highest ranking. Often, that's true, but not always.

Penn State is definitely Pennsylvania's flagship.

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?

University of Arizona.

But Arizona State is better in almost all majors and as a whole.

Pitt, PSU and Temple are all considered the Tier 1 public schools in Pennsylvania. There are a number of others that are considered Tier 2 like Slippery Rock, IUP, Bloomsburg to name a few.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t let this NY convo continue. Growing up in NY Binghamton is regarded as the beat. Toss up between SUNY buffalo and Albany after that. Maybe Stoneybrook after that?

Look, I'm from NY also. Yes, Binghamton has had the best reputation, but it's not a flagship.

NY does not have a flagship. There is no large center for R & D that is state funded. Cornell does not count (it is a hybrid of state/private).

Anonymous wrote:I can’t let this NY convo continue. Growing up in NY Binghamton is regarded as the beat. Toss up between SUNY buffalo and Albany after that. Maybe Stoneybrook after that?

Look, I'm from NY also. Yes, Binghamton has had the best reputation, but it's not a flagship.

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Anonymous wrote:The top state school in Pennsylvania that I can think of is Penn State. Is this the highest ranking public in PA?

Flagship isn't the same as highest ranking. Often, that's true, but not always.

Penn State is definitely Pennsylvania's flagship.

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?

New York has Cornell.

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.

Wrong. Half of Cornell is public. In-state students pay public college tuition.

Um...only at the Ag school. But NY has 4 main large research universities, not 1: Albany, Binghamton, Stony Brook, Buffalo.

Nope, also the College of Human Ecology and College of Labor Relations. But Cornell isn't considered the state flagship. The public colleges at Cornell are land grant institutions.

I can’t let this NY convo continue. Growing up in NY Binghamton is regarded as the beat. Toss up between SUNY buffalo and Albany after that. Maybe Stoneybrook after that?

Does no one know how to use the google?

Anonymous wrote: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.

Subjective.