According to The Business Journals statistical survey, delivering "an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price" and "the prototype Public Ivy."
Other B1G schools: 8 - Maryland, 10 - Wisconsin, 11 - Illinois, 15 - OSU, 17 - Minnesota,
22 - Indiana, 26 - Penn State, 28 - Purdue and 30 - Rutgers.
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/news-wire/2015/02/12/michiga…
February 12th, 2015 at 11:38 AM ^
Wow. Even the East German Judge is pleased.
February 12th, 2015 at 2:04 PM ^
It is well known that east german judges were routinely administered animal hormones as youth to make them uber humans capable of throwing the discus 100 meters while concurrently engaging in socratic discourse in ten different languages extolling the party's virtues and conducting surveillance on the discus judges for the secret police. They feign pleasure to throw off foreign spies as a matter of course.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:00 PM ^
Sparty not on the list?
February 12th, 2015 at 11:37 AM ^
OSU is really that high? And where is Nebraska?
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February 12th, 2015 at 11:49 AM ^
Yikes!
February 12th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^
Wow, that's a surprise.
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February 12th, 2015 at 12:07 PM ^
Why? It's recognized as the bottom of the heap of B1G academically - a good sized step below Iowa.
February 12th, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
Yep. I didn't think they would be ranked that high.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
They got kicked out of the AAU for a reason lol.
February 12th, 2015 at 6:30 PM ^
College of William and Mary
My daughter attends. Williamsburg, va is heaven
February 12th, 2015 at 11:38 AM ^
I don't know anybody that would, perception-wise, put MD over IU or 'Sconi.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:39 AM ^
Being from the East Coast, I would over IU. Wisconsin maybe not, but Maryland has a very good rep, at least where I'm from.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:55 AM ^
It has a pretty good rep. At least in College Park MD.
February 12th, 2015 at 2:21 PM ^
I've lived in the DC area for 40 years, and Maryland has never had a particularly good rep while I have been here. There has been an effort over the course of the past 10 years to raise its academic standing, but it was always considered to be at or near the bottom of the original 8 ACC schools.
February 12th, 2015 at 4:31 PM ^
I think it's more like 20 years. I went there 10 years ago and people were saying then that there had been an effort for 10 years.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:40 AM ^
The biggest surprise to me is Purdue being that low. I guess I'm biased as an engineer though.
February 12th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^
This gif is overused.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^
Chalk another one up for The Maize and Blue. B1G looking good too.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^
(Don't tell diag squirrel. He may want to know what you are doing right this minute to get your kids in.)
February 12th, 2015 at 12:49 PM ^
Well. We have a dog. He's smart, but has no thumbs. Seeing as we love out of state, I am the proudest alum whose kids will never go to Michigan.
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February 12th, 2015 at 11:43 AM ^
Nice feather in the cap for Michigan. Another recruiting chip for Harbaugh, at least among recruits for whom that kind of thing is important.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
recruit kids who think its important...tough, smart kids....I cant wait!
February 12th, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^
Where's Sparty?
February 12th, 2015 at 11:45 AM ^
In East Lansing
February 12th, 2015 at 11:46 AM ^
In East Lansing
February 12th, 2015 at 11:45 AM ^
MSU at 37 - enough said.
Penn State should have lobbied to come in at 409.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:46 AM ^
Maryland is high. They took a lot of crap from people on this blog. But, they represent the Big Ten very well on and more importantly off the court.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^
Where is MSU, Doesn't that guy on 97.1 argue about their education all the time? Not saying it is bad but, Rutgers and Maryland are both higher.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
Not to be a jerk, but MSU at #37 is not that bad. I think the B1G is pretty well represented in the top 50.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^
The Big Ten has 12 schools in the top 50, with 10 in the top 30.
February 12th, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^
He(being from NY) always makes fun of Rutgers and here they are ahead of Sparty.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:52 AM ^
I was surprised to see Dearborn so high.
124. Michigan Technological University
140. Grand Valley State University
147. University of Michigan-Dearborn
224. Eastern Michigan University
243. Western Michigan University
LOWER ECHELON (national ranks 251-484, listed alphabetically)
Central Michigan University
Ferris State University
Lake Superior State University
Northern Michigan University
Oakland University
Saginaw Valley State University
University of Michigan-Flint
Wayne State University
Surprised to see Dearborn coming out in front of the directionals as well as Wayne State. I didn't think Dearborn was anything great.
February 12th, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
Why would you think that? I know a lot of successful people who went there.
February 12th, 2015 at 2:05 PM ^
The fact that Ferris is in the 'lower echelon' here in no way guarantees that they aren't numerous Michigan grads working under Ferris State grads right now.
Academically, I've never heard anything about Dearborn and I generally considered Western and Wayne St to be pretty decent schools. I was surprised to see Dearborn come in so much higher than either. Metrics will always make a big difference obviously
February 12th, 2015 at 12:25 PM ^
My friend's daughter just dropped out of Northern Michigan bc she couldn't handle the work... not so good
February 12th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
...but what the hell are these rankings? Florida and Maryland are not better schools than UT. I LOVE Michigan...but on pure academics and national prestige Virginia is #1.
February 12th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
Well no, Michigan is probably 2, but Berkley is almost unquestionably 1
February 12th, 2015 at 1:09 PM ^
...Virginia is a better school than Berkley...they would admit that as well. I could have gone to Berkley, I had no chance at going to Virginia.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:40 PM ^
I think many people would disagree with you. Unlike Berkeley and UM, UVA seems to have a much more extreme bias in favor of in-state applicants. I've heard it's nearly impossible to get in from outside of Virginia, but not too tough if you're in-state. I think you could make an argument for any one of those three for top public university.
February 12th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
...Virginia is a different level than Berkley. If you lived in CA for the last 39 years you would also see the slow decline of the UC system. It is still a strong public school system, but it does not have the academic clout it did 20 years ago. 20 years ago UCLA was the premier academic school in LA, USC was the school you went to if you had a pulse and some $. Today UCLA can't compete with USC when it comes to facilities and hiring top level professors because they don't have the money...which is why today UCLA and USC are now a push when it comes to academics. Berkley is still a great institution...put it is a product of a declining UC system.
February 12th, 2015 at 3:18 PM ^
What are they better at aside from law? They're definitely not better in STEM and they're definitely not better as far as the professional schools go.......
February 12th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
You're probably only looking at acceptance rates tbh... UVa is definitely not a better school than Cal and is maybe on par with U of M. That's if you consider undergrad only. For grad school, specially STEM and the professional schools (law, med, mba) Virginia tech isn't even close to Cal and Michigan. The only school where they're on par or better is law, that's it.
February 12th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^
So many factors to consider. Living in Virginia now I would say that the real Michigan difference is reach. All three are great schools but Michigan opens doors everywhere coast to coast.
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February 12th, 2015 at 3:26 PM ^
I meant UVa and not VTech on my second to last sentence, not sure why I said Virginia tech, I guess I must be tired.
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