Ohio State Up 3 Spots in USN&WR

[ORD_Buckeye]

It's being released tomorrow. Ohio State is up to 57th among national universities and jumps from 21 to 19 among publics.

[BayBuck]

http://www.osu.edu/news/newsitem1402
The U.S. News & World Report ranking of Ohio State, which is based on 2005 statistics, notes improvement in several categories. The percentage of freshmen in the top 10 percent of their high school class increased from 34 to 39 percent, and freshman retention improved from 87 to 88 percent. (Freshman retention was below 80 percent in 1997.)
The continued improvement in freshman retention is due in large part to Ohio State's innovative First Year Experience (FYE) program, which U.S. News & World Report has listed for the fifth consecutive year as an outstanding example of a program that leads to student success.

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Among recent recognition of the university's enhanced academic standing, for the third straight year, Ohio State leads the country in the number of faculty named as "fellows" of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Earlier this year, 20 faculty from Ohio State were awarded the "fellow" rank within AAAS, the largest scientific organization in the world. In addition, the university was ranked 9th among public universities in the amount of its sponsored research, according to statistics compiled by the National Science Foundation.
Ohio State also ranks among the nation's best in fundraising. The university's endowment now exceeds $2 billion, ranked the 6th largest among public universities in 2005, and ranked 27th when private schools were included.

[Steve19]

In my opinion, Ohio State is still under ranked.

[ORD_Buckeye]

Originally Posted by Steve19

In my opinion, Ohio State is still under ranked.

I agree. Remember, however, that the USN&WR ranking is generally our lowest overall ranking. In others, we rank as high as 26th in the country. Also, our freshman class took another big jump forward in 2006, which should give us a boost in next year's rankings. The increased retention rates that are showing up now should translate into higher graduation rates over the next several years.

Also, USN&WR is historically skewed in favor of smaller, private universities. Nobody in their right mind considers Emory, Notre Dame or Carnegie Mellon to be superior universities to Cal-Berkeley, UCLA or Virginia.

[Thump]

Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

Nobody in their right mind considers Emory, Notre Dame or Carnegie Mellon to be superior universities to Cal-Berkeley, UCLA or Virginia.

I respectfully have to disagree.

[Steve19]

Originally Posted by Thump

I respectfully have to disagree.

Cal Berkeley is the best of that lot but Emory has improved tremendously in recent years. I have been there on two visits and the business school is rapidly climbing up the ratings. That said, it is still virtually equivalent to Ohio State, no better, despite all that Coke money.

[Thump]

Originally Posted by Steve19

Cal Berkeley is the best of that lot but Emory has improved tremendously in recent years. I have been there on two visits and the business school is rapidly climbing up the ratings. That said, it is still virtually equivalent to Ohio State, no better, despite all that Coke money.

I had Carnegie Mellon more in mind when making that statement. My bad for not clarifying that.