which state contains the best universities?

[VAisforlovers]

My rank in order:

1) Massachusetts
2) California
3) New York
4) Illinois
5) ...

 

[IAteYourMother]

California. I don't see how this is a contest, and I go to school in Massachusetts.

 

[OCGuy]

How could it not be CA?

 

[acheron]

California doesn't count though, because it sucks.

 

[DT4K]

Number of top 25 schools.
CA - 3
MA - 2 (bonus for having two top fives)
NY - 2
IL - 2
PA - 2

Number of top 50 schools
CA - 9
NY - 6
MA - 5
PA - 4
NC - 3
IL - 3

All based on US News rankings

 

[VAisforlovers]

Originally posted by: OCguy
How could it not be CA?

what are the schools in CA?

 

[MotF Bane]

....dumb question is dumb? You need to quantify best, and if it's quantified, you can just go look up college rankings and be done.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: OCguy
How could it not be CA?

what are the schools in CA?

Stanford, Berkeley, Claremont colleges, USC, UCLA, UCSD, not to mention the rest of the UC system and other various private universities.

 

[WraithETC]

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: OCguy
How could it not be CA?

what are the schools in CA?

Berk, Cal Tech, Stanford, USC

 

[z1ggy]

Yeah I would rank cali. 1, then mass, then ny.

 

[rockyct]

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: OCguy
How could it not be CA?

what are the schools in CA?

Cal Tech
Stanford
Berkley
UCLA
UCSD
USC
UCSB
more UC schools
huge Cal state system

 

[VAisforlovers]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: OCguy
How could it not be CA?

what are the schools in CA?

Stanford, Berkeley, Claremont colleges, USC, UCLA, UCSD, not to mention the rest of the UC system and other various private universities.

the rest of the UC system sucks

UCR? UCSB? places like Boston University or Boston College is better than most of the UCs

 

[DT4K]

So it really depends on how you define the "best" universities.
Mass is the only state with 2 top 5 schools.

But if you extend it out to top 25 or top 50, California wins. Of course, you could fit like 6 Northeastern states inside California, so it's not really fair.
Clearly, the region of the country with the highest concentration of great schools is the Northeast.

 

[VAisforlovers]

Originally posted by: rockyct

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: OCguy
How could it not be CA?

what are the schools in CA?

Cal Tech
Stanford
Berkley
UCLA
UCSD
USC
UCSB
more UC schools
huge Cal state system

I'm talking about only the best universities in the US

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: DT4K
Number of top 25 schools.
CA - 3
MA - 2 (bonus for having two top fives)
NY - 2
IL - 2
PA - 2

Number of top 50 schools
CA - 9
NY - 6
MA - 5
PA - 4
NC - 3
IL - 3

All based on US News rankings

Based on what rankings? Overall? Specialties? Graduate? Undergraduate?

 

[Kirby]

The best universities are the cheapest for the amount of coke and hot girls.

 

[her209]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=38&threadid=2315413

 

[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: DT4K
So it really depends on how you define the "best" universities.
Mass is the only state with 2 top 5 schools.

But if you extend it out to top 25 or top 50, California wins. Of course, you could fit like 6 Northeastern states inside California, so it's not really fair.
Clearly, the region of the country with the highest concentration of great schools is the Northeast.

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: DT4K
Number of top 25 schools.
CA - 3
MA - 2 (bonus for having two top fives)
NY - 2
IL - 2
PA - 2

Number of top 50 schools
CA - 9
NY - 6
MA - 5
PA - 4
NC - 3
IL - 3

All based on US News rankings

Based on what rankings? Overall? Specialties? Graduate? Undergraduate?

Overall.
The question was broad, so the rankings are broad.

I was browsing here:
http://colleges.usnews.ranking...national-search/page+2

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: OCguy
How could it not be CA?

what are the schools in CA?

Stanford, Berkeley, Claremont colleges, USC, UCLA, UCSD, not to mention the rest of the UC system and other various private universities.

the rest of the UC system sucks

UCR? UCSB? places like Boston University or Boston College is better than most of the UCs

Not according to the US News rankings.

Stanford - 4
CIT - 6
Berkeley - 21
UCLA - 25
USC - 27
UCSD - 35
UCDavis, UCIrvine, UCSB - all tied for 44th

You have to define what you mean by "best".

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: OCguy
How could it not be CA?

what are the schools in CA?

Stanford, Berkeley, Claremont colleges, USC, UCLA, UCSD, not to mention the rest of the UC system and other various private universities.

the rest of the UC system sucks

UCR? UCSB? places like Boston University or Boston College is better than most of the UCs

well, I have no idea what rankings or methodologyyou're using, but according to USNWR,

Pepperdine, UCSD, UCI, UCD, UCSB are ranked about Boston University. Plus the UC's are like a fraction fo the cost. You sadly have no idea what you're talking about with respect to the UC system.

 

[zerocool1]

It depends on how you measure best? You could do best schools per sq mile land with a rank weighting to even out for state size.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: acheron
California doesn't count though, because it sucks.

have you ever been?

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: OCguy
How could it not be CA?

what are the schools in CA?

Stanford, Berkeley, Claremont colleges, USC, UCLA, UCSD, not to mention the rest of the UC system and other various private universities.

the rest of the UC system sucks

UCR? UCSB? places like Boston University or Boston College is better than most of the UCs

UCLA, USC, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCSF, UCSD all >/= BU or BC.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: rockyct

Originally posted by: VAisforlovers

Originally posted by: OCguy
How could it not be CA?

what are the schools in CA?

Cal Tech
Stanford
Berkley
UCLA
UCSD
USC
UCSB
more UC schools
huge Cal state system

I'm talking about only the best universities in the US

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