Have you seen this CS ranking site from Brown? Although I’ve seen it before, I hadn’t really explored it much. But when I selected “Information Visualization” as the only category, these were the top 10 finishers:
- U. of Utah
- U. of Maryland
- UC - Davis
- Virginia Tech
- Ohio State
- U. of Washington
- Harvard
- Georgia Tech
- Northwestern
9 (tie) Oregon State
(Yes, there was a tie for 9th…not a typo, but CC’s software was having issues with numbering.)
Rankings are not the be all and end all, but I think it’s at least a good source to find other schools to research for schools that have better odds for admission. Also, Wisconsin ranked higher than Michigan. 