Graduate quality vs. undergraduate quality

UCBChemEGrad
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:17:39 +0000

My point was when a school is known for a particular undergraduate academic major/program at a research university, it is derived from faculty strength and grad programs.

Dartmouth, et.al. aren’t known for having distinguished majors/programs. Instead they focus on an LAC-like broad based liberal arts education. The schools are strong in most subjects but don’t have a particular stand-out major.

My challenge was to name a particular stand-out (distinguished) undergraduate major/program at a research university that doesn’t have a corresponding graduate program.



These are schools with arguably stronger undergraduate programs

Based on average SAT scores and class size?

IMO, faculty strength is a key component. But there is no real good measure for faculty teaching strength like there is faculty research strength.