<p>Are acedemics not getting as much credit as the past? Are classes at Michigan still the top of the world? Will their rank go higher or lower in future years? Try to be un-biased…</p>
<p>Just a general, but related question - does anyone know any reason why we keep getting questions in this vein? This is like the third one I’ve seen in as many days.</p>
<p>Since Michigan is ranked in the top 10 in practically every field of study, its rankings cannot go much higher, but they aren’t likely to drop either. Michigan’s endowment is growing more rapidely than the competition’s and Michigan is doing a great deal of investing in its faculty and facilities. Since very little separates the top 10-15 programs, every university is going to swing back and forth a couple of spots, but by and large, Michigan’s academics are staying put at the top of the food chain.</p>
<p>I heard back in the '60s Michigan was like an undisputed top 5 schools. Not sure why we slipped, but there are no big trends for our rankings.</p>
<p>Chebearsfan, in the 1960s, Michigan was indeed a top 5 university. And it remains a top 5 university when you look at it the way it was looked upon in the 1960s (overall academic excellence).</p>