Subject league tables

felipecocco
Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:23:03 +0000

the one detriment (or depending on your view, positive aspect) of that ranking is that, in most cases, it just evaluates prestige of these programs. Having said that, the ARWU probably has some individualized data somewhere by dept. or field of study… which could also give you a hint as to the strength of individual departments at schools. Also, do note that the rankings we are discussing are generally - well, almost exclusively - geared at the graduate departments at these schools. So, if you want to translate that into what you will get at the college, you prob. also need to consider student/faculty ratio and check out the course bulletins and time schedules to see how often these top-notch professors teach in the college. NOTE: This will GREATLY vary from school to school.