UF compared to higher public schools

goufgators · August 22, 2008, 1:16am

PSU vs. UCSB vs. UC-Irvine vs UT-Austin vs UF:

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Conclusion: UF has better SAT scores, GPA, and lower acceptance rates.

UIUC vs. UF vs. UC-Davis UWash vs. UW-Madison

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Conclusion: UF has better SAT scores, GPA, and lower acceptance rates.

UCSD vs. GT vs. UF vs. UNC-Chapel Hill vs. Chapel Hill vs. WM

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Conclusion: UF is tied for highest GPA, middle of the pack acceptance rate, and SAT range only better than UCSB. This looks like the group UF is competing with based on statistics. The ranking don’t reflect that because UF has the cheapest tuition by far with many large classes and high student/faculty ratio.

When we get the other values we can compare more in depth.

jasoninpines · August 22, 2008, 2:17am

however, the business programs in about half of these surpass uf’s…some by a large margin, and that is my only concern about college rankings.

Edit: not half, more like almost all of them

goufgators · August 22, 2008, 9:31am

US News doesn’t use business as a criteria when rating colleges over all.

xNYer · August 22, 2008, 12:40pm

BusinessWeek’s 2008 rankings
The Top Undergraduate Business Programs

UF # 46 per Business Week.
[Undergrad</a> - BSchools](<a href=“http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/undergrad_bschool/]Undergrad”>http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/undergrad_bschool/)

2008 rank /2007 rank /School Name

1 1 Pennsylvania
(Wharton) Philadelphia

2 2 Virginia
(McIntire) Charlottesville

3 7 Notre Dame
(Mendoza) South Bend, Ind.

4 10 Cornell
Ithaca, N.Y.

5 4 Emory
(Goizueta) Atlanta

6 5 Michigan
(Ross) Ann Arbor

7 8 Brigham Young
(Marriott) Provo, Utah

8 9 NYU
(Stern) New York

9 6 MIT
(Sloan) Cambridge, Mass.

10 13 Texas
(McCombs) Austin

11 3 UC-Berkeley
(Haas) Berkeley, Calif.

12 15 North Carolina
(Kenan-Flagler) Chapel Hill

13 12 Villanova
Villanova, Pa.

14 14 Boston College
(Carroll) Boston

15 16 Washington U.
(Olin) St. Louis

16 18 Indiana
(Kelley) Bloomington

17 19 USC
(Marshall) Los Angeles

18 22 Illinois
Urbana-Champaign

19 11 Georgetown
(McDonough) Washington, D.C.

20 23 Richmond
(Robins) Richmond, Va.

21 17 Wake Forest
(Calloway) Winston-Salem, N.C.

22 21 Carnegie Mellon
(Tepper) Pittsburgh

23 24 SMU
(Cox) Dallas

24 35 Miami U.
(Farmer) Oxford, Ohio

25 20 Lehigh
Bethlehem, Pa.

26 40 Rensselaer Polytech
(Lally) Troy, N.Y.

27 34 Fordham
New York

28 33 Babson
Babson Park, Mass.

29 29 William & Mary
(Mason) Williamsburg, Va.

30 31 Bentley
Waltham, Mass.

31 50 Texas A & M
(Mays) College Station

32 39 Texas Christian
(Neeley) Fort Worth

33 25 U. of Washington
Seattle

34 26 Northeastern
Boston

35 27 Santa Clara
Santa Clara, Calif.

36 38 Baylor
(Hankamer) Waco, Tex.

37 28 Wisconsin
(Madison)

38 36 Penn State
(Smeal) University Park

39 48 Michigan State
(Broad) East Lansing

40 74 Binghamton
Binghamton, N.Y.

41 52 Case Western
(Weatherhead) Cleveland, Ohio

42 37 Boston U.
Boston

43 30 Maryland
(Smith) College Park

44 56 Georgia
(Terry) Athens

45 NR Loyola College
(Sellinger) Baltimore

46 43 Florida
(Warrington) Gainesville

47 46 U. San Diego
San Diego, Calif.

48 42 Minnesota
(Carlson) Minneapolis

49 47 U. of Miami
Coral Gables, Fla.

50 32 Rutgers
New Brunswick, N.J.

xNYer · August 22, 2008, 1:09pm

UF ranked #1- “biggest bang for the buck”
[Return</a> on Investment: Undergrad Internship Programs Ranked](<a href=“Businessweek - Bloomberg”>Businessweek - Bloomberg)

Rank/ Rank overall/School/tuition/Avg Start Sal/Sal per $

1 46 Florida (Warrington) Gainesville $3,372 $44,000 $13.05 
2 12 North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) Chapel Hill $5,340 $53,500 $10.02 
3 40 Binghamton Binghamton, N.Y. $6,012 $57,000 $9.48 
4 44 Georgia (Terry) Athens $5,622 $44,000 $7.83 
5 33 U. of Washington Seattle $6,385 $47,500 $7.44 
6 11 UC-Berkeley (Haas) Berkeley, Calif. $8,384 $57,000 $6.80 
7 2 Virginia (McIntire) Charlottesville $8,690 $58,000 $6.67 
8 37 Wisconsin (Madison) $7,460 $48,000 $6.43 
9 31 Texas A & M (Mays) College Station $7,266 $46,400 $6.39 
10 43 Maryland (Smith) College Park $7,968 $50,360 $6.32 
11 16 Indiana (Kelley) Bloomington $7,958 $50,000 $6.28 
12 29 William & Mary (Mason) Williamsburg, Va. $9,164 $52,224 $5.70 
13 10 Texas (McCombs) Austin $8,908 $49,500 $5.56 
14 50 Rutgers New Brunswick, N.J. $10,949 $54,000 $4.93 
15 6 Michigan (Ross) Ann Arbor $12,585 $60,000 $4.77 
16 39 Michigan State (Broad) East Lansing $10,090 $47,750 $4.73 
17 48 Minnesota (Carlson) Minneapolis $10,498 $48,532 $4.62 
18 18 Illinois Urbana-Champaign $12,232 $53,000 $4.33 
19 24 Miami U. (Farmer) Oxford, Ohio $11,875 $45,766 $3.85 
20 38 Penn State (Smeal) University Park $14,343 $49,000 $3.42 
TOP 50 AVERAGE $8,755 $50,777 $6.43

Now UF is on top of those schools you listed.

SSobick · August 22, 2008, 1:31pm

Yes, but can some of these other public universities match our alumni base?

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<ul>
<li>University of Michigan is the strongest, then Berkeley</li>
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