<p>The correct facts are: </p>
<p>FSU was a seminary for men to start, which goes back to the early 1850s. It was not converted to the state college for women until 1905, which lasted about 42 years to 1947. See: [About</a> Florida State University](<a href=“http://www.fsu.edu/about/history.html]About”>History | Florida State University) Some nice period graphics here: [Florida</a> State University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_University]Florida”>Florida State University - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>FSU has program rankings which indeed exceed those at UF. See: [FSU</a> Highlights](<a href=“http://www.fsu.edu/highlights/rankings.html]FSU”>Rankings | Florida State University)</p>
<p>No academic ranking at FSU exceeds UF anywhere? Sure about that claim?</p>
<p>Ever wonder why FSU houses the only [National</a> Laboratory in Florida](<a href=“http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/]National”>http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/) and UF gets a lesser role? The sciences at Florida State are excellent, especially physics. UF gets a US News bump due to some inflated ratings, especially a per-student expenditure distortion, which rewards UF for having [IFAS[/url</a>], the state agricultural extension service and the ploy by UF President Machen to underrate all other competing state universities.
See: [url=<a href="http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article1011155.ece]Machen’s">http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article1011155.ece]Machen’s</a> rankings ploy is just rank - St. Petersburg Times](<a href=“Solutions for Your Life - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - UF/IFAS”>Solutions for Your Life - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - UF/IFAS)</p>
<p>UF is THE state ag school, except they share land grant status with FAMU. They have the only state Vet school.</p>