The University of Washington MBA program is underrated as their graduates enjoy great employment opportunities. The Foster School of Business just reported the highest rate of employment within 3 months of graduation (over 99%) among all MBA programs in the US.
CS is very competitive for admission & widely regarded as among the best CS programs in the nation.
Washington has been strong across the board for years (from social work and library science, to public policy and psychology, to statistics and genetics, to journalism and international studies, and on and on):
Here’s one that combines US News department rankings in business and engineering (undergrad), biology, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, economics, education, English, history, math, physics, political science, psychology, and sociology (graduate level):
What do you mean by “underrated”? UW is ranked fourth in the US among public universities in the world and 14th in the world according to the Shanghai Rankings and #10 globally according to US News and World Report:
That’s not even taking into account value for money–in my opinion there is no question that the Cal & Washington publics which are probably the most merit-based institutions in the world–are tops.
If the UW is underrated I’d suggest revising one’s approach to looking at rankings.
These (except maybe CPP and Pitt) generally are not underrated for those specific majors. Also, “great value” for some of the state universities can depend on whether you are in-state or out-of-state.
Also, the usual names are California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (or Cal Poly SLO or CPSLO), and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (or Cal Poly Pomona or CPP).
Colleges that are underrated more generally:
New Jersey public universities, by New Jersey residents.
Other northeastern state public universities, by their in-state residents.
Public liberal arts colleges, relative to private liberal arts colleges.
@ucbalumnus I put “great value” because the out-of-state tuition for those schools was significantly under the nationally average (around like $16k). Also, what’s an example of a public liberal arts college? because I thought all of them were private
Saint Mary’s College (IN), is a hidden gem of a LAC with many excellent majors and minors, shared history and traditions with Notre Dame, a co-exchange agreement that allows Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame students to take courses on either campus and a dual degree in engineering program in which students earn a BA or BS from Saint Mary’s in four years and a second BS in engineering from Notre Dame following a fifth year of study.
It is actually architectural studies, not an NAAB accredited BArch program. Students graduating from this program may find that some MArch programs can be completed more quickly than after an unrelated BA/BS.
For engineering, perhaps South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and New Mexico Institute of Mines and Technology, which get much less attention than the (more expensive) Colorado School of Mines.
But then almost any less selective school with ABET accredited engineering majors tends to be underrated for those engineering majors, since ABET accreditation sets a good floor on the quality of the engineering programs.
@justinthomas UW is also a top 10 school in public affairs, the Foster School is top 20 for business as someone else has pointed out, biostats are ranked #3 (alongside Johns Hopkins and Harvard…), top 10 nationally for environmental sciences, and more.
@MmeZeeZee Yeah I was thinking of more less well-known schools that still have great academics and teaching. But, this is still good research cuz I just learned something new about UW
Highly personal but many students underrate their instate flagship. Their are STEM students from Indiana who frankly aren’t impressed with Purdue, any number of students I know who think tOSU is just meh. They’ll underrate their flagship while conflating a similar school in another state.