UPenn vs Cornell - Creative writing & personal fit

45_Percenter
Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:34:50 +0000

^ There are the highly regarded old NRC (National Research Council) rankings from the 1990s:

[NRC Rankings in Each of 41 Areas](NRC Rankings in Each of 41 Areas)

as well as the more recent NRC rankings from a few years ago:

[NRC Rankings Overview: Religion - Faculty - The Chronicle of Higher Education](NRC Rankings Overview: Religion)

Penn has as much of a “humanities vibe” as any national research university with many top graduate and professional programs. For example, while Penn’s undergraduate program includes the Wharton School, it also has about 400 English majors. And yes, several of Penn’s humanities departments are ranked among the top 5 or 10 or so in the country, including English, History, Religious Studies, Art History, Classics, Music, Romance Languages, Linguistics, and Comp Lit.