UR vs. Duke

Colleges & Universities University of Richmond
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<p>secondpick,</p>

<p>If you want to rely upon rankings then please have spider05 explain these rankings which confirm that Richmond is a solid academic school and Duke being a great university:</p>

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<li> College Confidential academics ranking:</li>
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<p>Duke = A
Richmond = B</p>

<p>[<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/college_rank_summary.html][/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/college_rank_summary.html][/url</a>]</p>

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<li> US News overall rank:
Duke = 8th national universities
Richmond = 34th among liberal arts colleges
(tied with academic peer Sewanee—University of the South (TN))</li>
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<li> US News peer assessment :
Duke= 11th among other national universities
(tied with University of Pennsylvania & UMichigan)</li>
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<p>Richmond = 35th among liberal arts colleges
(tied with academic peers: Connecticut College, Franklin and Marshall College ¶, Rhodes College (TN), Sarah Lawrence College (NY), Pitzer College (CA), St. Olaf College (MN), and Earlham College (IN))</p>

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<li> Wall Street Journal’s Ranking of “Feeder Schools”
<a href=“http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/pdfs/wsj_college_092503.pdf[/url]”>http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/pdfs/wsj_college_092503.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<p>Duke = 5th
Richmond = UNRANKED</p>

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<li> The Washington Monthly College Rankings: </li>
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<p>Duke University = #23 among national universities
<a href=“http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0609.national.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0609.national.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>Richmond = # 60 among liberal arts colleges
(Richmond’s academic peers being Bethel College (TN) at # 59
Lewis and Clark College (OR) at #61
<a href=“http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0609.libarts.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0609.libarts.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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