US News 2017 rankings

IzzoOne
Sat, 26 Nov 2016 00:50:58 +0000

Isaac,

Much of these R&D expenditures come from federal sources. A huge percentage of that is related to health sciences. Schools without medical schools are typically lower, even if they are very strong in engineering. This is why Berkeley and UT Austin are relatively low.

In the case of Michigan, they put $433M of institutional resources into research, which propels them to be one of the top research institutions. I don’t think this is necessarily a good thing. http://www.bestcolleges.com/features/colleges-with-highest-research-and-development-expenditures/

Again, though, how much does this really contribute to undergraduate education? Do you think graduates of these schools are better educated on the whole than someone coming out of Davidson? I sure don’t.