<p>Vanderbilt has improved a lot and is definitely on the upswing. This is a silly debate; patriotsfan1 and I both think Vandy is a great school. It needs to improve its academic reputation though by hiring more renowned faculty members to start impressing those in the academic world since not everyone blindly follows USNWR. Also, increasing professional and graduate school placement key as people care about these sorts of statistics a lot and Vandy under performs while Duke punches above its weight here.</p>
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Duke: #6 in the country
Vanderbilt: doesn’t make the top 50</p>