What are BU's academic peers?

RamRay
Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:59:01 +0000

The gold standard for rankings has been and is USN&WR, For 2012, BU is ranked 53rd along with Fordham; this is an excellent ranking BTW. NYU is ranked 33rd. U-Miami is now ranked 38th. I quote USN&WR as their ranking methodology is known and accepted while “World” rankings like the QS uses, shall we say “different” methodologies. (BTW I find folks who summarily dismiss USN&WR just don’t agree with the rankings of their alma mater or a school of their liking).

While there is a strong similarity between the 3 big private schools of NYC and Boston (Harvard/Columbia -Ivy, Boston College/Fordham -Catholic, NYU/BU -big private), both NYU and Boston College are ranked higher academically than BU. In all other ways BU does compare directly with NYU in many schools and departments.

I would have to agree that Tulane, Stanford and Emory are much higher than BU on many levels…as is reflected in their rankings (all top 25).