<p>The average department at UNC ranks well above the average for UVa. UVa’s stars are the law and business programs only one of which serves undergrads. For such a “highly ranked” school UVa has few outstanding depts–say ranked in the Top 15, especially in sciences and engineering. </p>
<p>While Duke has built itself from an also ran school in the 70’s to a very good one today in many areas the UNC faculty are very good. UNC depts that outrank Duke include Chemistry, Comp sci, History, Psychology and Sociology</p>