What states are underrepresented?

nycollegelooker1
Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:02:55 +0000

Highly educated states tend to represented in terms of representations.

To define an underrated state - it must strong academic programs that attract people from all over and have certain reputation and prestige.

Remeber its not one good college but many good colleges , that may make a college town.

Definitely not albama, mississippi, lousina, or montana. Not the mid-west either - with wisconsion, minnesota being exceptions. Why, well OK,KS,Nebreasks,Iowa all suffer from a phenomon known as rural flight. People are leaving, they want to enjoy either the big cities or in the case of small town liberal schools, affluent areas, or clean areas not surrounded by poverty and neglect as alabama, miss,etc.

Of courses many college towns have these problems, but the key point here is the budget spending and how well the area of the state is. Utah could be underrepsenated why,
despite low educational spending, UTAh doesnt seem to have a lot of problems, the place, is clean, beautiful to alot, and tons of jobs, research areas, etc - its desirable but mostly to mormons.

I agree that Oregon is defintely underreprestanted because it is successful, but havent really heard of a lot of schools out there.

Its may be hard to tell, but definitely the state has to have a well attracted pool that wants opportunity. And on a side note anyone who argues idaho,montana,alabama,miss better than add alaska, hawaii or better yet - Maine, Wyoming, nebrasks, dakota esp. south, etc. Not all that prestigious, Mind you some of theses states have some
great public unveristies but those are designed for instate students.

College towns, and desirable places too , ie ann arbor, boston, new haven (despite problems the surround areas of ct are rich), cambridge, philly, la, berekely, etc.

Hard to know. Most prestigious colleges have either OR


large endowment OR
many professional graduate


plus

research capability.

possibly arts+music capability, Remeber its also society that decides in a global sense.