Which is better Villanova or BC??

knight2011
Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:19:45 +0000

This is a serious question, i am not a ■■■■■ or anything like that.

I would like a logical comparison of the two and not just “this is the college i go to so, yep its better.”

Here is information I came up with comparing the two, but I know there are other factors, which you guys can point out to state which is better.

Nova avg ACT score: 30
BC avg ACT score: 31

US news ranks BC at #33 (Based off memory)
US news ranks Nova on a totally different list as #1 in regional North Universities. (tough to compare based on US news putting them in different categories.)

Business week ranks Nova undergrad b school as #7 and BC biz school as #16.

Barrons ranks both Nova and BC as Most competitive: in the same category as the ivys, gtown, ND, JHU etc.

According to the National Merit website: BC in their 2010 freshman class has 12 merit scholars and Villanova has 9. (BC is a larger school, approx 11,000 compared to 7000).

BC has a greater endowment at 1.5 billion and Nova has at 300 million.

To me they look pretty similar, but everyone has different in puts…what do you guys think?