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Time Magazine Top 500 Universities in the World - just released

Posted on 2/3/26 at 4:48 pm
Posted by TX Tea
Member since Sep 2023
666 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 4:48 pm
LINK

SEC list w/ ranking top
1. Vanderbilt 25
2. Texas 37
3. Mizzou 124
4. Florida 134
5. Tennessee 157
6. UGA 171
7. Kentucky 189
8. Texas A&M 219
9. Oklahoma 232
10. South Carolina 236
11. Auburn 340
12. Ole Miss 359
13. Miss St 445
14. Arkansas 486
15. Alabama N/R
16 LSU N/R

That's it, that's the list. I'd imagine all the bottom feeders will downvote.

Posted by borotiger
Murfreesboro Tennessee
Member since Jan 2004
14165 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 4:52 pm to
They have Mizzou above Florida which invalidates the entire ranking.

ETA: This is a liberal fantasy ranking.
From your link:

What if we could design admissions policies that are more meritocratic and increase socioeconomic diversity?
This post was edited on 2/3/26 at 4:56 pm
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
62742 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 4:53 pm to
Time Magazine
Posted by Windy City
Member since Jun 2019
2240 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 4:55 pm to
Kind of random, ranking Case Western Reserve University over UCLA and Ohio State over Dartmouth, Brown, UVA, etc.

Would love to see the actual statistical findings.
Posted by TX Tea
Member since Sep 2023
666 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 4:55 pm to
quote:

They have Mizzou above Florida which invalidates the entire ranking.


Ohio State at 33 loses them some cred also.
Posted by borotiger
Murfreesboro Tennessee
Member since Jan 2004
14165 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 4:56 pm to
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Sarge
Time Magazine


Yeah. I updated my post. The list is crap.
Posted by Bigdawgb
Member since Oct 2023
3846 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 4:58 pm to
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Would love to see the actual statistical findings.


"Make sure the stats keep everything as expected, plus a few hot takes for the clicks"
This post was edited on 2/3/26 at 4:59 pm
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
27645 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 5:00 pm to
Um...we are very much not lower...Mizzou....no.
Posted by Murph4HOF
A-T-L-A-N-T-A (that's where I stay)
Member since Sep 2019
17898 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 5:02 pm to
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6. UGA 171
quote:

15. Alabama N/R
16 LSU N/R
Posted by DarthRebel
Tier Five is Alive
Member since Feb 2013
25266 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 5:04 pm to
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15. Alabama N/R
16 LSU N/R


This kind of makes list look legit
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
20691 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 5:22 pm to
From their methodology:

quote:

The proportion of international undergraduate students and the overall proportion of international students are used to capture the internationality of the student body.

The proportion of international faculty is also a relevant indicator of an institution’s global character and the internationality of its teaching environment.


I literally couldn’t care less that Auburn didn’t get good marks for its international inclusiveness.
Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
26328 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 5:23 pm to
It is because many of the top universities are “woke” with a ton of international students. Sounds right
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
39182 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 5:28 pm to
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quote:
15. Alabama N/R
16 LSU N/R


This kind of makes list look legit


You have to respect places that aren't ashamed that academic buildings were erected around the football stadium solely for ambience.
Posted by Csmims
A sandy beach in paradise
Member since Jan 2019
3650 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 5:28 pm to
These lists that come out every year are absolutely worthless because most of the criteria used to rank. these schools has absolutely nothing to do with what type of education you receive.
Posted by Gifman
Member since Jan 2021
18177 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 5:57 pm to
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12. Ole Miss 359


lol no. I’d rather send someone to trade school.
Posted by Rosco P Coltrane
STL
Member since Aug 2022
318 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 6:14 pm to
Kick them dern purple-haired libs at Missou back to the Big 10!
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
89869 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 6:20 pm to
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increase socioeconomic diversity?


Lol
Posted by WilliamTaylor21
383 Hoosier Daddy Lane
Member since Dec 2013
38581 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 6:20 pm to
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13. Miss St 445
15. Alabama N/R

Posted by theRealJesseD
Member since Nov 2021
4658 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:29 pm to
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5. Tennessee 157 6. UGA 171


A tenner must have authored this
This post was edited on 2/3/26 at 7:30 pm
Posted by Gunga Din
Oklahoma
Member since Jul 2020
3286 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:40 pm to
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A tenner must have authored this


Tennessee and Kentucky surprised me on this list. Everybody else seemed about right except for maybe A&M being as low as it was.
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