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When Vanderbilt is #216 on the list
Posted on 12/20/15 at 9:16 am
Posted on 12/20/15 at 9:16 am
you know it must be an odd ranking of schools.
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This post was edited on 12/20/15 at 9:20 am
Posted on 12/20/15 at 9:34 am to Alert Mi
It was a global list, when you just filter to North America and USA, that #216 drops to around 50, still should be better but 50 is not bad.
Their 6 weights were…
1. Academic reputation (40%)
2. Employer reputation (10%)
3. Student-to-faculty ratio (20%)
4. Citations per faculty (20%)
5. International faculty ratio (5%)
6. International student ratio (5%)
According to this site, Vanderbilt is trending down over 4 year span
2012 | #167
2013 | #181
2014 | #182
2015 | #216
tDecline is real (at least according to this site)
Must dispatch pet spider to search the web…

Their 6 weights were…
1. Academic reputation (40%)
2. Employer reputation (10%)
3. Student-to-faculty ratio (20%)
4. Citations per faculty (20%)
5. International faculty ratio (5%)
6. International student ratio (5%)
According to this site, Vanderbilt is trending down over 4 year span
2012 | #167
2013 | #181
2014 | #182
2015 | #216
tDecline is real (at least according to this site)
Must dispatch pet spider to search the web…
Posted on 12/20/15 at 9:39 am to Alert Mi
Always look to the methodology.
based on the above, the highest ranked SEC school is A&M (159).
based on the above, the highest ranked SEC school is A&M (159).
This post was edited on 12/20/15 at 9:40 am
Posted on 12/20/15 at 9:43 am to Alert Mi
#76 University of Birmingham



Posted on 12/20/15 at 10:31 am to Alert Mi
University of Mississippi: 551-600
LSU: 601-650
Auburn University: 601-650
University of Alabama: 601-650
University of Arkansas: 701+
Mississippi State University: N/A

LSU: 601-650
Auburn University: 601-650
University of Alabama: 601-650
University of Arkansas: 701+
Mississippi State University: N/A

Posted on 12/20/15 at 10:36 am to Cheese Grits
No weight was included for research. That's unusual.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 7:45 pm to DragginFly
quote:
the highest ranked SEC school is A&M (159)

These types of rankings also usually favor schools with strong graduate programs, although that does not explain why Vanderbilt is relatively low, as they are well regarded in many fields.
Usually A&M does better when research spending is taken into account, but perhaps they left that out because of disparities in accounting among different countries.
Posted on 12/21/15 at 6:12 pm to FarmersFight
I work at Vanderbilt. The Medical center is now separate from the University. This may have something to do with the dip in rankings as that's a lot of lost publications and NIH funding previously associated with the University.
Posted on 12/21/15 at 10:49 pm to Cheese Grits
I'm curious as to how weights were assigned to categories. I'm also curious as to why the number of international faculty/students were categories. I'd imagine that universities in China would take a hit for this. It seems more like a fabricated list than anything else.
Posted on 12/22/15 at 11:21 am to Kentucker
I'm assuming citations per faculty accounts for research.
Posted on 12/22/15 at 2:00 pm to Alert Mi
SC 500
Clemson 700
Suck it, taters!

Posted on 12/22/15 at 8:15 pm to Alert Mi
I don't see a lot of bowl games in the top third of that list.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 6:27 am to CtotheVrzrbck
US DoE has their Science Bowl
Granted I am from the age of the dinosaurs, but we used to have science bowls between schools, did they stop doing this?
Granted I am from the age of the dinosaurs, but we used to have science bowls between schools, did they stop doing this?
Posted on 12/23/15 at 7:58 am to CockInYourEar
This won't insult any of them because none of them went to Clemson.
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