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Forbes America's Best Colleges

Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:13 am
Posted by BHMKyle
Birmingham, AL
Member since Feb 2013
5076 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:13 am
Rankings the 65 Power 5 Schools:

The TOP 10
1. California
4. Stanford
8. UCLA
10. Northestern
12. Duke
14. Vanderbilt
17. USC
22. Michigan
25. Florida
27. Washington

The BOTTOM 10
204. Oklahoma St.
205. Baylor
209. Kentucky
212. Rutgers
221. Ole Miss
230. Kansas St.
233. Alabama
240. West Virginia
286. Louisville
433. Mississippi State (yikes!)

The SEC:
14. Vanderbilt
25. Florida
45. Texas
50. Texas A&M
69. Georgia
123. LSU
125. Oklahoma
142. Missouri
150. Auburn
161. Tennessee
190. Arkansas
195. S. Carolina
209. Kentucky
221. Ole Miss
233. Alabama
433. Mississippi St.
Posted by TN Dawg2
Knoxville
Member since Jun 2021
529 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:17 am to
This needs more context.

Best colleges for what?

Value. Education. Banging co-eds. Campus amenities. Athletics.

What is it measuring?

Posted by Crimsonite94
Member since Jul 2021
3564 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:19 am to
Thank God for Mississippi.
Posted by cdur86
Member since Jan 2014
981 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:21 am to
As always I would like to see the ranking criteria to see how much BS is in these rankings
Posted by Arkapigdiesel
Arkansas
Member since Jun 2009
13323 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:22 am to
I'm sure Bama fans will lose sleep over their academia ranking. Meanwhile, they will continue to skull drag their opponent's on every Saturday for the foreseeable future.
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
42574 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:25 am to
Looks like those western and northern schools have been the benefactor of white privilege and need to distribute their wealth.
Posted by KaiserSoze99
Member since Aug 2011
31669 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:27 am to
It's Forbes, so they tend to be business-minded in their rankings. Other media place greater emphasis on a bunch of different shite, including a bunch of bullshite woke stuff that nobody gives a shite about.
Posted by BHMKyle
Birmingham, AL
Member since Feb 2013
5076 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:30 am to
Here is the Average Early Career Salary for the SEC schools:

1. Vanderbilt- $122,400
2. Texas A&M- $119,000
3. Texas- $115,600
4. Auburn- $105,400
5. Florida- $105,200
6. LSU- $104,500
7. Georgia- $104,200
8. Missouri- $101,400
9. Oklahoma- $100,900
10. Arkansas- $100,000
11. Kentucky- $95,900
12. Alabama- $95,300
13. Mississippi St.- $95,100
14. Tennessee- $94,800
15. S. Carolina- $89,900
16. Ole Miss- $88,300
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
102699 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 11:31 am to
A school that churns out solid engineers who have high paying jobs all over the South is ranked 150 spots below any other "big" school?

Alright, sounds good.
Posted by Abstract Queso Dip
Member since Mar 2021
5878 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 12:00 pm to
Looks like Mississippi State forgot to pay off the spam site Forbes for their bulkshite rankings.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67213 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 12:01 pm to
LSU is ranked far better than expected
Posted by Tackle74
Columbia, MO
Member since Mar 2012
5264 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 12:23 pm to
These lists are absolute shite,listened to a pod cast by Maclom Gladwell this summer going over how full of shite they are.
Posted by wutangfinancial
Treasure Valley
Member since Sep 2015
11196 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 12:25 pm to
I really can't say I would have gone to LSU if I were prospecting schools in 2021. LSU's academic rankings have tanked and the football program is falling apart, including the gameday atmosphere. NOLA is a mess. What's the draw for out of state kids anymore?

These rankings are meaningless still but the signaling mechanism of university prestige is real however unfortunate that is.
This post was edited on 9/8/21 at 12:27 pm
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
3334 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 12:32 pm to
Didn’t you get rejected by Mississippi State’s vet school or something?
Posted by KingofTexas
Member since Jun 2021
1740 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 12:39 pm to
quote:

433. Mississippi St.
Posted by FlatwoodsForester
Member since Jul 2012
2569 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 12:42 pm to
quote:

69. Georgia


Posted by PeleofAnalytics
Member since Jun 2021
2800 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 12:53 pm to
I read through the list of criteria that are new. There is one now that has to do with how much aid the school gives to underprivileged kids and how they turn out. I'm not saying that is a bad thing but is it really a criteria one uses when picking schools. If a state like California throws a lot of cash at poor students at the expense of putting their state more in debt? I guess it helps those kids but how about the people paying all the taxes? Might be better in the long run. Might not.
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
30601 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 1:17 pm to

One half of the top-10 schools are on the West Coast!....really?
Posted by Mulkey Man
Member since Apr 2021
19403 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 2:08 pm to
quote:

233. Alabama


OOOOF! At least you're good at football.
Posted by Shamoan
Member since Feb 2019
9296 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 2:31 pm to



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