re: MONEY ranks the best colleges in the U.S.

Yes we know
My school sucks and our football history is mediocre
Why is this shocking?

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percentage of low income students among its enrollees

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And what the frick does this got to do with how good a University is if it is ranking the "best". Just another example of bullshite statistical use. But hey congrats Aggies.

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Bama 35k enrollment ..b4 Saban 15-19k forever..pay da man!

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That’s what they call, the Flutie Effect
LINK

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That list is very weird. I get the point, but I doubt people would say the top 10 is anywhere near a top 10 for best schools.

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I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but, according to US News and World Report:

1. Princeton University - #1

2. University of California-San Diego - #42

3. University of California-Irvine - #42

4. University of California-Los Angeles - #21

5. Stanford University - #5

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - #5

7. University of California-Berkeley - #21

8. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College - #20

9. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - #28

10. University of Virginia-Main Campus - #25


Only Cal San Diego and Cal Irvine are not "near" the top 10, but they are top 50.

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Also that graph is a little old.

The newest PayScale Report for "Mid Career Pay"

1. Vanderbilt - $116,000
2. Texas A&M - $112,400
3. Auburn - $99,500
4. LSU - $98,800
5. Florida - $97,800
6. Georgia - $97,300
7. Missouri - $95,700
8. Arkansas $92,300
9. Kentucky - $91,700
10. Alabama - $90,900
11. Tennessee - $89,500
12. Mississippi State - $89,100
13. Ole Miss - $85,300
14. South Carolina - $84,700

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I am sure some will disagree, but this ranking has more to do with location than it does what college you went to. The top ones are where the jobs are - either big cities or where there is a ton of industry. A&M grads get Houston jobs, which tend to have a higher ladder to climb than whatever the hell people do in Kentucky. If A&M was in eastern Wyoming, it would be last on the list. I have and I'm sure many others hired a ton of people over the years, and I don't give two craps about where they got the paper from. Where you got your degree matters in maybe 1% of industries. Past that it's how you did in the interview, your experience, and how you did at whatever school you went to (with this last one counting a lot less than the other 2).

I don’t believe you

So LSU is like the Wal-Mart of universities?

Oil & gas

I agree that Alabama is dead last in any educational ranking

I'll take top 5...