WSJ College Rankings 2024 / US News Rankings better for ACC schools

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If you have a kid in North Carolina looking at colleges I would seriously consider Western Carolina - they are one of the NC promise schools so tuition in state is $500 a semester - my daughter started school there this fall and is really enjoying it
 
GoHeelsweeeehoooo said:
If you have a kid in North Carolina looking at colleges I would seriously consider Western Carolina - they are one of the NC promise schools so tuition in state is $500 a semester - my daughter started school there this fall and is really enjoying it
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GoHeelsweeeehoooo said:
If you have a kid in North Carolina looking at colleges I would seriously consider Western Carolina - they are one of the NC promise schools so tuition in state is $500 a semester - my daughter started school there this fall and is really enjoying it
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A friend's son went there 15 yrs ago. Had a blast. Got a constructiion mgmt degree. Banking nice coin these days.
 
So the ACC has the #2 (Berkeley), #4 (UVA), and #5 (UNC) ranked public schools in the country and 2 of the top 6 (Stanford and Duke) private schools. Pretty cool.
 
Considering the 82% in-state requirement and the relatively smaller population of NC relative to CA, TX, and FL, I've always thought we've done reasonably well in USNWR rankings. Consider some of the other "top publics"

Berkeley - 76% in-state (CA population 260% larger)
UCLA - 79% in-state
Michigan - 52% in-state
UVa - 66% in-state
UT-Austin - 80% in-state (TX population 182% larger)
U Florida - 79% in-state (FL population 109% larger)

I am not advocating that NC change its requirements, but simply suggesting that if rankings were the most important factor (and they certainly should not be), Carolina could likely move a bit higher.
 
Queen City Heel said:
Considering the 82% in-state requirement and the relatively smaller population of NC relative to CA, TX, and FL, I've always thought we've done reasonably well in USNWR rankings. Consider some of the other "top publics"

Berkeley - 76% in-state (CA population 260% larger)
UCLA - 79% in-state
Michigan - 52% in-state
UVa - 66% in-state
UT-Austin - 80% in-state (TX population 182% larger)
U Florida - 79% in-state (FL population 109% larger)

I am not advocating that NC change its requirements, but simply suggesting that if rankings were the most important factor (and they certainly should not be), Carolina could likely move a bit higher.
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I did not realize how weird Mich is with paying attention to in State
 
Queen City Heel said:
Considering the 82% in-state requirement and the relatively smaller population of NC relative to CA, TX, and FL, I've always thought we've done reasonably well in USNWR rankings. Consider some of the other "top publics"

Berkeley - 76% in-state (CA population 260% larger)
UCLA - 79% in-state
Michigan - 52% in-state
UVa - 66% in-state
UT-Austin - 80% in-state (TX population 182% larger)
U Florida - 79% in-state (FL population 109% larger)

I am not advocating that NC change its requirements, but simply suggesting that if rankings were the most important factor (and they certainly should not be), Carolina could likely move a bit higher.
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One tweak made to the USNWR formula this year is that they no longer include first generation college students in the assessment of overall graduation rates of a University… which to me is a good change that doesn’t penalize Universities for accepting first generation college students (who tend to have a significantly lower/slower graduation rate, unfortunately)
 
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