US News and Report 2009

Hi there,

I haven't posted at this blog for quite a while (almost a month) and i would like to start this month's post with the US News and Report 2009 NEW rankings which have been published recently... this post will most definitely benefit those who are planning to find a university in which is highly ranked (overall or for certain specific courses) and at the same time suit the person applying to that particular university.

NOTE: rankings might vary from one publisher to another. When you are apply to the universities intended - it's your choice. The rankings might not be 100% true. Don't let the rankings affect 70% or more of your decision.

GOOD NEWS!!!
Previously the US News and Report did not reveal most of the rankings.. but for the new 2009 release.. they would like to share with you guys most of the rankings FOR FREE!!!

Here, i would just put the links so that it is convenient for you to search for the rankings.

main website (rankings)
national universities : top schools
best graduate schools (PhD and Masters)
best undergraduate engineering (choose second box - school whose highest degree is a doctorate)
best undergraduate business (includes accounting, finance, etc)

US News and Report 2008 ~ America's Best Colleges

Have you heard about US News and Report 2008???

They have a few types of rankings. But the one that i want to show you is the Universities Rankings which are very helpful and useful for those who are going to apply for admissions into the Universities in the USA. Especially those who are aiming for the 'top' universitites - MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc ... Good luck!!!

Have a look !!!

main website (rankings)
national universities : top schools
best graduate schools (PhD and Masters)
best undergraduate engineering (choose second box - school whose highest degree is a doctorate)
best undergraduate business (includes accounting, finance, etc)

* for undergraduate rankings, the rankings are limited, i have a copy of several parts of the book of the America's Best Colleges 2008 which offer more rankings. Therefore, if you want more info, please email me at friendfries89 'at' gmail 'dot' com,or you can just post your comment(s) at the Shout!!! Box. Besides, I also have the rankings for the Gourman Report if you want...

Here are some of the rankings for the undergraduate studies according to specific fields (chemical engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace/aeronautical engineering, biomedical/biomedical engineering, agricultural engineering, civil engineering)

Chemical Engineering

1. MIT

2. UC Berkeley

3. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

4. Stanford University (CA)

5. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

Electrical Engineering

1. MIT

2. UC Berkeley

3. Stanford University
4. Univ. of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
5. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering
1. MIT
2. Georgia Institute of Technology
3. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
4. Stanford University
5. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Biomedical/Biomedical Engineering
1. John Hopkins University (MD)
2. Duke University (NC)
3. Georgia Institute of Technology
4. Univ. of California-San Diego
5. University of Pennsylvania

Agricultural
1. Univ. of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
2. Iowa State University
3. Cornell University
4. Purdue Univ. - West Lafayette (IN)
4. Texas A&M Univ. - College Station
4. UC Davis (University of California-Davis)

Civil Engineering
1. UC Berkeley
1. Univ. of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
3. MIT
4. Stanford University (CA)
5. Georgia Institute of Technology

Top 50 Universities ~ The Webometrics

The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is produced by the Cybermetrics Lab (CINDOC), a unit of the National Research Council (CSIC), the main public research body in Spain. It offers information about more than 4,000 universities according to their web-presence (a computerised assessment of the scholarly contents and visibility and impact of the whole university webdomain).

The Webometrics Ranking is built from a database of over 15,000 universities and more than 5,000 research centers. The Top 4,000 universities are shown in the main rank, but even more are covered in the regional lists. Institutions from developing countries benefit from this policy as they obtain knowledge of their current position even if they are not World-Class Universities.

I would say that looking at the top 50 universities, it is biased towards the US universities.
MORE RANKINGS... check out the Official Website (top 4,000) ~ Credits goes to this website.
Let's look at the Top 50 UNIVERSITIES ranked by them...

			POSITION
WORLD RANK	UNIVERSITY	COUNTRY	SIZE	VISIBILITY	RICH FILES	SCHOLAR
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology		1	2	1	8
2	Harvard University		2	3	19	1
3	Stanford University		11	1	6	12
4	University of California Berkeley		3	4	2	25
5	Pennsylvania State University		4	8	7	6
6	University of Michigan		15	6	20	21
7	Cornell University		12	5	8	44
8	University of Minnesota		7	17	4	22
9	University of Wisconsin Madison		8	11	9	36
10	University of Texas Austin		17	7	11	42
11	University of Illinois Urbana Champaign		19	10	10	34
12	University of Pennsylvania		30	9	34	20
13	University of Washington		18	12	5	61
14	Carnegie Mellon University		6	24	3	46
15	Columbia University New York		33	13	23	33
16	Purdue University		9	31	12	66
17	University of California Los Angeles		32	20	25	67
18	University of Florida		16	29	18	86
19	University of Chicago		69	15	83	3
20	University of Maryland		68	30	16	26
21	University of Arizona		35	27	14	83
22	Texas A&M University		73	34	13	14
23	Georgia Institute of Technology		27	53	24	18
24	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University		39	44	46	15
25	Princeton University		23	16	41	137
26	University of Cambridge		10	28	53	108
27	Michigan State University		62	25	15	102
28	University of Toronto (Note 1)		59	36	42	50
29	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill		57	22	22	124
30	Rutgers University		52	38	17	84
31	New York University		83	14	37	123
32	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich		21	62	56	30
33	Indiana University		61	21	52	118
34	University of California San Diego		58	40	21	90
35	University of Southern California		41	43	38	92
36	North Carolina State University		13	70	39	49
37	Duke University		76	33	30	111
38	University of Colorado Boulder		36	42	29	136
39	Johns Hopkins University (Note 2)		67	51	90	4
40	California Institute of Technology		126	26	48	55
41	University of Pittsburgh		103	35	58	48
42	Australian National University		51	52	92	35
42	University of Helsinki (Note 3)		22	75	49	40
44	Yale University		56	18	47	189
45	University of Virginia		60	19	36	205
46	University of California Davis		101	32	32	135
47	University of Oxford		106	39	33	112
48	Washington University Saint Louis		46	71	45	85
49	University of British Columbia		129	45	31	88
50	University of Calgary		26	90	75	37