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giacomo

9/28/2017 4:46 PM

In yesterday's Wall Street Journal they listed the top 500 colleges in the United States. We were ranked 489. Buffalo was around 120, Miami was around 312 and Toledo was above us around 400. No other Mac schools were listed and Marshall was absent from the list.

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OUBobcat13

9/28/2017 4:51 PM

giacomo wrote:expand_more

That doesn't seem like much to brag about...

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RPO R6V

9/28/2017 9:21 PM

But... McDavis!

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mf279801

9/28/2017 11:29 PM

OUBobcat13 wrote:expand_more

giacomo wrote:expand_more

That doesn't seem like much to brag about...

Wait? Was that bragging? I took it as alarm bells.

Definitely not a great place to be*.

*Stated without having looked up what criteria they're using to rank these schools

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Taiwan BC

9/29/2017 1:54 AM

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/area-colleges-ranked-... /

Engagement? That's a real concrete, measurable metric... Frickin' Cedarville?

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OUVan

9/29/2017 10:12 AM

My arbitrary criteria had us much higher.

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Ohio69

9/29/2017 10:57 AM

My message to the WSJ: Not even close bud.

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OhioCatFan

9/29/2017 11:02 AM

This has as much validity as the infamous Princeton Party School rankings.

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giacomo

9/29/2017 5:55 PM

https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-wsj-the-college-ran...

This article tells you how they ranked the schools.

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TWT

10/1/2017 10:44 AM

giacomo wrote:expand_more

https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-wsj-the-college-ran...

This article tells you how they ranked the schools.

If its graduates financial success that is measured Buffalo is going to have a big advantage with many of its grads from the metropolitan NYC area where wages and opportunities are greater. Toledo has a relatively high percentage of graduates in professional programs. The study is basically saying don't go for liberal arts in rural college towns but go for professional programs in major metro areas.

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OUPride

10/1/2017 11:39 AM

Case, Kenyon and Cincinnati unranked. That negates any credibility right there.