Top Ten Metros: Higher Education (population, Boston, cons, school)

[Maintainschaos]

Originally Posted by Spade

Atlanta having Emory and Ga Tech deserve to be up there with DC. Maybe even surpassing it.

Sure, I think that's a fair point, too.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

some look like they are limited to city boundaries and others not

It appears that way....This is a great site for searching for such information: College Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics

[BCB]

Originally Posted by Spade

Atlanta having Emory and Ga Tech deserve to be up there with DC. Maybe even surpassing it.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by Spade

Atlanta having Emory and Ga Tech deserve to be up there with DC. Maybe even surpassing it.

Disagreed.

[the resident09]

Originally Posted by Spade

Atlanta having Emory and Ga Tech deserve to be up there with DC. Maybe even surpassing it.

Emory and Ga Tech are great, I'd definitely still place after DC area, maybe next in line. Still too much fire power with Univ of MD, George Washington, George Mason, Catholic U, American U, Georgetown, Trinity, and even Johns Hopkins, UMBC, Towson, Loyala MD if your talking CSA which it looks like we are. Not to mention Howard as an HBCU is larger and more prestigious than the AUC schools and at least a couple of them combined.

[Craziaskowboi]

Honestly, I think Pittsburgh is competitive with at least a couple of cities on this list. You have Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, Carlow University and Chatham University all within city limits. That's two major research universities (including one "New Ivy"), two Catholic universities, and a private women's school. Outside the city limits but still in Allegheny County are Robert Morris University, La Roche College and Penn State-Greater Allegheny (née Penn State-McKeesport). So that's seven four-year colleges and universities in Allegheny County alone.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by Spade

Yeah I noticed Villanova missing from Philadelphia's list.

as well as Bryn Mawr, Strathmore, Univ od DE, Cheyney, and Curtis Inst (probably the second best music school in thecountry)

plus the numerous medical schools like Jefferson and PCOM

[OyCrumbler]

If acceptance rate is the benchmark being used, then Cooper Union should probably be thrown in for NYC as it has an acceptance rate of 8%; additionally, some of the better CUNY senior colleges have acceptance rates lower than Fordham and others that made the OP's list.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

If acceptance rate is the benchmark being used, then Cooper Union should probably be thrown in for NYC as it has an acceptance rate of 8%; additionally, some of the better CUNY senior colleges have acceptance rates lower than Fordham and others that made the OP's list.

The Curtis Intitute of Music has what is reported as the lowest acceptance of any institution in th US at 3.2%

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

as well as Bryn Mawr, Strathmore, Univ od DE, Cheyney, and Curtis Inst (probably the second best music school in thecountry)

plus the numerous medical schools like Jefferson and PCOM

Penn's Perelman School of Medicine is the oldest medical school in the country, btw.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

The Curtis Intitute of Music has what is reported as the lowest acceptance of any institution in th US at 3.2%

That could be because all of its students are full-tuition/scholarships.