Los Angeles vs Washington D.C. vs New York City: Higher Education (map, metropolitan)

[basketballakev]

Originally Posted by BPerone201

NYC metro has so many universities it's ridiculous.

NYC is #1

There is so much east coast bias on these forums. But how do the Universities fair up to some of the schools in LA? According to US News, Cal Tech > Columbia > UCLA, USC > NYU.

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by basketballakev

There is so much east coast bias on these forums. But how do the Universities fair up to some of the schools in LA? According to US News, Cal Tech > Columbia > UCLA, USC > NYU.

I still would rather have an Ivy League school on my resume.

[basketballakev]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

I still would rather have an Ivy League school on my resume.

Well thats your opinion. I'm just presenting and comparing schools based on the rankings of US News and ARWU.

[BigCityGuy]

Originally Posted by basketballakev

The University of California system is a renowned Public University system. Eight of its undergraduate campuses are ranked among the top 100, six among the top 50, and three among the top 25 U.S. universities by both the U.S. News and World Report and the Academic Ranking of World Universities.The University of California system is considered a model for public institutions across the United States. Many of the UC schools are Public Ivies.

Ivy League

All of the Ivy League's institutions place near the top in the U.S. News & World Report college and university rankings and rank within the top one percent of the world's academic institutions in terms of financial endowment. In addition, Ivy Leagues school are often viewed by the public as some of the most prestigious universities worldwide and are often ranked amongst the best universities in the United States and worldwide.

CUNY

The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym pronounced /ˈkjuːni/), is the public university system of New York City. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, a doctorate-granting graduate school, a journalism school, a law school and the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. More than 450,000 degree-credit, adult, continuing and professional education students are enrolled at campuses located in all five New York City boroughs.
CUNY is the third-largest university system, in terms of enrollment, in the United States, behind the State University of New York (SUNY) and California State University systems. CUNY and SUNY are separate and independent university systems, although both are public institutions which receive funding from New York State. CUNY, however, is additionally funded by the City of New York.
It has graduated the highest number of Nobel Laureates of any public university in the world.
The City University's alumni include Jonas Salk, Colin Powell, Andrew Grove, co-founder of Intel, Barbara Boxer, Harvey Pitt, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, and Joy Behar.

SUNY

The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY (pronounced /ˈsuːniː/) is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the world,[2] with a total enrollment of 438,361 students, plus 1.1 million continuing education students spanning 64 campuses across the state. The SUNY system has 83,547 faculty members and some 6,650 degree and certificate programs overall. SUNY includes many institutions and four University Centers: Albany (1844), Binghamton (1946), Buffalo (1846), and Stony Brook (1957) and Syracuse (Upstate University). SUNY's administrative offices are in Albany.
The State University of New York was established in 1948 by then-Governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey, through legislative implementation of recommendations made by the Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University (1946-1948). The Commission was chaired by Owen D. Young, then-Chairman of the General Electric Company. The system was greatly expanded during the administration of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, who took a personal interest in design and construction of new SUNY facilities across the state.
SUNY comprises all institutions of higher education statewide that are state-supported, with the exception of the institutions that are units of the City University of New York (CUNY).

[thefinalcut]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

I still would rather have an Ivy League school on my resume.

But of course. Even our presidents, including one on the office right now follow this logic... Who cares about rankings?
Ivy League diploma is a door opener AROUND THE WORLD. During my recent trip to Europe I was surprised hopw many people heard about and respected US schools like Harvard, Yale, Princeton and MIT (not an Ivy)....

[BigCityGuy]

Originally Posted by PDX_LAX

Before this thread, I have NEVER seen either Princeton or Yale grouped as "NYC schools". If you asked someone who goes to Yale where they go to school, they don't say New York; however, if you ask someone who goes to Pepperdine where they go to school, they say L.A. instead of Malibu.

Oh yes because the County has the same name.

[basketballakev]

The University of California and most of its campuses are members of the Association of American Universities (AAU). Collectively, the system counts among its faculty (as of 2002):

• 389 members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 5 Fields Medal recipients
• 19 Fulbright Scholars
• 25 MacArthur Fellows
• 254 members of the National Academy of Sciences
• 91 members of the National Academy of Engineering
• 13 National Medal of Science Laureates
• 32 Nobel laureates. Nobel laureates are present at all campuses except Davis, Merced, Riverside, and Santa Cruz. This is the largest number received by any University.[5]
• 106 members of the Institute of Medicine

[basketballakev]

As of 2006, Caltech has 31 Nobel laureates to its name. This figure includes 17 alumni, 14 non-alumni professors, and 4 professors who were also alumni (Carl D. Anderson, Linus Pauling, William A. Fowler, and Edward B. Lewis). The number of awards is 32, because Pauling received prizes in both Chemistry and Peace. With fewer than 25,000 alumni in total, more than one in 1,400 have received the Nobel Prize — a ratio unmatched by any other university. Five faculty and alumni have received a Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, while 49 have been awarded the U.S. National Medal of Science, and 10 have received the National Medal of Technology.[11] Other distinguished researchers have been affiliated with Caltech as postdoctoral scholars (e.g., Barbara McClintock, James D. Watson, and Sheldon Glashow) or visiting professors (e.g., Albert Einstein and Edward Witten).

[PDX_LAX]

Originally Posted by BigCityGuy

Oh yes because the County has the same name.

That might have something to do with it, but it's more because of the proximity between Malibu and the city of Los Angeles and the fact that L.A. is pretty indistinguishable from its surrounding suburbs, whereas New Haven and New York are very far apart and are very distinguishable from each other.

[basketballakev]

Originally Posted by thefinalcut

But of course. Even our presidents, including one on the office right now follow this logic... Who cares about rankings?
Ivy League diploma is a door opener AROUND THE WORLD. During my recent trip to Europe I was surprised hopw many people heard about and respected US schools like Harvard, Yale, Princeton and MIT (not an Ivy)....

Linus Pauling (Cal Tech Alum) perhaps the greatest chemist of all time > Barack Obama