Top colleges for veterans

[Finger Laker]

Originally Posted by golfgal

I know several kids attending college on the Yellow Ribbon program and it's wonderful! It's available at many colleges throughout the US, not just Drexel.

For sure .... however, it's typically capped to the cost of the expensive in state public school ... still a good program though

to take it to a private school it frequently makes a nice dent, but not close to full cost

Drexel isn't the only private school to cover the full cost, I just can't remember all the other programs that did the extended program as it started a few years ago

it's not just the yellow ribbon benefits available at other schools, it's an extension available to yellow ribbon eligible vets that covers total cost for any program at any location without any caps, including the number of participants

[sandeep_rohilla]

I attended a seminar in india organized by an university of U.S. In that seminar, speaker told that there is not any ranking system among the educational institutions in U.S.
Is that true ? if it is then why some of the universities are so popular in U.S. even through out the world.

[GeorgiaTransplant]

Originally Posted by sandeep_rohilla

I attended a seminar in india organized by an university of U.S. In that seminar, speaker told that there is not any ranking system among the educational institutions in U.S.
Is that true ? if it is then why some of the universities are so popular in U.S. even through out the world.

It might be true officially, but unofficially, there most definitely is a ranking system.

Most people use US News ranking, which does have issues. There is, however, a somewhat unofficial reputation ranking. Everyone has a different opinion on which stratifies where, but there will be a lot of overlap between people's lists.

There's quite a few universities which are considered, by essentially everyone, as "elite":
Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, MIT, Stanford, CalTech, Duke, Georgetown, potentially UVA, Vanderbilt, Rice, etc. The service academies also fall into this tier, but in a very weird way. Get into and complete one of these tier's programs, it's not the golden ticket, but you're probably not going to want for opportunity.

Below that there's really, really high quality universities-the next tier of elite if you will:
Clemson, UCLA, UWash, William and Mary, GA Tech, etc. You have to try a little harder, but you can definitely get one of the best educations out there in almost any major they offer this tier of school, and they have a very strong alumni network.

Below that are *very* solid universities:
University of Colorado, Brigham Young, Pitt, University of Oregon, Northeastern, Baylor, etc. Also very solid, but probably you'll have to work a little for interviews, job opportunities, etc. Majors start varying in quality a little.

Below that are solid universities, basically the state schools. Majors DEFINITELY vary in quality: some are world-class, some not so much.

[sargentodiaz]

There are also a series of rankings taken from polls of students and alumni of the various colleges and universities.