Rising University Cities: Top 100 University Rankings Change (2014 > 2022) (salaries, pool)

[walker1962]

Originally Posted by manitopiaaa

With the 2022 U.S. News and World Report National University Rankings out, I wanted to show how top 100 American universities (and their parent cities) have changed in stature since 2014. The numbers below are broken out by CSA and the change is 2014 > 2022.

The biggest trend is that flagship Southern universities have blossomed this past decade, with FSU, UFlorida, UGeorgia, and UTexas all showing incredible increases. Meanwhile, Northeast city elite universities have kept their golden pedestal, but secondary universities have generally fallen, as universities like Fordham, Stony Brook and Yeshiva have failed to keep up with their bigger Southern flagship competitors.

California universities have also done quite well, both due to a methodological change that benefits student aid-friendly universities, and the tech boom. Elite schools focused on tech/STEM, like MIT and Johns Hopkins have also been among the only few to show Tier I moves (the U.S. News methodology is meant to be sticky, so a university like MIT going from #7 > #2 is huge).

Overall, the U.S. university ecosystem continues to splinter, and only 4 CSAs now claim to have 5 or more universities: Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington.

CSA
University (2014 Rank > 2022 Rank) Change

ALBANY

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (#41 > #55) -14

ALLENTOWN

• Lehigh University (#41 > #49) -8

ATLANTA

• Emory University (#20 > #21) -1
• Georgia Institute of Technology (#36 > #38) -2
• University of Georgia (#60 > #48) +12

AUSTIN

• University of Texas (#52 > #38) +14

BINGHAMTON

• Binghamton University (#97 > #83) +14

BLACKSBURG

• Virginia Tech (#69 > #75) -6

BLOOMINGTON

• Indiana University (#75 > #68) +7

BOSTON

• Boston College (#31 > #36) -5
• Boston University (#41 > #42) -1
• Brandeis University (#32 > #42) -10
• Brown University (#14 > #14) -0-
• Harvard University (#2 > #2) -0-
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (#7 > #2) +5
• Northeastern University (#49 > #49) -0-
• Tufts University (#28 > #28) -0-
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute (#62 > #63) -1

BUFFALO

• University at Buffalo (#109 > #93) +16

CEDAR RAPIDS

• University of Iowa (#73 > #83) -10

CHAMPAIGN

• University of Illinois (#41 > #47) -6

CHARLOTTESVILLE

• University of Virginia (#23 > #25) -2

CHICAGO

• Northwestern University (#12 > #9) +3
• University of Chicago (#5 > #6) -1

CLEVELAND

• Case Western Reserve University (#37 > #42) -5

COLLEGE STATION

• Texas A&M University (#69 > #68) +1

COLUMBUS

• Ohio State University (#52 > #49) +3

COLUMBUS (GA)

• Auburn University (#91 > #99) -8

DALLAS-FORT WORTH

• Southern Methodist University (#60 > #68) -8
• Texas Christian University (#UR > #83) N/A

DENVER

• Colorado School of Mines (#91 > #83) +8
• University of Denver (#91 > #93) -2

DETROIT

• University of Michigan (#28 > #23) +5

GAINESVILLE

• University of Florida (#49 > #28) +21

GREENSBORO

• Elon University (#UR > #83) N/A
• Wake Forest University (#23 > #28) -5

GREENVILLE

• Clemson University (#62 > #75) -13

HARTFORD

• University of Connecticut (#57 > #63) -6

HOUSTON

• Rice University (#18 > #17) +1

ITHACA

• Cornell University (#16 > #17) -1

LAFAYETTE (IN)

• Purdue University (#68 > #49) +19

LANSING

• Michigan State University (#73 > #83) -10

LEBANON

• Dartmouth College (#10 > #13) -3

LOS ANGELES

• California Institute of Technology (#10 > #9) +1
• Loyola Marymount University (#UR > #75) N/A
• Pepperdine University (#57 > #49) +8
• University of California, Irvine (#49 > #36) +13
• University of California, Los Angeles (#23 > #20) +3
• University of California, Riverside (#112 > #83) +29
• University of Southern California (#23 > #27) -4 [UCLA/USC seem to be diverging]

MADISON

• University of Wisconsin (#41 > #42) -1

MIAMI

• University of Miami (#47 > #55) -8

MILWAUKEE

• Marquette University (#75 > #83) -8

MINNEAPOLIS

• University of Minnesota (#69 > #68) +1

NASHVILLE

• Vanderbilt University (#17 > #14) +3

NEW ORLEANS

• Tulane University (#52 > #42) +10

NEW YORK

• Columbia University (#4 > #2) +2
• Fordham University (#57 > #68) -11
• New York University (#32 > #28) +4
• Princeton University (#1 > #1) -0-
• Rutgers University (#69 > #63) +6
• Stevens Institute of Technology (#82 > #83) -1
• Stony Brook University (#82 > #93) -11
• Yale University (#3 > #5) -2
• Yeshiva University (#47 > #68) -21

PHILADELPHIA

• University of Delaware (#75 > #93) -18
• University of Pennsylvania (#7 > #8) -1
• Villanova University (#UR > #49) N/A

PITTSBURGH

• Carnegie Mellon University (#23 > #25) -2
• University of Pittsburgh (#62 > #59) +3

RALEIGH

• Duke University (#7 > #9) -2
• North Carolina State University (#UR > #79) N/A
• University of North Carolina (#30 > #28) +2

ROCHESTER

• University of Rochester (#32 > #34) -2

SACRAMENTO

• University of California, Davis (#39 > #38) +1

SAINT LOUIS

• Washington University in Saint Louis (#14 > #14) -0-

SALT LAKE CITY

• Brigham Young University (#62 > #79) -17

SAN DIEGO

• University of California, San Diego (#39 > #34) +5
• University of San Diego (#91 > #93) -2

SAN FRANCISCO

• Santa Clara University (#UR > #55) N/A
• Stanford University (#5 > #6) -1
• University of California, Berkeley (#20 > #22) -2
• University of California, Merced (#UR > #93) N/A

SANTA BARBARA

• University of California, Santa Barbara (#41 > #28) +13

SEATTLE

• University of Washington (#52 > #59) -7

SOUTH BEND

• University of Notre Dame (#18 > #19) -1

SPOKANE

• Gonzaga University (#UR > #79) N/A

SPRINGFIELD

• University of Massachusetts (#91 > #68) +23

STATE COLLEGE

• Pennsylvania State University (#37 > #63) -26

SYRACUSE

• Syracuse University (#62 > #59) +3

TALLAHASSEE

• Florida State University (#91 > #55) +36

VIRGINIA BEACH

• College of William and Mary (#32 > #38) -6

WACO

• Baylor University (#75 > #75) -0-

WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE

• American University (#75 > #79) -4
• George Washington University (#52 > #63) -11
• Georgetown University (#20 > #23) -3
• Howard University (#142 > #83) +59
• Johns Hopkins University (#12 > #9) +3
• University of Maryland (#62 > #59) +3

Edit to post link: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges...l_Universities

How can you add University of GA as being in Atlanta when its in Athens but have Texas A&M in its hometown of College Station? A&M is as close to Houston as Athens is to Atlanta.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by Landolakes90

Alabama isn't even the Harvard of the SEC.

I was thinking the same thing. That would go to Vanderbilt.

[bartonro]

Originally Posted by Country Roads

I'm surprised Alabama wasn't on there, always thought of it as the Harvard of the South.

I wonder where that perception came from. The 2021 US News and World Report rankings have Alabama in the bottom half of the SEC. They even have Auburn rated higher.

[elchevere]

I would place Duke above Vanderbilt.

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

I was thinking the same thing. That would go to Vanderbilt.

[mjlo]

Originally Posted by elchevere

I would place Duke above Vanderbilt.

Duke isn't in the SEC though.

[elchevere]

Ah, SEC….was thinking South

Originally Posted by mjlo

Duke isn't in the SEC though.

[TheTimidBlueBars]

I honestly didn't realize the University of Connecticut was that prestigious. I didn't know anyone in high school who applied there or ever talked about it. Maybe it just gets overshadowed by all the other blue-chip Northeastern schools?

[atadytic19]

Miami and DFW are the only top ten metros that lack a school in the top 25. Heck neither has a school in the top 50. DFW especially is always coming up in the discussions about the ultra wealthy and yet all those billionaires are not boosting up TCU and SMU?

Didn't one die a few years ago? Hopefully he left some money to education.

I know DFW has been investing a lot in its State schools, but those are a long way from a UNC or even UT or A&M.

Much smaller southern metros such as Nashville, New Orleans and Raleigh have prestigious private universities thanks to wealthy benefactors, not sure why DFW and Miami never had a rich old guy croak and gifted a school a buttload of $$$ to boost that school's stature

[rranger]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Because times change and things evolve. Northeastern was not great 40 years ago and now it is a prominent university in a world class alpha level city. Shall it not rank higher from 1983 because you liked how things were?

In your mind Northeastern is a great university. Sadly, reality would dictate otherwise. And, even more sadly, kiddies who go there continue to spend an exorbitant amount of money on an education that is sub-standard to UMASS Amherst. Sorry you got taken. Aaah... the power of marketing!

[whereiend]

Originally Posted by atadytic19

Miami and DFW are the only top ten metros that lack a school in the top 25. Heck neither has a school in the top 50. DFW especially is always coming up in the discussions about the ultra wealthy and yet all those billionaires are not boosting up TCU and SMU?

Didn't one die a few years ago? Hopefully he left some money to education.

I know DFW has been investing a lot in its State schools, but those are a long way from a UNC or even UT or A&M.

Much smaller southern metros such as Nashville, New Orleans and Raleigh have prestigious private universities thanks to wealthy benefactors, not sure why DFW and Miami never had a rich old guy croak and gifted a school a buttload of $$$ to boost that school's stature

The plurality of rich guys in DFW are UT-Austin alumni and give money there.