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New Years Day, 2005

Top 50 Biggest Reputations

Purpose
By demand, we have analyzed the searches students have run on StudentsReview, and have ranked the schools by the size of their reputation.  The schools with the largest reputations are the most well-known, and whos degree awards will not only be regionally recognized, but nationally and internationally as well.  We caution that reputation does not necessarily imply anything about academics or educational quality, though it is an important factor in valuing the degree from any particular school. 

#School #Svys
Score
Harvard University  (compare)
10.0
Stanford University  (compare)
7.9
Cornell University  (compare)
7.1
Boston University  (compare)
6.9
New York University  (compare)
6.7
Princeton University  (compare)
6.5
Yale University  (compare)
6.3
Duke University  (compare)
6.3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology  (compare)
6.3
10 University of Pennsylvania  (compare)
6.2
11 Indiana University Bloomington  (compare)
5.9
12 University of California -- Los Angeles  (compare)
5.6
13 Brown University  (compare)
5.4
14 University of Washington  (compare)
5.3
15 University of Michigan Ann Arbor  (compare)
5.3
16 Boston College  (compare)
5.2
17 Northwestern University  (compare)
5.1
18 University of Virginia  (compare)
4.8
19 University of Chicago  (compare)
4.7
20 University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities  (compare)
4.5
21 Georgetown University  (compare)
4.5
22 University of Southern California  (compare)
4.2
23 University of Florida  (compare)
4.2
24 York University  (compare)
4.1
25 American University  (compare)
4.0
26 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  (compare)
3.8
27 Purdue University  (compare)
3.8
28 University of Illinois -- Urbana Champaign  (compare)
3.8
29 University of Toronto  (compare)
3.6
30 Auburn University  (compare)
3.6
31 Syracuse University  (compare)
3.6
32 University of Arizona  (compare)
3.5
33 University of Texas -- Austin  (compare)
3.5
34 Vanderbilt University  (compare)
3.4
35 Rice University  (compare)
3.4
36 Ohio University  (compare)
3.4
37 Emory University  (compare)
3.4
38 Miami University  (compare)
3.3
39 Michigan State University  (compare)
3.3
40 Tufts University  (compare)
3.2
41 University of Iowa  (compare)
3.2
42 Loyola University  (compare)
3.1
43 Johns Hopkins University  (compare)
3.1
44 University of Colorado at Boulder  (compare)
2.9
45 University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown  (compare)
2.8
46 University of Georgia  (compare)
2.8
47 Northeastern University  (compare)
2.8
48 Temple University  (compare)
2.7
49 University of Miami  (compare)
2.6
50 Arizona State University  (compare)
2.6

 

About

Reputation is not determined from student surveys, but by analyzing 2 million searches in our log files, and does not reflect “highly specialized” large reputations (i.e.  engineering or business).  .

Inherently searches are not a complete picture — searchers search primarily for schools they are interested in attending, and secondarily for schools they are curious about (reputation).  We factor this into account in addition to publicity and other freely available external events to act as a metric for public awareness. 

Filtering and Analysis
To find out how the data analysis was performed for the 2005 NYD OFFICIAL Rankings, including filtering, invalidity, weighting, distribution matching, and inherent biases, please go to 2005 NYD Rankings Explained. 

 

 

 

 

 

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