Yahoo Finance: UCONN 36th "Smartest Public University"

[Dooley]

Not bad. Ahead of some schools on the ol' "peer list" and some other recognizable names.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/104-smartest-public-colleges-america-180555905.html

 

[Fishy]

Between this and the train stuff, we're a lock for the Big Ten.

 

[pj]

Between this and the train stuff, we're a lock for the Big Ten.

So are College of William and Mary and Colorado School of Mines.

 

[Samoo]

So are College of William and Mary and Colorado School of Mines.

But do they have rail????????????????

 

[amory]

The fact that Florida State is only 3 spots behind us makes this list...suspect.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

The fact that Florida State is only 3 spots behind us makes this list...suspect.

Outside of the issues with FSU football, which are many, considering how many people who live in Florida and what their in-state academic choices I am not surprised that FSU is high on the list. New School in FL is a small, honors liberal arts college like Coll of NJ or SUNY-Geneseo. So for top flight business/engineering/science majors, who want to go to a public university, they really only have 2 choices - Florida & Florida St (Miami is top flight; but, private and relatively small). Assuming the demographics with respect to the number of graduating high school students, which I suspect is not the case, that means Floridia and Florida St each have a population of 9.5 million (19.5/2) to source from while UConn sources from 3 million. Thus, statistically, there are bound to be a lot of smart people in that list.