These are an alternative to the more famous USNews rankings that will come out in a week or two. It has a different philosophy:
"Instead of rewarding schools for their prestige, wealth, and exclusivity, as U.S. News traditionally does, the Monthly gives points to those that help nonwealthy students earn remunerative degrees, encourage students to vote and serve their country, and produce the scholars and scholarship that drive economic growth and human betterment."
Anyway, Mizzou tends to rank pretty high in this ranking, and they did again this year, ranking 3rd in the SEC. I'll show the two power conferences:
SEC:
#18 Vanderbilt
#22 Florida
***#55 Mizzou
#79 Texas A&M
#87 Texas
#93 Georgia
#152 Tennessee
#170 LSU
#187 Oklahoma
#188 South Carolina
#201 Kentucky
#218 Ole Miss
#257 Auburn
#292 Mississippi State
#315 Alabama
#346 Arkansas
B1G:
#11 Wisconsin
#14 Washington
#16 UCLA
#23 Michigan
#24 Illinois
#31 Northwestern
#34 Minnesota
#44 Rutgers
#45 Michigan State
#47 USC
#59 Purdue
#68 Ohio State
#72 Indiana
#80 Maryland
#103 Iowa
#146 Penn State
#150 Oregon
#171 Nebraska
Also, FYI, kansas is #191.
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"Instead of rewarding schools for their prestige, wealth, and exclusivity, as U.S. News traditionally does, the Monthly gives points to those that help nonwealthy students earn remunerative degrees, encourage students to vote and serve their country, and produce the scholars and scholarship that drive economic growth and human betterment."
Anyway, Mizzou tends to rank pretty high in this ranking, and they did again this year, ranking 3rd in the SEC. I'll show the two power conferences:
SEC:
#18 Vanderbilt
#22 Florida
***#55 Mizzou
#79 Texas A&M
#87 Texas
#93 Georgia
#152 Tennessee
#170 LSU
#187 Oklahoma
#188 South Carolina
#201 Kentucky
#218 Ole Miss
#257 Auburn
#292 Mississippi State
#315 Alabama
#346 Arkansas
B1G:
#11 Wisconsin
#14 Washington
#16 UCLA
#23 Michigan
#24 Illinois
#31 Northwestern
#34 Minnesota
#44 Rutgers
#45 Michigan State
#47 USC
#59 Purdue
#68 Ohio State
#72 Indiana
#80 Maryland
#103 Iowa
#146 Penn State
#150 Oregon
#171 Nebraska
Also, FYI, kansas is #191.
2023 National University Rankings | Washington Monthly
Since 2005, the Washington Monthly has ranked colleges based on what they do for the country. It’s our answer to U.S News & World Report, which relies on crude and easily manipulated measures of wealth, exclusivity, and prestige. We rank liberal arts colleges—four-year institutions that award...
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