Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Random Academic Factoids



http://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/does-anyone-have-the-admission-statistics-on-the-fsu-fall-of-2015-class.35925/#post-670935

"There was an article in Business Insider (10/27/14) ranking the Top Public Universities based upon Avg SAT Scores. Article was Titled "The 104 smartest public colleges in America".

The ACC Conference Schools did well in the SAT rankings shown below.

ACC Conference Public Schools: # rank (avg SAT Score)

GT #1 (1385 avg SAT)
UVA #5 (1355 avg SAT)
UNC #10 (1305 avg SAT)
PITT #19 (1270 avg SAT)
Clemson #30 (1245 avg SAT)
NC State #34 (1235 avg SAT)
FSU #39 (1225 avg SAT)
VT #42 (1220 avg SAT)
UL #83 (1145 avg SAT)



UF #22 (1265 avg SAT) Top Public Ranked SEC Conference School
UG #33 (1240 avg SAT)
PSU #63 (1175 avg SAT) non ACC"


http://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/fsu-ranked-number-211-on-forbes-list.29685/#post-670959

"Florida State has a number of other Programs ranked in US News (Best Graduate Schools - 2016).

Speech Language Pathology #21
Education #40
Political Science #40
Physics #44
Chemistry #49
Law #50
Psychology #60

Education (on-line) #2
Criminal Justice(on-line) #7
MBA (Part Time) #69"




FSU Business@FSUBiz 1 hour ago Tallahassee, FL
BREAKING: College of Business Undergraduate Programs ranked #39 among public universities by



http://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/i-see-that-the-2016-u-s-news-rankings-will-come-out-on-9-9.35904/#post-711636

"Here's a limited breakdown of the metrics:

Rankings, Scores & Key Indicators
Score 45
High school counselor score (out of 5) 3.5
Average freshman retention rate 92%
Classes with fewer than 20 students 32.7%
Classes with 50 or more students 16%
Student-faculty ratio 26:1
Fall 2014 acceptance rate 55.4%
6-year graduation rate 79%

We could do better with the high school counselor score and with classes with fewer than 20 students + student-faculty ratio (and maybe our 6-year graduation rate). Changing counselor perceptions and adding new faculty both take time. I know Provost Sally McRorie gave a brief update on new faculty additions at the last BOT meeting. I think she said it would take about five years to move the needle on the student-faculty ratio and thereby influence the size of classes with fewer than 20 students.

All that coupled with the $1 billion campaign would (hopefully) help us make big moves. In order to reach our goal of being a top 25 public school (at 43 right now), we need to have a national ranking somewhere in the high 60s or low 70s (at 96 right now). "


"Here are the top 10 risers and fallers in ranking over the last five years.

I wonder what NC State has been doing to raise their status? They've leapfrogged us.
Conversely, the Alabama schools are headed in the opposite direction.

School/2015-16 ranking/14-15/10-11/annual/since 10-11

Top risers
San Diego State University CA public 149 149 183 0 34
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA public 75 76 99 1 24
Northeastern University MA private 47 42 69 -5 22
North Carolina State University-Raleigh NC public 89 95 111 6 22
University at Buffalo-SUNY NY public 99 103 120 4 21
Loyola University Chicago IL private 99 106 117 7 18
Texas Christian University TX private 82 76 99 -6 17
Temple University PA public 115 121 132 6 17
University of Cincinnati OH public 140 129 156 -11 16

Top fallers
Howard University DC private 135 145 104 10 -31
Washington State University WA public 140 138 111 -2 -29
University of California-Riverside CA public 121 113 94 -8 -27
University of Alabama AL public 96 88 79 -8 -17
Auburn University AL public 102 103 85 1 -17
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO public 146 138 129 -8 -17
Iowa State University IA public 108 106 94 -2 -14
Kansas State University KS public 146 142 132 -4 -14
Drexel University PA private 99 95 86 -4 -13
University of Washington WA public 52 48 41 -4 -11 "

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