US News 2016 Ranking

[JTrue]

USF checks in 156 nationally.

 

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/usf-1537

Edited September 9, 2015 by JTrue

[Bear]

That 6-year graduation rate .... terrible.

 

But we are ahead of UCF (@168)

 

Their graduation rate is better though.

[Oldsmobull]

Didn't see Florida Poly in the rankings...does a college have to be accredited to get ranked?  Florida Poly trustees just approved last month buying a million dollar house for its president...should help Florida Poly get accredited?

[Bear]

Didn't see Florida Poly in the rankings...does a college have to be accredited to get ranked?  Florida Poly trustees just approved last month buying a million dollar house for its president...should help Florida Poly get accredited?

 

I wonder how close they are to an OCS

[JTrue]

That 6-year graduation rate .... terrible.

 

But we are ahead of UCF (@168)

 

Their graduation rate is better though.

That graduation number means absolutely nothing. Citing it is, however, a wonderful example of digging up a statistic just to ***** about.

 

Here are 3 universities that USF uses as "peer institutions" and where they fall:

 

Cincinnati - ranked 140th, 4 year graduation rate of 28%

NC State - ranked 89th, 4 year graduation rate of 42%

Rutgers - ranked 72nd, 4 year graduation rate of 23% (also an AAU school)

 

The others are:

University of Buffalo

Stony Brook

University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of California, Irvine

University of Illinois, Chicago

Edited September 9, 2015 by JTrue

[Mama_Bull]

We should be ranked even better by them next year, considering we just had the best academic entering class in USF history.

 

There is a recent thread about that on the Alma Mater board. Here is that link, if interested.

 

http://www.thebullspen.com/topic/100679-usf-welcomes-strongest-academic-class-in-school-history/

[Mama_Bull]

That 6-year graduation rate .... terrible.

 

But we are ahead of UCF (@168)

 

Their graduation rate is better though.

 

Actually, the six year graduation rate of 67% is much better than in the past and is probably one of the reasons we moved up in their rankings. Over the past few years, USF has instituted various measures with an eye to increasing graduation rates and that has had a positive impact.

 

The teacher to student ratio of 24:1 is now probably the biggest obstacle to overcome, because that requires additional dollars from the state. The national average is 18:1

[USF_Grouper]

 

That 6-year graduation rate .... terrible.

 

But we are ahead of UCF (@168)

 

Their graduation rate is better though.

 

Actually, the six year graduation rate of 67% is much better than in the past and is probably one of the reasons we moved up in their rankings. Over the past few years, USF has instituted various measures with an eye to increasing graduation rates and that has had a positive impact.

 

The teacher to student ratio of 24:1 is now probably the biggest obstacle to overcome, because that requires additional dollars from the state. The national average is 18:1

 

 

I can fix both of those stats with no additional dollars -- accept fewer students!

[Mama_Bull]

 

 

That 6-year graduation rate .... terrible.

 

But we are ahead of UCF (@168)

 

Their graduation rate is better though.

 

Actually, the six year graduation rate of 67% is much better than in the past and is probably one of the reasons we moved up in their rankings. Over the past few years, USF has instituted various measures with an eye to increasing graduation rates and that has had a positive impact.

 

The teacher to student ratio of 24:1 is now probably the biggest obstacle to overcome, because that requires additional dollars from the state. The national average is 18:1

 

 

I can fix both of those stats with no additional dollars -- accept fewer students!

 

 

Then you end up losing the dollars needed from those students to pay the bills. 

 

If the state doesn't provide sufficient funding, then the way to fix the problem is to raise tuition. The state has placed a limit on how much USF can raise tuition on residents and non residents alike, but that won't be adequate to get the job done. 

[Mama_Bull]

USF is T-84 in the USN&WR PUBLIC universities ranking.

For comparison, UCF is T-91 and Cincy T-71.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public/page+4