How does Howard University rank academically?

You were following a mental midget!

Be careful of cruddy rags publishing gimmicky surveys in order to sell stand copies to stupid alums walking by.

HU is about the same as open enrollment publics like SUNYs, CSUs, non-CA PAC-10s, and any Big 10/SECs/Big12s/BigEs, etc.

But from my experience it's really up to the individual cuz I'm in med school and I went to a public open enrollment school.

Bio Chem wrote:

HU is about the same as open enrollment publics like SUNYs, CSUs, non-CA PAC-10s, and any Big 10/SECs/Big12s/BigEs, etc.

You have just made Ohio State the academic equal of Northwestern. Sheer brilliance Dr.

random a hole wrote:

You have just made Ohio State the academic equal of Northwestern. Sheer brilliance Dr.

..nd Mississippi State the academic equivalent of Vanderbilt.

I failed freshman Physics 10 years ago then found a prof who knew how to teach it. She taught me how to think. This is at a no-name public school with 1/2 empty parking lots the 1st week of each semester. I got straight A's in science & math after that. So please don't slam the no-names. I owe my career to her.

No one is making fun of no-names here. And no one is mocking great teachers. But to put certain universities on par with others in overall academic rigor just cannot be done.

Should they be properly ranked like US News does it? Eh probably not. But that does serve as a pretty good guide.

Anyway. Howard University does rank as a Tier 1 National University.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/washington-dc/howard-university-1448

It is a very good school. I have a friend who went there. He is a successful attorney.

Come on, man.

Do you really know anything about Mississippi State? You're harping on this guy for making senseless assumptions and generalizations, and you go on to make one yourself.

Is it the overall academic equivalent of Vandy? Probably not. But painting Vandy and MSU as the polar extremes of academic quality in the SEC is asinine.

And my contribution to the thread: College is what you make of it. You can have success anywhere you go (and failure, too!). If you work your ass off and keep all the stove's burners hot, opportunity will fall in your lap. Guaranteed.

First, no one with a high IQ would have a vanity plate stating that.

Second, most people that go to Vanderbilt, Duke, Tulane, Howard....whatever, all say the same thing; " the Ivy league school fo the south..."

Really?

Then why don't Harvard graduates say; " the sec school of the northeast"?

In short, Howard University is a good as any other school. It was created to provide equal education opportunities to African Americans when they were not given an equal chance.

I am worried about you, OP, if you seek stats and consult Letsrun instead of Google.

It's irresponsible to rely on bogus surveys bought by USNWR to sell copy. Too many guys buy those lies. Charles Wang really criticizes non-alumni donors of USC, Cal, Stanford, and other world famous schools since they should be giving to their alma mater, i.e. the school that made them what they are today. Instead they give to the elite schools and pretend that they are blue bloods. Charles Wang gives to his alma mater SUNY Stony Brook. Phil Knight gives to his alma mater University of Oregon. Don't forget that Stanford President John Hennessy got his Ph.D at SUNY Stony Brook.