Rank the Big 12 schools academically

some didn't get into KU

hmmmm m wrote:

some didn't get into KU

Really? My cousin, who can't wipe his ass right, got into KU

It is VERY funny that you would rank Baylor ahead of the University of Texas. It is not close. UT is a much better school academically. Baylor may cost more but it is not nearly as good.

substitute ou with wvu and you got it down.

UT isn't by far better than Baylor, but academically it is the best school in the Big 12.

Texas

Kansas

Oklahoma

Baylor

Iowa State

TCU

Oklahoma State

Kansas State

Texas Tech

West Virginia

That's overall, not by program, and including graduate schools.

This is the 2010 US News ranking for the big 12. There are problems with the rankings of course, but it is a pretty good proxy.

1 University of Texas–AustinAustin, TX 47 Longhorns

2 Texas A&M University–College StationCollege Station, TX 61 Aggies

3 University of Colorado–BoulderBoulder, CO 77 Buffaloes

4 Baylor UniversityWaco, TX 80 Bears

5 Iowa State UniversityAmes, IA 88 Cyclones

6 University of KansasLawrence, KS 96 Jayhawks

7 University of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln, NE 96 Cornhuskers

8 University of MissouriColumbia, MO 102 Tigers

9 University of OklahomaNorman, OK 102 Sooners

10 Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS Tier 3 Wildcats

11 Oklahoma State UniversityStillwater, OK Tier 3 Cowboys

12 Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, TX Tier 3 Red Raiders

Current Big 12 NSF Ranking - Doctorates

Texas

Iowa State

Kansas

Tx Tech

Oklahoma

OSU

KSU

WVU

Baylor

TCU

The National Science Foundation rankings of total R&D expenditures for faculty research are almost exactly similar to the doctorate rankings.

Now if you want to rank the schools by admit SAT scores or class sizes or something else, you're going to get really different results because the universities have to cater to different audiences. Some of the public schools have to admit any students above a certain SAT score.