2027 US News Rankings: Rutgers #14 Public

[NotInRHouse]

People in the Northeast (NJ, NY, New England) seem to be overly pessimistic on their in-state public schools and too positive on out-of-state schools, relative to what the facts show.

Rutgers needs to put more effort into marketing in New York. Columbia advertises on the Long Island Rail Road, why not Rutgers which outperforms the SUNY schools on nearly every metric. This would reach 200,000 daily commuters mostly from high income families with college bound kids. Get Rutgers in front of people for whom Rutgers is a logical option but have historically overlooked Rutgers.

Another attribute Rutgers should market is the breadth of the course offering. My guess is it is #1 in the Northeast. A lot of kids enter college undecided on major and Rutgers’ broad range of majors makeit easier for them to discover what they find most interesting.

I think RU offers something like 50+ languages while schools like WVU and Cuse cancel programs, as just one example.

 

[RUnTeX]

Maryland is borderline and probably would elicit some intense arguments from Marylanders to say the least lol. They can go either Northeast or Mid-Atlantic depending on who you ask and what part of the state you ask them in.

Mid-Atlantic (pretty much statewide) and not NE. Cecil Co. next to DE might have some who would consider being in the NE. Technically Cecil is within the Philly CMSA (and somewhere around midway in Cecil along 95 you get to about equidistant driving distance between Baltimore and Philly).

 

[RUTGERS95]

My son and I were at the SEBS tour/information event yesterday and let me say; blown away

 

[RUnTeX]

blown away

So is that in a good way or bad way?
With RU, the question has to be asked lol

 

[RUTGERS95]

So is that in a good way or bad way?
With RU, the question has to be asked lol

haha, I kid you not, when I wrote that I thought it could go both ways with our lot lolololol

very positive way in terms of the program, research, etc etc

 

[Caliknight]

Man some guys who’s parents didn’t work hard or weren’t smart enough to send their kid to private school have a serious chip on their shoulder about those that were. Tough way to live. Oooof

 

[RUTGERS95]

I think RU offers something like 50+ languages while schools like WVU and Cuse cancel programs, as just one example.

I'm generally with you on this type stuff but here I'll break. This is absolutely one area where Rutgers needs to cull the herd so to speak.

 

[rurx1228]

I’d rather have the 14th ranked football team

 

[NotInRHouse]

I'm generally with you on this type stuff but here I'll break. This is absolutely one area where Rutgers needs to cull the herd so to speak.

If we're only a handful of schools offering say Chinese, Arabic a lot of others there's major value

 

[RUTGERS95]

If we're only a handful of schools offering say Chinese, Arabic a lot of others there's major value

agree but 50+ needs to be reduced and those resources allocated elsewhere. I'm a big liberal arts believer, society needs the arts and all that it brings however, 50+ is a lot with the tech, changing dynamics to education etc etc.

I actually believe that all schools should start multi language requirements in 1st grade akin to Europe's approach. Every one of my cousins over there learned English, French, German and then had to choose a 4th

 

[NotInRHouse]

agree but 50+ needs to be reduced and those resources allocated elsewhere. I'm a big liberal arts believer, society needs the arts and all that it brings however, 50+ is a lot with the tech, changing dynamics to education etc etc.

I actually believe that all schools should start multi language requirements in 1st grade akin to Europe's approach. Every one of my cousins over there learned English, French, German and then had to choose a 4th

I'm guessing a number, I am not sure of the actual but a lot of it hinges it other major requirements. Eg, Latin American Studies you take Spanish and Portuguese, Middle Eastern Studies you need one of Arabic, Hebrew or Farsi, etc. And then they have any language a NJ HS does which is probably the highest number right there.

They have to start earlier for sure...but that would require a big national lift. Unfortunately even in NJ I have heard of some schools moving away from that, they think AI can translate everything, good luck with that lol

 

[RUTGERS95]

I'm guessing a number, I am not sure of the actual but a lot of it hinges it other major requirements. Eg, Latin American Studies you take Spanish and Portuguese, Middle Eastern Studies you need one of Arabic, Hebrew or Farsi, etc. And then they have any language a NJ HS does which is probably the highest number right there.

They have to start earlier for sure...but that would require a big national lift. Unfortunately even in NJ I have heard of some schools moving away from that, they think AI can translate everything, good luck with that lol

true, I didn't think of that. good catch

 

[Fat Koko]

I'm guessing a number, I am not sure of the actual but a lot of it hinges it other major requirements. Eg, Latin American Studies you take Spanish and Portuguese, Middle Eastern Studies you need one of Arabic, Hebrew or Farsi, etc. And then they have any language a NJ HS does which is probably the highest number right there.

They have to start earlier for sure...but that would require a big national lift. Unfortunately even in NJ I have heard of some schools moving away from that, they think AI can translate everything, good luck with that lol

No need to guess. Rutgers lists it all on its website. Rutgers has 13 majors related to foreign languages. Many languages such as Polish are offered as classes but not as majors.

 

[RUChet]

But Rutgers is known as a Public Ivy, and nothing to be ashamed as that- it's a feather (or a leaf?) Rutgers should proudly wear in its cap.

Public Ivy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Wikipedia as a source?

 

[Knight Shift]

Wikipedia as a source?

Yes, is there a problem? It's sourced from books and an admissions officer from Yale.

The term was coined in 1985 by Yale University admissions officer Richard Moll, who published Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities. That initial list included eight universities and nine runners-up.[1] In 2001, college guide authors Howard Greene and Matthew Greene, released their own book, The Public Ivies: The Great State Colleges and Universities,[3] which included 30 schools.

Do you like Grokipedia better, when it says the same exact thing with the same sources?

Public Ivy — Grokipedia

Public Ivy refers to a public university in the United States that delivers an education of academic rigor, faculty quality, and campus resources comparable to those of the private Ivy League institut

grokipedia.com

 

[RUChet]

Yes, is there a problem? It's sourced from books and an admissions officer from Yale.

The term was coined in 1985 by Yale University admissions officer Richard Moll, who published Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities. That initial list included eight universities and nine runners-up.[1] In 2001, college guide authors Howard Greene and Matthew Greene, released their own book, The Public Ivies: The Great State Colleges and Universities,[3] which included 30 schools.

Do you like Grokipedia better, when it says the same exact thing with the same sources?

Public Ivy — Grokipedia

Public Ivy refers to a public university in the United States that delivers an education of academic rigor, faculty quality, and campus resources comparable to those of the private Ivy League institut

grokipedia.com

I actually don’t care all that much

 

[Knight Shift]

I actually don’t care all that much

I was wondering why you questioned Wikipedia, that's all.
Wikipedia has faults in certain areas, and I'm aware of the attacks on Wikipedia. In some areas, including tech and basic factual items, that are sourced with backup, Wikipedia is fine.