what's the best University in the United States?
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This question is much easier if you consider the top schools in a certain category or in a certain field. There is a semi-defined grouping of first-, second- and third-tier schools that is generally agreed upon, but even US News & World Report has a different top school every year.
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I'm not sure, but I guess it would be the best athletic colleges and universities in the US.
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UC Berkeley - best university in the world.
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for undergrad the best school up there are University of Wisconsin at Madison and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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I've heard of the top ten PREFERRED. \n\nCal Tech, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, Berkeley are the top five - the other five they change year to year.
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I believe Stanford University is the highest ranked of all California schools, placing 5th in the US News and World Report rankings (probably the best known college ranking system). It is also one of the better-ranked doctorate-level engineering schools, but there are other universities better in other areas.  Check out the links for more information, the second provides tuition, and student body sizes.  The first is a link to the Stanford University homepage, you can apply there should you choose to do so.\n\nThe best California universities in the rankings following Stanford are:\nCaltech at #7, UC Berkeley at #20, and UCLA at #25.\n\nhttp://www.stanford.edu/\nhttp://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_1305_brief.php
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Purdue Universoty in West Lafayette is arguably the best state school for engineering in the US.  Rose-Hulman near Terre Haute is one of the top 5 private engineering schools in the world.
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Yes Clemson is good, other fine universities in the region are; Tennessee, UNC-Greensboro, Furman, Georgia, and East Tennessee State.
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The Ohio State University..........\n\ntradition and they rock
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All UCs are good, but the ranking is as follows:\n\n1. Berkeley\n2. Los Angeles\n3 San Diego\n4. Irvine\n5. Santa Barbara\n6. Davis\n7. Santa Cruz\n8. UC Riverside\n\nUCLA has better opportunities given its location.
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I'd say Berkeley or UCSD, especially since both are in areas with a great deal of industry in the biotech sector.\n\nEdit: I think James gives UCSD waaaay too little credit.  Granted, not everyone agrees in ranking methodology, but the the following link by Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranks UCSD as the 13th highest university GLOBALLY, above Dartmouth, JH, UPenn, UCLA, and Michigan.  It's a public school, but it is a top-tier school that lags the others only in its age.
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If you are referring to Cal State University, in my opinion the best one is San Luis Obispo. Its even harder to get into than some UC's.
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Boston, MA... it's the best college town.\n\n1/5 people in Boston are college students/professors.
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University of Southern California (USC) is better, no matter what criteria is used.
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i think it is the best university
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Wow, that's a broad question. You can't really compare schools in different countries.  The economy and economic culture in every country is different, so each school is probably geared towards the country its located in.  The best in the U.S. is UPenn's Wharton school of business, but that's just the rankings.  I'm not a student there
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Texas @ Austin is the best by US News & World Report (Usually considered the best rankings). They are 15th overall.