A Closer Inspection of USNWR Rankings for the Big Ten

As previously noted, the highly suspect USNWR list of college rankings for 2011 have been released. The following is a breakdown of the ranking each school in the Big Ten, along with the ranking of their graduate schools:

(Note: all medical school rankings are for research, not family practice)

The University of Michigan

Overall Rank (Undergraduate) - #29

Grad School Rankings:

Business - #12

Education - #14

Engineering - #8

Law - #9

Medicine - #6

The University of Minnesota

Overall Rank (Undergraduate) - #64

Grad School Rankings:

Business - #24

Education - #23

Engineering - #28

Law - #22

Medicine - #38

The University of Wisconsin

Overall Rank (Undergraduate) - #45

Grad School Rankings:

Business - #27

Education - #9

Engineering - #15

Law - #28

Medicine - #27

The University of Illinois

Overall Rank (Undergraduate) - #47(TIE)

Grad School Rankings:

Business - #42(TIE)

Education - #25

Engineering - #5

Law - #21

Medicine - Unranked

Northwestern University

Overall Rank (Undergraduate) - #12

Grad School Rankings:

Business - #4

Education - #8

Engineering - #21

Law - #11

Medicine - #18

The University of Nebraska

Overall Rank (Undergraduate) - #104

Grad School Rankings:

Business - Unranked

Education - #56

Engineering -#94

Law - #93

Medicine - #71

Michigan State University

Overall Rank (Undergraduate) - #79

Grad School Rankings:

Business - #46

Education - #17

Engineering - #51

Law - Unranked

Medicine - #85

Ohio State University

Overall Rank (Undergraduate) - #56(TIE)

Grad School Rankings:

Business - #21

Education - #14

Engineering - #25

Law - #34

Medicine - #27(TIE)

Purdue University

Overall Rank (Undergraduate) - #56(TIE)

Grad School Rankings:

Business - #36

Education - #44

Engineering - #13

Law - N/A

Medicine - N/A

The University of Iowa

Overall Rank (Undergraduate) - #72

Grad School Rankings:

Business - #42(TIE)

Education - #31

Engineering - #59

Law - #26

Medicine - #27(TIE)

Indiana University

Overall Rank (Undergraduate) - #75

Grad School Rankings:

Business - #23

Education - #19

Engineering - #107

Law - #27

Medicine - #44

Pennsylvania State University

Overall Rank (Undergraduate) - #47(TIE)

Grad School Rankings:

Business - #48

Education - #13

Engineering - #23

Law - #72

Medicine - Unranked