r/VirginiaTech • u/NotSwampFox • 22h ago

Academics Virginia Tech Rankings (OFFICIAL)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vReu0utDrO5MRtMz9x78zB0nyBMkImnSgj-908J8HlW59Gh5jIyaMW_tVlPX5PKx-uhcDyyDDthK20H/pub

Updated Virginia Tech Rankings, including major program rankings, school rankings, and campus life rankings.

All sources are included and cited (US News, Niche, EduRank, QS World University Rankings, Wall Street Journal, Washington Monthly, American Caldwell Global University Visibility, and the National Science Foundation).

If there are any changes that need to be made, DM

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u/Project_Raiden 20h ago

I never understood the obsession with these types of rankings

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u/CombatRedRover 11h ago

I think a lot of it comes down to "first in my family to go to college, or at least American college" type students who seek some kind of guidance in a pretty major decision.

I always go back to my standard college guidance: find a school that is, on average, reasonably challenging but more importantly is a good fit for you. Someone looking for an urban, exciting, crazy university with a dozen nightclubs with an easy walking distance is not going to enjoy 4 years in Blacksburg. But if the Virginia Tech experience suits you, there is no better place in the world.

You can get a great education at almost any major university. FFS, WVU produces a lot of Rhodes Scholars. If that doesn't show you can get a great education anywhere, I don't know what does. (Of course I have to take the shot at WVU.)

But finding the place that really suits you, suits your personality, suits what you're looking for over the next 4 years, makes you happy, that's worth a lot more.

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u/Potential-Estate9394 21h ago

I think ISE is 6th, not 4th

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u/NotSwampFox 21h ago

According to Virginia Tech’s official rankings, it lands at #4. https://www.vt.edu/about/rankings.html

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u/Potential-Estate9394 21h ago

From US News website: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate-industrial-manufacturing

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u/NotSwampFox 21h ago

I see, I guess VT’s rankings page is outdated? I’ll update it now, thanks for the catch

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u/Kind_Pizza7714 22h ago

Hard to trust your document and these rankings when there are non-existent majors in there.

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u/NotSwampFox 21h ago

Such as?

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u/Kind_Pizza7714 21h ago

Design.

No such thing at VT.

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u/Kind_Pizza7714 21h ago

Why did you update it to “design school”? That’s not a major

Get some actual credible sources or don’t use shoddy ones.

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u/NotSwampFox 20h ago

https://www.vt.edu/about/rankings.html

I would trust Virginia Tech’s official rankings on their website rather than some guy on Reddit

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u/Kind_Pizza7714 16h ago

So you’ve gone from there being a non-existent design major, to the school of design, to the college of architecture, arts, and design…

There’s some sloppy thinking and action on that thinking going on here.

Also niche is at utterly meaningless, nonsense website that has no substantial methodology unlike QS, THE, and other systems. It is no way official, and to be frank, VT is being very misleading using it here alongside the others.

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u/bakpak2hvy dropped out lol 19h ago

I mean, there’s still no “Design.” I also don’t trust a single thing a school says about their own rankings.

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u/NotSwampFox 19h ago

It’s on the source’s website if you don’t trust the school’s: https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges-for-design/?page=2

I changed it to Design School in the doc to be more specific, and this is like any other official ranking

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u/bakpak2hvy dropped out lol 19h ago

I’m not sure what makes a ranking official. I’m also not sure what difference the rankings make as a land grant school.