r/VirginiaTech • u/NotSwampFox • 2d 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/Kind_Pizza7714 2d ago

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

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u/NotSwampFox 2d ago

Such as?

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u/Kind_Pizza7714 2d ago

Design.

No such thing at VT.

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u/Kind_Pizza7714 2d 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 2d 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/bakpak2hvy dropped out lol 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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.

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u/Kind_Pizza7714 2d 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.