	Brandeis University 2016 University Academic Rankings
It was founded in 1948 as a non-sectarian Jewish community-sponsored coeducational institution on the site of the former Middlesex University. The university is named after Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish Justice of the U.S Supreme Court. In 2015 it had a total enrollment of 5,532 students on its suburban campus spanning over 235 acres. The institution offers more than 43 majors and 46 minors, and two thirds of the undergraduate classes have 20 students or less. It is a member of Association of American Universities since 1985 and the Boston Consortium which allows students to cross-register to attend courses at other institutions including Boston College, Boston University and Tufts University. The university has a strong liberal arts focus and a quarter of its students coming from outside the United States. It was tied for 34th among national universities in the United States in U.S. News & World Report 2016 rankings. Forbes listed Brandeis as 36th nationally for research and 37th for entrepreneurship. Times ranks it 185th globally while USA Today ranks it among the top 10 in the country for economics. The university is also home to the Heller School, one of the top 10 policy schools in America. Its alumni include Academy Award winner Michael Sugar, Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman, Nobel Prize laureate Roderick MacKinnon, former Icelandic prime minister Geir Haarde and two MacArthur Fellows. History \| Founding Middlesex University was a medical school located in Waltham, Massachusetts, that was at the time the only medical school in the United States that did not impose a quota on Jews. The founder, Dr. John Hall Smith, died in 1944. Smith's will stipulated that the school should go to any group willing to use it to establish a non-sectarian university. Within two years, Middlesex University was on the brink of financial collapse. The school had not been able to secure accreditation by the American Medical Association, which Smith partially attributed to institutional antisemitism in the American Medical Association, and, as a result, Massachusetts had all but shut it down. Dr. Smith's son, C. Ruggles Smith, was desperate for a way to save something of Middlesex University. He learned of a New York committee headed by Dr. Israel Goldstein that was seeking a campus to establish a Jewish-sponsored secular university. Smith approached Goldstein with a proposal to give the Middlesex campus and charter to Goldstein's committee, in the hope that his committee might "possess the apparent ability to reestablish the School of Medicine on an approved basis." While Goldstein was concerned about being saddled with a failing medical school, he was excited about the opportunity to secure a 100-acre (0.40 km2) "campus not far from New York, the premier Jewish community in the world, and only 9 miles (14 km) from Boston, one of the important Jewish population centers." Goldstein agreed to accept Smith's offer, proceeding to recruit George Alpert, a Boston lawyer with fundraising experience as national vice president of the United Jewish Appeal. Alpert had worked his way through Boston University School of Law and co-founded the firm of Alpert and Alpert. Alpert's firm had a long association with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, of which he was to become president from 1956 to 1961 He is best known today as the father of Richard Alpert (Baba Ram Dass). He was influential in Boston's Jewish community. His Judaism "tended to be social rather than spiritual." He was involved in assisting children displaced from Germany. Alpert was to be chairman of Brandeis from 1946 to 1954, and a trustee from 1946 until his death. By February 5, 1946, Goldstein had recruited Albert Einstein, whose involvement drew national a ... [more on wikipedia]

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Brandeis University Details

Brandeis University Details
detail	value
state	Massachusetts
conference	University Athletic Association
public	Private
scores	2020/1347/30
level	Excellent
rank	[46
overall ROI rank	[116
size	small
undergrads	3729
grads	2216
price	63250
drop	9
stem	17
research	74
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Brandeis University?

1. number 46 for Academics.

2. number 116 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Brandeis University?

1. Wake Forest University

2. College of William and Mary

3. University of Richmond

4. Dartmouth College

5. Oberlin College

6. Colgate University

7. Barnard College

National Academic Rankings

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Brandeis University National Academic Rankings

Brandeis University National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	46	59	65	81	113	4	108	194	116
All	51	54	57	75	87	4	67	89	74
All Nonivy	44	48	51	69	83	2	63	88	70
Private	35	55	50	42	52	4	37	81	56
New England Region	21	35	34	35	47	3	39	65	40
State of Massachusetts	8	10	9	9	12	2	6	14	10
Top Ten Top250	46	59	65	81	113	4	108	194	116
Top Ten State of Massachusetts	6	8	8	8	9	2	5	8	8

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match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
91.77	Wake Forest University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	66	50
90.61	College of William and Mary	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	Excellent	54	60
85.98	University of Richmond	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	128	150
85.80	Dartmouth College	New Hampshire	Ivy League	Private	Elite	19	21
85.29	Oberlin College	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	81	55
85.14	Colgate University	New York	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	92	83
84.60	Barnard College	New York	Ivy League	Private	Excellent	104	176
84.53	Santa Clara University	California	West Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	123	98
81.38	Boston University	Massachusetts	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	45	116
78.57	Wesleyan University	Connecticut	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	73	137
78.36	Yeshiva University	New York	Skyline Conference	Private	Good	141	208
78.36	Furman University	South Carolina	Southern Conference	Private	Good	232	192
78.19	Union University	Tennessee	Gulf South Conference	Private	Good	225	213
77.90	University of Puget Sound	Washington	Northwest Conference	Private	Good	227	223
77.87	Yale University	Connecticut	Ivy League	Private	Elite	3	37
77.85	Middlebury College	Vermont	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	90	135
77.71	Gettysburg College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	170	148
77.67	University of Chicago	Illinois	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	10	14
77.66	University of San Diego	California	Pioneer Football League / West...	Private	Good	203	195
77.56	Dickinson College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	187	201
77.23	Lewis & Clark College	Oregon	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	179	221
77.22	Southern Methodist University	Texas	American Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	80	73
77.13	Brown University	Rhode Island	Ivy League	Private	Elite	25	34
77.04	Macalester College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	133	146
77.00	Colorado College	Colorado	Southern Collegiate Athletic C...	Private	Excellent	149	160
76.98	Occidental College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Excellent	158	162
76.96	Rhodes College	Tennessee	Southern Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	191	147
76.51	Emory University	Georgia	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	36	29
76.50	Davidson College	North Carolina	Pioneer Football League / Atla...	Private	Excellent	155	129
76.30	Kenyon College	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	147	91
76.28	University of Notre Dame	Indiana	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	31	12
76.01	Whitman College	Washington	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	153	154
75.86	Boston College	Massachusetts	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	47	75
75.67	Bryn Mawr College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	137	205
75.65	George Washington University	Washington DC	Atlantic 10 Conference	Private	Excellent	51	135
75.13	Baylor University	Texas	Big Twelve Conference	Private	Good	134	128
74.91	Miami University-Oxford	Ohio	Mid American Conference	Public	Good	118	67
74.69	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Excellent	37	64
74.66	University of Southern California	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Private	Elite	22	81
74.56	University of California-Santa Barbara	California	Big West Conference	Public	Good	63	122
74.26	University of Georgia	Georgia	Southeastern Conference	Public	Good	82	65
73.00	Rice University	Texas	Conference USA	Private	Elite	20	4
72.54	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Massachusetts	Upstate Collegiate Athletic As...	Private	Excellent	73	40
72.25	Colorado School of Mines	Colorado	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Public	Good	84	24
71.84	Stevens Institute of Technology	New Jersey	Empire Eight	Private	Excellent	99	43
71.58	Lehigh University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	69	32
71.03	Muhlenberg College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Good	223	217
70.99	Vassar College	New York	Upstate Collegiate Athletic As...	Private	Elite	82	177
70.82	Wellesley College	Massachusetts	New England Women's & Men's At...	Private	Elite	78	158
70.78	Clark University	Massachusetts	New England Women's & Men's At...	Private	Good	201	224

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Brandeis University Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Brandeis University

Brandeis University Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Brandeis University
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
95.92	University of Rochester	New York	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	39	93
95.85	Boston College	Massachusetts	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	47	75
95.74	University Athletic Association (Low)	-	University Athletic Association	-Conf-	Excellent	-	32
94.62	Emory University	Georgia	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	36	29
94.49	University of Miami	Florida	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	44	93
94.46	George Washington University	Washington DC	Atlantic 10 Conference	Private	Excellent	51	135
92.36	Georgetown University	Washington DC	Patriot League / Big East Conf...	Private	Elite	42	88
92.22	Boston University	Massachusetts	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	45	116
91.70	Bowdoin College	Maine	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	64	162
91.47	Williams College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	58	161
90.20	University of Florida	Florida	Southeastern Conference	Public	Good	43	38
89.87	Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	Massachusetts	No Conference Affiliation	Private	Elite	48	53
89.84	Swarthmore College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	67	48
89.23	Harvey Mudd College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Elite	49	19
88.13	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Pennsylvania	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Good	50	75
81.82	Pennsylvania State University	Pennsylvania	Big Ten Conference	Public	AboveAverage	53	84

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