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Ranking the Top 100 Academic Universities

UniversityBenchmarks.com ranks the universities that attract and produce the best academic students.

There are many 'University Rankings' on the internet. Most rankings rely heavily on subjective metrics like 'reputation' and 'selectivity'. UniversityBenchmarks is purely an academic ranking model. The rankings are based on the reported academic and financial metrics of the colleges. There are no subjective factors like 'reputation' that are used. The calculations are performed using normal statistical models. All universities are considered equal and there is no weighting of the ranking categories.

The university 2014-2015 dataset is comprised of over 2400 US Universities & Colleges and comes from multiple sources using the most favorable reported metrics for a university.

The universities are ranked against each other in each filtered set. It is an iterative process whereby lower ranking universities are removed and the set is re-ranked until the final set of 100 is reached.

Selecting 'Rank Top 10 Only' will show the Top 10 for each filter category ranked against each other.

The academic rankings of the universities within the major conferences (ACC, Big12, Big10, Pac12, SEC) are available.

The 2017 rankings will be available in August.

Notes:
  • It is possible for universities to be ranked higher/lower than one another depending on the filter set.
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Ranking Fields

Rank - Overall rank based on the average of the ranking fields (Scores, Difficulty, Smartest, Brainpower, Faculty and Research).

Scores - SAT & ACT scores. The university's test scores are corrected for dropout rate when score level is Good, Excellent or Elite. This will slightly boost scores for highly competitive schools.

Difficulty - Academic rigor is estimated based on how difficult it is to get an "A" at the university. An estimated GPA at the university is calculated for the average US Student. University grade inflation, average GPA, and STEM density are factors.

Smartest - University that can field the highest scoring students based on the average US University size. Higher Smartest Rank = "Smartest for the Average University"

Brainpower - The average "smartest" rank using 5 reference populations (CalTech, MIT, Stanford, GaTech and Berkeley). Higher Brainpower Rank = "Higher Density of Smart Students". The university ranked higher can mathematically field 'X' number of smarter students than universities ranked below them.

Faculty - Ranking based on number of % of faculty with awards and academy membership.

Research - Ranking is achieved by iteratively ranking the average of 3 research metrics (r-pop, r-stem, r-other ). The lowest ranked college is then removed and the new set is re-ranked. The result is the schools with potentially the strongest research environments per student bubble up to the top regardless of size or research budget.

  • r-pop - Average research spending for student population
  • r-stem - STEM research spending
  • r-other - Other/Medical/Health research spending

Salary ROI - "Salary Return on Investment" is not used in the overall ranking but is provided for additional information. Using the undergraduate average starting and mid-career salaries, the rank is based on a 20yr salary accumulation (with raises) minus the cost of a 4 year education at the university. Salaries are normalized across the country using the average COLA for the university's geo-economic region (7 regions total). The COLA effect is diminished by the level of the university. Elite, Excellent and Good universities have a greater distribution of graduates across the country and a diminishing COLA effect. The resultant value would be the graduate's spending potential over the 20yr period.

Overall ROI - "Overall Return on Investment" is not used in the overall ranking but is provided for additional information. The average of Overall Rank and Salary ROI. This would be the "Best academic bang for the buck". Colleges that produce the best education, at the best price, with the best return will be ranked higher.

Color Key - ranks are colorized as follows 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 50 100

The 2016 University Academic Rankings

CUNY Hunter College

2016 University Academic Rankings

Hunter College is an American public university and one of the constituent organizations of the City University of New York, located in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan's Upper East Side. The college grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in over one-hundred fields of study in five schools: The School of Arts and Sciences, The School of Education, The School of Social Work, The Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, and the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College. Hunter College also administers Hunter College High School and Hunter College Elementary School.

Founded in 1870, originally as a women's college, Hunter is one of the oldest public colleges in the United States. The college assumed the location of its main campus on Park Avenue in 1873. Hunter began admitting men into its freshman class in 1964. In 1943 Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated the former home of herself and Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the college, which reopened in 2010 as the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College. In 2012, a partnership was announced with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, with plans to develop a shared health sciences campus on East 74th Street.

Hunter has been noted for the diversity of its students, being men and women from 150 countries. Hunter is the only college in the nation whose roster of alumni includes two female Nobel laureates in medicine. The Princeton Review has ranked Hunter among the nation's 377 best colleges and the school is consistently listed as a top producer of Fulbright Scholars.

History | Founding

Hunter College has its origins in the 19th-century movement for normal school training which swept across the United States. Hunter descends from the Female Normal and High School (later renamed the Normal College of the City of New York), organized in New York City in 1870. Founded by Irish immigrant Thomas Hunter, who was president of the school during the first 37 years, it was originally a women's college for training teachers. The school, which was housed in an armory and saddle store at Broadway and East Fourth Street in Manhattan, was open to all qualified women, irrespective of race, religion or ethnic background. At the time most women's colleges had racial or ethno-religious admissions criteria.

Created by the New York State Legislature, Hunter was deemed the only approved institution for those seeking to teach in New York City. The school incorporated an elementary and high school for gifted children, where students practiced teaching. In 1887, a kindergarten was established as well. (Today, the elementary school and the high school still exist at a different location, and are now called the Hunter College Campus Schools.)

During Thomas Hunter's tenure as president of the school, Hunter became known for its impartiality regarding race, religion, ethnicity, financial or political favoritism; its pursuit of higher education for women; its high entry requirements; and its rigorous academics. The first female professor at the school, Helen Gray Cone, was elected to the position in 1899. The college's student population quickly expanded, and the college subsequently moved uptown, in 1873, into a new Gothic structure, now known as Thomas Hunter Hall, on Lexington Avenue between 68th and 69th Streets. The hall was probably designed by the architect Snyder.

In 1888 the school was incorporated as a college under the statutes of New York State, with the power to confer the degree of A.B. This led to the separation of the school into two "camps": the "Normals", who pursued a four-year course of study to become licensed teachers, and the "Academics", who sought non-teaching professions and the Bachelor of Arts degree. After 1902 when the "Normal" course of study was abolished, the "Academic" course became standard across t ... [more on wikipedia]

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CUNY Hunter College Details

CUNY Hunter College Details
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stateNew York
conferenceCity University of New York At...
publicPublic
scores1730/1153/26
levelAboveAverage
rank[193
overall ROI rank[228
sizemedium
undergrads16879
grads6233
price27497
drop49
stem15
research0
scores validTrue
Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for CUNY Hunter College?

1. number 193 for Academics.

2. number 228 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to CUNY Hunter College?

1. DePaul University

2. Syracuse University

3. University of Kansas

4. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

5. University of Arkansas

6. University of Kentucky

7. Saint Louis University



National Academic Rankings

(summary of all ranking placements)

CUNY Hunter College National Academic Rankings

CUNY Hunter College National Academic Rankings
category rank scores difficulty smartest brainpower faculty research salary ROI overall ROI
Top250193194218131130153159228228
Public996382676790909298
New England Region798590575460608994
State of New York212633161323214026
Top Ten Top250193194218131130153159228228


Peer Universities / Similar Universities

(mathematically similar student body, size, academics, stem, salary... etc)

CUNY Hunter College Peer Universities, Similar Universities to CUNY Hunter College

CUNY Hunter College Peer Universities, Similar Universities to CUNY Hunter College
match image university state conference public level rank overall ROI
93.05
DePaul UniversityIllinoisBig East ConferencePrivateAboveAverage193150
92.68
Syracuse UniversityNew YorkAtlantic Coast ConferencePrivateAboveAverage172216
92.48
University of KansasKansasBig Twelve ConferencePublicAboveAverage172130
91.86
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleTennesseeSoutheastern ConferencePublicAboveAverage116188
91.82
University of ArkansasArkansasSoutheastern ConferencePublicAboveAverage171119
91.73
University of KentuckyKentuckySoutheastern ConferencePublicAboveAverage159130
91.55
Saint Louis UniversityMissouriAtlantic 10 ConferencePrivateAboveAverage169165
91.19
University of South Carolina-ColumbiaSouth CarolinaSoutheastern ConferencePublicAboveAverage93130
86.48
Ball State UniversityIndianaMid American ConferencePublicAverage337326
86.23
St John's University-New YorkNew YorkBig East ConferencePrivateAverage309444
86.22
University of MississippiMississippiSoutheastern ConferencePublicAverage232197
85.94
University of DelawareDelawareColonial Athletic AssociationPublicAboveAverage107138
85.87
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew YorkCity University of New York At...PublicAboveAverage135182
85.59
Old Dominion UniversityVirginiaConference USAPublicAverage356368
85.59
Western Washington UniversityWashingtonGreat Northwest Athletic ConferencePublicAboveAverage297338
85.47
University of OregonOregonPacific 12 ConferencePublicAboveAverage174221
85.47
West Chester University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaPennsylvania State Athletic Co...PublicAboveAverage315361
85.12
University of North Carolina WilmingtonNorth CarolinaColonial Athletic AssociationPublicAboveAverage221228
85.11
SUNY at AlbanyNew YorkColonial Athletic Association ...PublicAverage188218
85.06
East Carolina UniversityNorth CarolinaAmerican Athletic ConferencePublicAverage312325
85.03
George Mason UniversityVirginiaAtlantic 10 ConferencePublicAboveAverage156143
85.03
University of IowaIowaBig Ten ConferencePublicGood6879
84.88
University of Puerto Rico-Rio PiedrasPuerto RicoIndependent Southeast RegionPublicAboveAverage176232
84.82
Kent State University at KentOhioMid American ConferencePublicAverage347358
84.82
Northern Arizona UniversityArizonaBig Sky ConferencePublicAverage336333
84.77
Ohio UniversityOhioMid American ConferencePublicAverage215174
84.64
Utah State UniversityUtahMountain West ConferencePublicAboveAverage165120
84.44
Georgia State UniversityGeorgiaSun Belt ConferencePublicAverage253230
84.08
Loyola University ChicagoIllinoisMissouri Valley ConferencePrivateAboveAverage228206
84.07
University of Missouri-ColumbiaMissouriSoutheastern ConferencePublicAboveAverage12198
83.98
Temple UniversityPennsylvaniaAmerican Athletic ConferencePublicAboveAverage168199
83.78
University of North TexasTexasConference USAPublicAboveAverage192165
83.66
The University of AlabamaAlabamaSoutheastern ConferencePublicAboveAverage175112
83.42
Florida State UniversityFloridaAtlantic Coast ConferencePublicAboveAverage76104
82.23
University of DenverColoradoThe Summit LeaguePrivateAboveAverage204186
81.61
Creighton UniversityNebraskaBig East ConferencePrivateAboveAverage273190
79.98
Oakland UniversityMichiganHorizon LeaguePublicAverage417270
79.98
Sam Houston State UniversityTexasSouthland ConferencePublicAverage472383
79.58
Georgia Southern UniversityGeorgiaSun Belt ConferencePublicAverage254236
79.58
Miami University-OxfordOhioMid American ConferencePublicGood11867
79.56
CUNY Queens CollegeNew YorkEast Coast ConferencePublicAverage307400
79.53
Illinois State UniversityIllinoisMissouri Valley ConferencePublicAverage279222
79.48
University of Louisiana at LafayetteLouisianaSun Belt ConferencePublicAverage350248
79.47
Eastern Michigan UniversityMichiganMid American ConferencePublicAverage445385
79.41
Missouri State University-SpringfieldMissouriMissouri Valley ConferencePublicAverage301266
79.38
University of North Carolina at GreensboroNorth CarolinaSouthern ConferencePublicAverage449439
79.32
Towson UniversityMarylandColonial Athletic AssociationPublicAverage264365
78.90
Bowling Green State UniversityOhioMid American ConferencePublicAverage442351
78.89
University of California-Santa BarbaraCaliforniaBig West ConferencePublicGood63122
78.89
Middle Tennessee State UniversityTennesseeConference USAPublicAverage384372


Academic Peer Universities / Similar Academics

(mathematically similar academics)

CUNY Hunter College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to CUNY Hunter College

CUNY Hunter College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to CUNY Hunter College
match image university state conference public level rank overall ROI
100.00
DePaul UniversityIllinoisBig East ConferencePrivateAboveAverage193150
97.00
Syracuse UniversityNew YorkAtlantic Coast ConferencePrivateAboveAverage172216
96.74
Texas Christian UniversityTexasBig Twelve ConferencePrivateAboveAverage214181
96.42
James Madison UniversityVirginiaColonial Athletic AssociationPublicAboveAverage196170
95.43
University of Missouri-Kansas CityMissouriWestern Athletic ConferencePublicAboveAverage197155
94.86
Marquette UniversityWisconsinBig East ConferencePrivateAboveAverage197121
94.41
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNew JerseyIndependent Northeast RegionPublicAboveAverage195185
94.15
University of North TexasTexasConference USAPublicAboveAverage192165
94.12
St Mary's College of MarylandMarylandCapital Athletic ConferencePublicGood275409
94.11
Truman State UniversityMissouriGreat Lakes Valley ConferencePublicAboveAverage208189
92.52
Mountain West Conference (Average)-Mountain West Conference-Conf-AboveAverage-193
92.15
Utah State UniversityUtahMountain West ConferencePublicAboveAverage165120
92.14
Big Sky Conference (Average)-Big Sky Conference-Conf-AboveAverage-170
91.78
Mississippi State UniversityMississippiSoutheastern ConferencePublicAboveAverage197130
91.61
Chapman UniversityCaliforniaSouthern California Intercoll ...PrivateGood208242
90.19
Oklahoma State UniversityOklahomaBig Twelve ConferencePublicAverage182124
90.07
Emerson CollegeMassachusettsNew England Women's & Men's At...PrivateGood207240
89.54
Texas Tech UniversityTexasBig Twelve ConferencePublicAverage176104
86.51
Rhodes CollegeTennesseeSouthern Athletic AssociationPrivateExcellent191147
84.42
Union CollegeKentuckyMid - South Conference / Appal...PrivateBelowAverage162178
84.19
New College of FloridaFloridaNo Conference AffiliationPublicExcellent190237
82.56
Washington State UniversityWashingtonPacific 12 ConferencePublicAverage189193