LANSING – The University of Michigan and Michigan State University are still considered among the top 100 universities in the United States, according to the latest rankings by U.S. News and World Report. U-M topped the list for Michigan at 29th, coming just behind Tufts of Medford, Massachusetts.
MSU was tied for 79th with American University, Baylor, Miami of Ohio, the State University of New York of Environmental Science and Forestry and the University of Alabama.
The 100 rankings – which were led not surprisingly by Harvard, Princeton and Yale – are considered a key factor in attracting both students and research dollars.
Michigan Technological University came in at 117 while Western Michigan University stood at 179. Wayne State University, Oakland University and Central Michigan University all stood in the second tier of top schools.
All of the current Big Ten universities, including U-M and MSU, ranked in the top 100, topped by Northwestern at 12. The University of Nebraska, which will join the Big Ten, showed up at 104.
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