GRANDVILLE, Mich., March 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Best College Reviews, a ranking service for American colleges and universities, has released a list of the top 50 science research universities. Data gathered from university websites regarding undergraduate opportunities, research centers, and funding were used to create the ranking. The ranking can be viewed here: http://www.bestcollegereviews.org/top-research-universities/.
In the midst of examining research universities in our country two facts became apparent: there are many universities conducting amazing research in a variety of fields but some research universities do not provide opportunities to undergraduates. Also of interest were unique research centers in terms of design, focus, or location. For example, Oregon State University, whose campus is located in Corvallis, has an incredible research center on the coast in Newport called the Hatfield Marine Science Center. These ideas, combined with relevant funding data, seemed a great combination that could open doors to undergraduates who will indeed become the next generation of leaders in discovery.
Nick Plato, the article's author, said this about the list: "Research is of vital interest to the progress of humanity. Identifying leading research universities in regards to undergraduate opportunities and research centers seemed a needed task as every potential scientist and researcher is an undergraduate at some point. Knowing where opportunities abound is a required resource in the noble pursuit of knowledge for the sake of mankind."
The list of 50 schools includes (in alphabetical order):
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Brown University, Providence, RI
California Institute of Technology – Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Columbia University, New York, NY
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Duke University, Durham, NC
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
New York University, New York, NY
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Penn State University, State College, PA
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Rice University, Houston, TX
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
University of California – Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
University of California – Davis, Davis, CA
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
University of California – Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
University of Colorado – Boulder, Boulder, CO
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Minnesota – Duluth, Duluth, MN
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Yale University, New Haven, CT
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