(05-16-2013 11:11 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  Schools that consider Tulane to be a peer:
Baylor
Northwestern
Southern Methodist
Miami/Fla.
Michigan
Notre Dame
Southern California
Tulsa
Virginia
Vanderbilt

I edited the list to show the ones that play FBS-level football.

Impressive list, IMHO.

Found Ball State's

http://www.achieveindiana.com/pdfs/schoo...ersity.pdf

page 4

So 7 mutuals in all, mostly MAC schools, but also IUP and JMU

(05-16-2013 10:24 AM)AtlanticLeague Wrote:  Wow, Rutgers picked 97 peers?

It looks like they picked every major state university, and then some.

(05-16-2013 11:14 AM)TomThumb Wrote:  Doesn't look like any of the University of California schools choose any peers. Someone in the state probably decided that the UC schools weren't going to participate. That's a shame.

If you do a google search, you may be able to find them. This database is missing a few schools.

I'm lovin' this site. So interesting...

Colorado State's selected peers:
Iowa State U
Michigan State U
North Carolina State U
Ohio State U
Oklahoma State U, Stillwater
Oregon State U
Purdue U, West Lafayette
Texas A&M U, College Station
U of California, Davis
U of Colorado, Boulder
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Washington State U

Others selecting CSU as a peer:
Brigham Young U [ - ??? - ]
Florida State U
Iowa State U
Louisiana State U, Baton Rouge
Missouri Southern State U
Montana State U, Bozeman
New Mexico State U, Las Cruces
Oregon State U
Rutgers U, New Brunswick
U of Alabama, Birmingham
U of Hawaii-Manoa
U of Idaho
U of Nebraska, Lincoln
U of Nevada, Reno
U of Phoenix - Southern Colorado Campus [erf!]
U of Phoenix-Colorado Campus [erf!]
U of Texas, Dallas
U of Wyoming
Utah State U

common peer selections:
Iowa State U
Oregon State U

Ram nation has a perception that Kansas State and Auburn are also common entities.

re U of Illinois: Hey, Frank! Put in a good word for us with the bwunjee, 'kay?

(05-16-2013 09:46 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote:  Article
Peers Interactive Tool

When you select a school a list data appears on the right.

My campus (Pitt-Titusville) has no peers!

Colleges Selected As Peers Buy This College (19)
Binghamton U
Florida International U
George Mason U
Georgia State U
Kent State U main campus
North Dakota State U
Northern Arizona U
SUNY, Albany
U of Central Florida
U of Houston main campus
U of Nebraska, Lincoln
U of North Carolina, Greensboro
U of North Texas
U of Rhode Island
U of Southern Mississippi
U of Texas, Arlington
U of Toledo main campus
U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Western Michigan U

Colleges That Selected This College As A Peer
Boise State U
CUNY John Jay C of Criminal Justice
DeVry U, Chicago
DeVry U, Columbus
Florida Atlantic U
Indiana State U
Northern Arizona U
Oakland U
Rutgers U, Newark
Texas State U, San Marcos
U of Central Florida
U of Missouri, Kansas City
U of Missouri, St. Louis
U of Phoenix - Cleveland Campus
U of Texas, El Paso
U of Texas, San Antonio
U of Toledo main campus
U of Wisconsin, Green Bay
U of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
U of Wisconsin, Platteville
U of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
U of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Western Michigan U
Wichita State U

Peer Colleges That Also Chose This College As A Peer
Northern Arizona U
U of Central Florida
U of Toledo main campus
Western Michigan U

Kent state has a fair list.

Ball State
Miami U
BGSU
NIU
Ohio
SUNY Albany
Texas Tech
Memphis
Ole Miss
UNC Greensboro
North Texas
U of Oklahoma Norman
Oregon
University of Southern Mississippi
U of Texas Arlington
U of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Western Michigan

Schools that select Kent

BGSU
BYU
Cal State Fullerton
Central Michigan
Devry Chicago, Columbus
Iowa State
Miami U
Northern Arizona
Northern Kentucky
Rutgers New Brunswick
Southern Illinois Carbondale
Akron
Central Florida
Missouri Saint Louis
UNC Charlotte
U Phoenix Cleveland
U of St Thomas
U of Texas Dallas
Toledo
Western Michigan

For Both

Western Michigan
Miami U
BGSU

There are a few schools on the list Kent as a peer that I am surprised that we don't list as a peer.

I'll do my other schools later, but here's my main fav:

Georgia

UGa Selected peers:

Iowa State
LSU
Michigan State
NC State
Ohio State
U of Arizona
UC-Davis (why won't they accept our friend request???)
U of Florida
Iowa
Kentucky
U of Maryland

Peers selecting UGa:
Argosy-Atl campus
Auburn
Binghampton
BYU
Clemson (why haven't we accepted theirs???)
Florida St (see Clemson)
Fort Valley State
ISU
LSU
Miss. State
NCSU
UAB
'Bama
Arkansas
UConn
S. Carolina
UTenn
UTx-Dal
WVU
Hawaii-Manoa

Mutual peers:
Iowa State
LSU
NCSU

Mutual NAU peers:

Bowling Green State U main campus

Miami U, Oxford

Rutgers U, Newark

U of Akron main campus

U of Texas, El Paso


Interesting that there are three MAC schools.

Are there any schools that nobody selected as peers?

Syracuse
Selected Peers 12
Boston College
Boston U.
Cornell
George Washington
Ithaca
NYU
Northeastern
Penn State
RIT
Pitt
USC
Villanova

Selected as Peer 27
American
Bentley
Boston U.
Brandeis
Clark
Clarkson
Drexel
Fordham
George Mason
Hofstra
Lehigh
Marymount Manhattan
Northeastern
Northwestern
Pepperdine
RIT
Seton Hall
SMU
St. John's
Denver
Hartford
Miami (FL)
Phoenix, Jersey City
USC
Vanderbilt
Washington, St. Louis

Mutual Peers
Boston U.
Northeastern
RIT
USC

I'm blown away that Syracuse and Tulane didn't call each other peers - they're both private schools ranked right next to each other. Furthermore, Tulane sent a number of kids to the Orangemen during the Katrina semester - and most came back with very favorable reviews of the university.

For Texas A&M

15 Colleges selected as peers by this college

Georgia Inst of Tech
Ohio State U
Penn State, U Park
Purdue U, West Lafayette
U of California, Berkeley
U of California, Davis
U of California, Los Angeles
U of California, San Diego
U of Florida
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
U of Minnesota-Twin Cities
U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
U of Texas, Austin
U of Wisconsin, Madison

43 Colleges that selected this college as a peer

Brigham Young U
Clemson U
Colorado State U, Fort Collins
Florida State U
Georgia Inst of Tech
Iowa State U
Kansas State U
Louisiana State U, Baton Rouge
Michigan State U
Purdue U, West Lafayette
Rutgers U, New Brunswick
SUNY, Stony Brook
St. John's U
Texas Tech U
U of Alabama, Birmingham
U of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
U of Arizona
U of Colorado, Boulder
U of Florida
U of Kansas
U of Kentucky
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
U of Missouri, Columbia
U of New Mexico, Albuquerque
U of Oklahoma, Norman
U of Pittsburgh main campus
U of Tennessee, Knoxville
U of Texas, Dallas
U of Utah
U of Virginia
U of Washington
U of Wisconsin, Madison

5 Peer colleges that also chose this college as a peer

Georgia Inst of Tech
Purdue U, West Lafayette
U of Florida
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
U of Wisconsin, Madison

(UT arrogance is always great for a laugh. A&M is not good enough to recognize as a peer but Michigan State, a school virtually identical to us but located across the country and ranked a little lower than us IS! Of course this happened in 2010 so someones feelings were probably still a little hurt )

(05-16-2013 10:54 AM)AtlanticLeague Wrote:  Does anyone know if these selections actually play a role in ranking or anything else? Or are schools just selecting these for kicks?

With Texas and Georgia, they use metrics from those peer schools to compare how they are doing.

(05-16-2013 03:02 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  For Texas A&M

15 Colleges selected as peers by this college

Georgia Inst of Tech
Ohio State U
Penn State, U Park
Purdue U, West Lafayette
U of California, Berkeley
U of California, Davis
U of California, Los Angeles
U of California, San Diego
U of Florida
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
U of Minnesota-Twin Cities
U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
U of Texas, Austin
U of Wisconsin, Madison

43 Colleges that selected this college as a peer

Brigham Young U
Clemson U
Colorado State U, Fort Collins
Florida State U
Georgia Inst of Tech
Iowa State U
Kansas State U
Louisiana State U, Baton Rouge
Michigan State U
Purdue U, West Lafayette
Rutgers U, New Brunswick
SUNY, Stony Brook
St. John's U
Texas Tech U
U of Alabama, Birmingham
U of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
U of Arizona
U of Colorado, Boulder
U of Florida
U of Kansas
U of Kentucky
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
U of Missouri, Columbia
U of New Mexico, Albuquerque
U of Oklahoma, Norman
U of Pittsburgh main campus
U of Tennessee, Knoxville
U of Texas, Dallas
U of Utah
U of Virginia
U of Washington
U of Wisconsin, Madison

5 Peer colleges that also chose this college as a peer

Georgia Inst of Tech
Purdue U, West Lafayette
U of Florida
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
U of Wisconsin, Madison

(UT arrogance is always great for a laugh. A&M is not good enough to recognize as a peer but Michigan State, a school virtually identical to us but located across the country and ranked a little lower than us IS! Of course this happened in 2010 so someones feelings were probably still a little hurt )

Texas has never considered A&M a peer. A partner with the legislature and the PUF, yes. Peer, no. The Big 10 schools tend to have very broad programs which was not historically the case with A&M.

(05-16-2013 03:37 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(05-16-2013 10:54 AM)AtlanticLeague Wrote:  Does anyone know if these selections actually play a role in ranking or anything else? Or are schools just selecting these for kicks?

With Texas and Georgia, they use metrics from those peer schools to compare how they are doing.

At VT they use them to compare as well. A lot of the faculty pay decisions are made by comparing to the schools they list as peers.

Outside of U.S. News & World Report and similar rankings, has anyone taken a stab at drawing lines that group truly peer institutions? Maybe it would be more of a Venn Diagram than independent groupings, but still interesting.

(05-16-2013 03:42 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(05-16-2013 03:02 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  For Texas A&M

15 Colleges selected as peers by this college

Georgia Inst of Tech
Ohio State U
Penn State, U Park
Purdue U, West Lafayette
U of California, Berkeley
U of California, Davis
U of California, Los Angeles
U of California, San Diego
U of Florida
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
U of Minnesota-Twin Cities
U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
U of Texas, Austin
U of Wisconsin, Madison

43 Colleges that selected this college as a peer

Brigham Young U
Clemson U
Colorado State U, Fort Collins
Florida State U
Georgia Inst of Tech
Iowa State U
Kansas State U
Louisiana State U, Baton Rouge
Michigan State U
Purdue U, West Lafayette
Rutgers U, New Brunswick
SUNY, Stony Brook
St. John's U
Texas Tech U
U of Alabama, Birmingham
U of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
U of Arizona
U of Colorado, Boulder
U of Florida
U of Kansas
U of Kentucky
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
U of Missouri, Columbia
U of New Mexico, Albuquerque
U of Oklahoma, Norman
U of Pittsburgh main campus
U of Tennessee, Knoxville
U of Texas, Dallas
U of Utah
U of Virginia
U of Washington
U of Wisconsin, Madison

5 Peer colleges that also chose this college as a peer

Georgia Inst of Tech
Purdue U, West Lafayette
U of Florida
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
U of Wisconsin, Madison

(UT arrogance is always great for a laugh. A&M is not good enough to recognize as a peer but Michigan State, a school virtually identical to us but located across the country and ranked a little lower than us IS! Of course this happened in 2010 so someones feelings were probably still a little hurt )

Texas has never considered A&M a peer. A partner with the legislature and the PUF, yes. Peer, no. The Big 10 schools tend to have very broad programs which was not historically the case with A&M.

So... Michigan State, ie the Michigan Agricultural College, a school nearly identical to A&M and in fact ranked below A&M in USNWR, is more peer worthy because they are in the Big 10?

Alrighty then.

You learn something new every day!

We selected all schools in our state whether actual peers or not. Politics.