Oxford loses top 3 university ranking for the first time

Re:Oxford loses top 3 university ranking for the first time by OJFord on Sunday September 21, 2025 @07:13PM (#45327520)

I may have an overly STEM-centric view, but I don't think Yale has anything like the reputation of MIT internationally. I'm only really aware of it from Americans (in Hollywood, newsletters, etc.) being impressed by lawyers' and MBAs' credentials.

Anyway, I don't think the specifics really matter, point is it's not unusual to have a bunch of extremely good universities and then a handful or fewer that are for whatever reason the first-to-mind 'best' ones.

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Re:Oxford loses top 3 university ranking for the first time by musicale on Sunday September 21, 2025 @07:31PM (#45327624)

> I may have an overly STEM-centric view

This is likely; international vs. US also probably makes a difference, as three of the last six US presidents (by person, not year) were Yale alumni (no MIT alumni have yet become president, but I think it's a good idea!)

And five are Ivy League grads: Obama from Harvard Law School, and Trump with an undergrad degree from Wharton/U. Penn. (Biden being somewhat of an outlier, attending U. Delaware and Syracuse University.)

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