in the school rankings were is university of houston ranked?

Question

in comparison with new york univetrsity which one is better?

Answer 1

NYU is a first-tier school, meaning it is roughly on the same par with other nationally-ranked superb universities. US News and World Report ranks NYU 34th in the nation.

University of Houston, on the other hand, is a fourth-tier school. These don't even get ranked by US News and World Report.

This does not mean that U of H might not be right for you. It really depends on what you want to study, and what you want to do after graduation.

Suffice it to say that NYU is a school with highly competitive admissions, that is nationally recognized, and that U of H has relatively non-competitive admissions, and is primarily a local university with a reputation only locally.

Another way to put it is this: an average US high school student applying to both schools would consider NYU a "reach" school, since under 15% of applicants are admitted. and U of H a "safety" school, since over 80% of applicants are admitted.

Answer 2

If you are looking to pick your school based on the name or what the rankings say, you may end up with the wrong answer. A better question to ask yourself is which school gives you the things you want to get out of college? My son is a senior in high school and the school he wants to go to doesn't offer everything he would like to do. So, does he give up some of his goals to attend this higher prestige school with a better ranking or fulfill his goals and have not have the big name on his diploma???

The rankings don't matter. Most only rank people going in, not coming out. Isn't that what matters?

Answer 3

You have not provided enough information to answer your question

Which program are you talking about?
Are you talking about undregraduate or graduate programs?

In order to ascertain which University is better, you need to look at from a program by program basis, once you rank your programs, you start looking at the entrance requirements for that program....
Do you have the grades?
Do you have the SATs/GREs?
Have you satisfied the subject test requirements?
Do you have the letters of recommendation?


P.S. There are programs at UH that are higher ranked than the equivalent program at NYU, and vice-versa. Without knowing the program, it's difficult to provide an answer.

One should never go to a University that is higher ranked overall if their program is higher ranked elsewhere.

An example is the University of Chicago, the mecca of physics and economics, yet overall, Harvard and Princeton are higher ranked. (and unfortunately Harvard has an economics program rivalling U of C and Princeton has a physics program that rivals U of C).....but I recommend students aim for Chicago............simply because it has a better program