Based on the US news and ranking, I noticed under the National-Doc that there isn't a tier 2 section. I am somehow presuming that its those that rank 51 to 124? I notice that the 2nd tier is clearly defined under liberal arts and bachelor.
2007-08-23 13:53:00 · 2 answers · asked by phsiungus 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Just assume 51 and down. It's a matter of semantics. They break down 3rd and 4th tier. So, you can read into the "top" tier as consisting of both 1st and 2nd tier. They just didn't want to separate it out for some reason.
2007-08-23 19:51:58 · answer #1 · answered by Linkin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no tier 2, in any of the categories. Three and four are separated but one and two are just called "top" and they are the top 50% of schools in the category.
If there are 124 schools in the category that you're looking at, then numbers 72-124 would be the second tier if such a thing were calculated. This would include the likes of American, Baylor and Brigham Young - not bad company to be in. (note that 7 schools are number 124 so there are really 130 schools on that list and the lower 50% are 75 - 124
Tier 3 national has the likes of Ball State, George Mason, Kent State on the National U list. These are the 2nd quartile.
Tier 4 has some such as East Carolina, Georgia Southern, Indiana U of Pa, UNLV on the national list. These are the lowest quartile.
2007-08-23 17:25:53 · answer #2 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋