You just denied your son a shot at success...
Out of all institutions of higher learning in our nation UW ranks fourth in alumni serving as CEO's of Fortune 500 companies beat only by Harvard, Columbia and UPenn and topping schools like Cornell and Princeton. Nebraska failed to make the list.
Wisconsin is also fifth in the nation when counting graduates serving in Congress.
UW consistently ranks among the top public universities in the nation and is frequently ranked among the best research institutions in the world.
Lets break it down...
Nobel peace prize winners
UW 19 UNL 3
Pulitzer Prize Winners
UW 34 UNL 8
P.R. Party School ranking
UW 14 UNL NR
ARWU World Ranking of Univ's
UW 25 UNL NR
QS World Ranking of Univ's
UW 41 UNL 401-450 tier
US News Law Schools
UW 34 UNL 85
US News Med Schools (Research)
UW 26 UNL 66 (Med School not on campus)
US News Med Schools (Prim. Care)
UW 10 UNL 7 (Med School not on campus)
US News Business
UW 28 UNL NR
US News Engineering
UW 16 UNL 95
US News Education
UW 9 UNL 50
AAU Membership
UW Founding Member UNL Revoked
Endowment
UW $1.5b UNL $1.1b (11th in B1G)
SI College Sports town ranking
UW #1 UNL >10
CNN Money's best cities to live
Madison 95 Lincoln NR
City Data Median Income
M $49k L $45k
% of city residents with Grad deg.
M 23 L 11
Distance to city of 1m pop
UW 122m L 475m
Sex offenders in city limits
M 154 L 239
Adult Obesity %
M 23 (Dane) L 26.3 (Lancaster)
NCAA Championships
UW 28 UNL 23
Conference Titles as of 2010
UW 183 UNL 72
Oh and football since 2000
UW 88-41 UNL 84- 46
Wisconsin has won the last 2 games in the series. Opponents are both 3-3 in series.
UW Alumni include Stephen E. Ambrose, Frederick Jackson Turner, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Charles Lindbergh among others.
UNL- Severely lacking though John Pershing and Warren Buffet stand out.
UW is the better overall school and Madison is the better overall town. UNL used to be good in football but so did Pitt and Minnesota. We live in a "what-have-you-done-for-me-lately" world.
I'd take UW any damn day of the week.
aren't you being a bit out of line when you say that he has "denied his son a chance at success"? while it may be true that wisconsin is considered the "better" school, i am quite sure that there are many success stories out of lincoln or any other school that he sends his son to. turning down wisconsin is not a kiss of death for success.
also....not so sure that boasting about graduates who are members of congress is really such a good thing. they can't even balance the nations checkbook.