The truth is, there are no reliable rankings out there, you Brits think that your college ranking is really all that great? Think again, I'll bet money that Oxford/Cambridge are almost constantly ranked 1-2 mostly because of their prestige...
I'm glad Berkeley is ranked so high, Being ranked 21st by US News and world Report doesn't do it justice.
And before u Brits bitch about this list being completely BS (which i agree to a certain extend), and how it's completely US bias, all of u should really go read this one article from the Economist a few weeks back, I was shocked to learn that Oxbridge's combine funding was 4 billion, while the rest of UK's system only has 1.7 billion in funding.... (british lb)
Harvard alone have twice Britain's total... Let's not even start talking about Berkeley, which manages all nuclear research of the United States and all its gradurate programs are ranked top 10 in the US, if not the world. Education is like business, having money counts, money allows Berkeley to have the largest acedemic liberary in the nation, the largest acedemic building in the nation (VLSB). Money attracts star professors, allow students to publish and do research, and create incentives for both students and professors to perform.
BTW, UCSF is a gradurate medical school only... I donno how they ranked that with other comprehensive research institutions...
I've known professors who've taught at both berkeley and Stanford, and I've also known students that have taken classes at both universities, all of them argreed that acedemically speaking, there are absolutely no difference in the quality of the education. (Keep this in mind, and go look up the latest ranking of top US colleges at US News and World Report)
I've rant enough, I've got a midterm tomorrow I need to hit.
-Atomic1125
4th year UC Berkeley Undergraduate, BA Political Science/European Studies