Big Changes in Geography Department Rankings
Yesterday I posted my Top 20 Geography Department Rankings. There were some big changes since the last time that the NRC produced rankings and I thought it would be interesting to look at how some departments have moved up and down. So, I compared the 1995 rankings with the 2010 rankings and prepared the list below. Boston University made the biggest improvement while the University of Minnesota took the biggest plunge.
| Program |
1995 Rank |
2010 Rank |
Change |
| Boston University |
27 |
1 |
+26 |
| University of Maryland College Park |
29 |
3 |
+26 |
| University of Oregon |
28 |
6 |
+22 |
| Oregon State University |
33 |
18 |
+15 |
| University of Colorado |
12 |
2 |
+10 |
| University of Kentucky |
20 |
15 |
+5 |
| Univ of California-Los Angeles |
8 |
4 |
+4 |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
31 |
27 |
+4 |
| Arizona State University |
15 |
12 |
+3 |
| University of Cincinnati |
36 |
33 |
+3 |
| Clark University |
9 |
7 |
+2 |
| U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
16 |
14 |
+2 |
| University of Arizona |
19 |
17 |
+2 |
| University of Georgia |
21 |
21 |
0 |
| U of North Carolina-Chapel Hill |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
| Pennsylvania State University |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
| Univ of California-Santa Barbara |
4 |
9 |
-5 |
| Ohio State University |
5 |
11 |
-6 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison |
2 |
10 |
-8 |
| State Univ of New York-Buffalo |
11 |
20 |
-9 |
| University of Iowa |
17 |
26 |
-9 |
| Indiana University |
25 |
35 |
-10 |
| University of Utah |
34 |
45 |
-11 |
| Kent State University |
35 |
46 |
-11 |
| University of Kansas |
26 |
38 |
-12 |
| Syracuse University |
6 |
19 |
-13 |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa |
30 |
43 |
-13 |
| University of Washington |
10 |
24 |
-14 |
| University of California-Berkeley |
6 |
22 |
-16 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
32 |
48 |
-16 |
| University of Florida |
24 |
42 |
-18 |
| Rutgers State Univ-New Brunswick |
13 |
34 |
-21 |
| Louisiana State U & A&M College |
18 |
41 |
-23 |
| University of Texas at Austin |
14 |
39 |
-25 |
| University of Minnesota |
3 |
37 |
-34 |
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Justin Holman is CEO of TerraSeer, where he leads efforts to develop cutting edge sales forecasting and inventory optimization technology for the Automotive Aftermarket. Prior to joining TerraSeer, Justin managed corporate consulting for the Strategy & Analytics division at MapInfo Corporation, leading major projects for retail clients including The Home Depot, Darden Restaurants, Bridgestone-Firestone, Sainsbury’s and New York & Company. Before that, Justin served as Vice President of Software Development at LogicTools, now part of IBM's supply chain application software group. Justin holds a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College, a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon and an Executive Management certificate from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.Subscribe
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