Top Geography Departments – Preliminary Survey Results

March 15, 2012

I’ve now received a grand total of 11 completed surveys.  I still need a lot more to achieve some sort of reasonable sample size so please take the survey.  In the meantime, here are some preliminary results.

The top 5 Geography Departments as submitted by survey participants are (drum roll please):

  1. UC Santa Barbara
  2. Penn State
  3. Colorado
  4. Arizona State
  5. Ohio State

These are not terribly consistent with the NRC-based rankings.  Penn State and Colorado make the top 5 in both lists (so far) but  there are major differences, for example Maryland (#2 NRC) isn’t even in the top 10 at this point.

Which top 5 list makes more sense to you?  And if your favorite departments aren’t where they should be take the survey so your votes can count.

Justin

Justin Holman is CEO of Aftermarket Analytics, where he leads efforts to develop cutting edge sales forecasting and inventory optimization technology for the Automotive Aftermarket. Prior to joining Aftermarket Analytics, 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.

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