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I'm not sure if anyone is still using this thread since the 15th is passed, but I wanted to ask a question of all these math people.
In the fall I will be attending CU-Boulder applied math and I am expecting (read: hoping) that this programs ranking will improve when the 2008 NRC ranking is released in September. I have heard that the new ranking may be based on more objective qualities such as faculty publications and citations rather than subjective qualities such as reputation.
I decided to investigate by using mathscinet to compare citations from my program with citations from a higher ranked program, UWash. What I found is that the average citations per full professor at UW is less than 100 while the average citations per full professor at CU is greater than 300 with only one professor below the 200 mark...
In light of this, I am wondering exactly what has lead to the higher ranking at UW in the first place. Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
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