Rankings. There are plenty of school ranking systems, based on various criteria. Ateneo and La Salle students and alumni have been trying to edge each other out, whether in basketball, the number of CEO's in industry, the number of chauffer-driven cars in campus or yes, even in academics.
I remember one ranking system based mainly on the tuition fee rates, and I think the Opus Dei- run University of Asia and the Pacific in Ortigas and Ateneo de Manila came out on top.
As such, a really credible ranking based not just on perception but on hard, empirical evidence from schools' success rates in professional board exams administered by the Professional Regulatory Commission, have been jointly released by the PRC and the Commission on Higher Education. This study is conducted every 10 years.
I remember one ranking system based mainly on the tuition fee rates, and I think the Opus Dei- run University of Asia and the Pacific in Ortigas and Ateneo de Manila came out on top.
As such, a really credible ranking based not just on perception but on hard, empirical evidence from schools' success rates in professional board exams administered by the Professional Regulatory Commission, have been jointly released by the PRC and the Commission on Higher Education. This study is conducted every 10 years.
The distribution for the Top 20 spots is as follows: Luzon- 11; Visayas- 2; and Mindanao- 7.
The UP campuses in Diliman, Los Banos and Padre Faura, predictably took the top spots, ranked 1-3, in that order. In terms of other criteria (not covered under the PRC-CHED study, however) such as research output and faculty resources (Ph.D's, especially in the sciences), I believe Los Banos upstages Diliman.
Silliman University in Dumaguete City (this school was my second choice after UP Diliman in college), the highest-ranked private school in the study, beat well-known schools in Manila and ranked 4th, followed by Ateneo de Davao. In fact, the Davao campus ranked higher than its flagship campus in Loyola Heights, which came in 6th. (This should not be a surprise, the Loyola campus offers few courses that require a board exam). Ateneo's arch-rival, La Salle, is ranked even lower, at 16th. So La Salle students don't generally perform well in board exams?
Rounding out the top 20 are: UST, Mindanao State (Iligan), PLM (Manila), St. Louis (Baguio), San Carlos (Cebu), Xavier (Cagayan de Oro), Mindanao State (Marawi), Urios (Butuan), PUP (Manila), DLSU (Manila), Mapua, Adamson, Central Mindanao (Bukidnon), Univ of Southern Philippines (Davao).
Some well-known schools in Manila are noticeably out of the top 20, while schools outside Manila are prominently represented.
Again, these rankings are based on statistics from the PRC.
One might argue that this is only one measure, just one side of the coin. The most important one is how the student turns out to be after college.
Yeah, sure.
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