Most Buzzworthy Universities: MIT Overtakes Harvard On The Internet

Which university has the best Internet brand equity?

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the best Internet buzz , according to the Global Language Monitor. They attribute it to the university's new OpenCourseWare program, which provides the same information available to MIT students to the world-at-large.

This was also the first ranking published by the group since the Penn State University sexual abuse scandal. GLM wondered in their report whether the scandal would dramatically increase the number of negative references ti Penn State online, however less than 4% of all their mentions on the Internet were critical. Regardless, Penn State still fell completely off their top 25, dropping to number 50.

The University of California, Berkeley had the greatest stumble on the top 25 list, dropping from number 2 to number 14, while Virginia Tech was awarded the biggest bump, up 18 spots with an ultimate ranking of 19 on the list.

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[one1byke]

09:52 AM on 04/18/2012

"MIT overtakes Harvard...... Internet.
No stories about me at all, eh?. Golly... I wonder how?!"

Yaron Segal

[hagagaga]

11:09 AM on 04/12/2012

Great picture for Virginia Tech. The Corps doesn't get as much recognition as it should.

[Luis Trujillo]

01:19 AM on 04/06/2012

I would like to mention that although this is a great fun way to see internet college trends, it's not good for students to use this as a way to gauge college value. Students can get good deals for their college education but most of the time they don't know what to do. It's worthy to note that scholarships will help contribute many if not most of the funds for students who get ahead of the "scholarship game." Read this great resource for local scholarships. http://www.my-money-for-college.com/scholarships-for-college.html

[billnbstn]

09:58 PM on 04/05/2012

Who doesn't like the beaver?

[johnfreiheit]

01:51 PM on 04/05/2012

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