Minnesota (Carlson) is yet another NEF school in the midwest worthy of a closer look. It is located in Minneapolis and named after the benefactor who gave some $25 million to the school in 1986.
FT 2005 ranked Carlson #52 worldwide- above Penn State, Texas-Austin, and Ohio State.
FT 2003 placed Minnesota #81 worldwide, just below Georgia.
EIU 2003 ranked Minnesota #39 worldwide and #26 in the US, above Rochester, Purdue and Indiana and (in the US) just below USC (Marshall) and UNC.