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Top Schools in the Philippines*

1. University of the Philippines (Diliman Campus / Luzon)
2. University of the Philippines (Los Banos Campus/ Luzon)
3. University of the Philippines (Manila Campus / Luzon)
4. Silliman University ( Dumaguete City / Visayas)
5. Ateneo deDavao University ( Davao / Mindanao)
6. Ateneo de Manila University ( Manila / Luzon)
7. University of Sto . Tomas ( Manila / Luzon)
8. Mindanao State University (Iligan Institute of Technology/ Mindanao)
9. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (Manila/Luzon)
10. Saint Louis University ( Baguio City / Luzon)
11. University of San Carlos ( Cebu City / Visayas)
12. Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro / Mindanao)
13. Mindanao State University (Main / Mindanao)
14. Urios College ( Butuan City / Mindanao)
15. Polytechnic University of the Philippines ( Manila / Luzon)
16. De La Salle University ( Manila / Luzon)
17. Mapua Institute of Technology ( Manila / Luzon)
18. Adamson University ( Manila / Luzon)
19. Central Mindanao University (Bukidnon/Mindanao)
20. University of Southern Philippines ( Davao /Mindanao)

Some colleges and universities have developed an aura of respectability (or conceitedness), a halo of superiority, and a sense of academic distinctiveness. Because of these, some institutions are glamorized and being put on the pedestal. This academic status (or halo) may be the result of long tradition, difficulty of entrance examination, long waiting list of candidates for admission, or it could be just all about a neatly woven propaganda. Attempts to rate (or advertise) universities according to certain predetermined elements are, in many ways, helpful. But those ratings (or advertisements) undeniably do not take into account other elements that are of greater importnace— the quality of unstruction, the personal influence of the faculty on the students, and the atmosphere of the institution itself.

To a large extent, institutions differ in real effectiveness of instruction, and there are some that possess a high prestige and merit it, while some are simply tagged as “lesser fancied school”. Leaders in all walks of life are by no means confined to being graduates of those so-called “high-ranking” schools. Undeniably, much depends upon what a student brings with himself, and being a graduate of such institutions guarantees nothing in the way of learning and success. After all, life is more than just about schools.

I am from New Era University. I am not from any of those “top” schools; but I’ve learned what I’m supposed to learn.

This statistics is a result of the study conducted by the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), based on the average passing in the BOARD EXAMINATIONS OF ALL COURSES of all universities and colleges in the Philippines . This study is concluded every 10 years.

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