When it comes to universities, people often talk about the Big Four (UP, ADMU, DLSU and UST). Universities like Far Eastern University and the University of the East seldom get as much attention. I wonder: Which is the better university?
The writer of this blog set out to answer this question. First, he looked at the passing rates of the two institutions in nursing, accounting, civil engineering and secondary education. This was what he found*:
UE had higher passing percentages in nursing and civil engineering while FEU was better at passing its graduates in accounting and secondary education. So far, the two are tied.
The writer also examined each university's designated CHED Centers of Excellence and Development. For comparison, designations in the same program were ignored. Only unique COEs and CODs were considered. In this regard, UE wins. Both have CODs in Information Technology, but only the UE Nursing program is a COE.
Based on these two criteria, UE is slightly better than FEU.
*Table 1 was based on the following data:
Nursing
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/NURS0612ps.pdf
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/NURS1012ps_MidEast.pdf
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/NURS0613ps.pdf
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/NURSE1013me_ps.pdf
Accounting
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/CPA0512ps.pdf
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/CPA1012ps.pdf
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/CPA0513ps.pdf
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/CPA1013ps.pdf
Civil Engineering
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/CE0512ps.pdf
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/CE1112ps.pdf
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/CE0513ps.pdf
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/CE1113ps.pdf
Secondary Education
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/SEC0312ps.pdf
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/SEC0912ps.pdf
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/LET0313ps_SEC.pdf
http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/SEC0913ps.pdf
