This genius posts that McNeese is Tier 3 above UL. Well dude, maybe try to understand how the rankings are done first. McNeese is a Masters University-Regional. They are Tier 3 in that class, meaning they are between 25-50 percentile of that classification.
UL is listed as Tier 4 but we are in the National Universities classification. We fall in the bottom 25% of that class, but it is still the top class. One part of the ranking, though definitely not the defining quality, is endowment. UL is over $100MM, McNeese is at $12.5MM, Tech at $53MM, Tulane at $1.0B, LSU at $460MM, Loyola at $302MM, Xavier at $89MM just to name a few.
Only Tulane, LSU, Tech, UL and UNO are National Universities
Its similar to comparing FBS to FCS in football.
Carnegie category ---- U.S. News category
Research Universities (very high research activity), Research Universities (high research activity), and Doctoral/Research Universities ---- National Universities
Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs), Master's Colleges and Universities (medium programs), and Master's Colleges and Universities (smaller programs) ---- Universities-Master's: North, South, Midwest, and West
Baccalaureate Colleges-Arts and Sciences ---- Liberal Arts Colleges
Baccalaureate Colleges-Diverse and Baccalaureate/Associate Colleges ---- Baccalaureate Colleges: North, South, Midwest, and West