I get the impression that a college education in the US is more like a high school degree in Germany You got the wrong impression. Not a little wrong. A lot wr

I get the impression that a college education in the US is more like a high school degree in Germany You got the wrong impression. Not a little wrong. A lot wrong. The US has many top-flight schools. And I'm not talking about the Ivies, either. I'm talking about small schools that excel by every authentic educational metric (student-teacher ratio, research excellence, undergrads who go on to graduate work and PhDs, etc).