profile evaluation

[vishalb94]

kindly please classify the colleges. Profile:gre-309,toefl-96,cgpa-mumbai university-65%,work ex-1.3 yrs in infosys(no analytics exp).

college name(msba,data science)                   safe/mod/ambi                    comments(course,jobs, etc)
Northeastern Univ(analytics)
Northeastern Univ(data science)
George Mason Univ
Johns Hopkins Univ(data science)
Drexel Univ(business nalytics)-
CSU Fullerton
Oklahoma State Univ(mis ds)
Oklahoma State Univ BA
SUNY Binghamton
Univ of Texas, Arlington
Washington State Univ, Pulman
IIT Chicago
Univ of Houston, Main Campus
Univ of North Carolina, Charlotte
Rochester Inst of Tech
Missouri Univ of Sci & Tech
Wayne State Univ
SUNY Albany
CSU East Bay
Univ of Utah
WPI
RPI
Indiana Univ, Bloomington
UT dallas
syracuse
washington seattle
colarado denver
university of virgina
uic
usc
santa clara

University of Wisconsin -  
Worcester poly university - 
southern methodist - 
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER -  
CLARKSON UNIVERSITY, Potsdam, NY - 
Santa clara university, (is the university good in terms of job) - 
University of California, Santa Cruz -  
Texas Tech University -  
George Washington University - 
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA -  
CUNY - 
Illinois institute of technology - 
University of central florida - 
maryland  

[GreenEyedTrombonist]

Um, this seems like an extremely long list. What are you actually interested in doing for your research? What kind of methodology would you want to stick with? Are their faculty (more than one) at these schools that have some kind of relation to your interests (either in methodology or subject matter)? Do you know if you want to go to a school with small student to faculty ratio, urban or rural, high cost of living or something else, cultural hub, etc ad infinitum. Basically, why these schools? Have you narrowed down your list or considered narrowing it down more? Furthermore, what is it you actually want to do when you get out?

At the end of the day, it shouldn't be about what tier the school is, but that it has the program and environment that's a good fit for you.

[fadedfigures]

This is WAY too many schools to be considering. As @GreenEyedTrombonist said, you need to first figure out what your research interests and career goals are. That'll help you in narrowing down this list from...however many schools that is to a more manageable amount, such as 8-12.

In addition, the fit of the program, including advisor, location, resources, and fellow graduate students will play a stronger role in where you should go versus the prestige of the school. Sure, we are all told to aim for R1 schools. But what's more important is the fit of the institution, as it'll all come down largely to your publications anyway.