Frankly, I don't care either way. I work in downtown Seattle in Amazon's back yard. I just know SS has a healthy tech scene and not a lot of people know about it.
> saying UoU and BYU are great universities is just wrong
What? Am I missing something?
Do you see UoU and BYU there in the top 50? I don't either. For contrast, 2 of Silicon Valley's univs are in top 5.
I think you are confusing "great" with "top" or "prestigious". They are great universities.
And college rankings aren't everything. Those universities put out a high volume entrepreneurs, more than most of the top 50 engineering schools. For example, I don't see most of the top engineering schools on this list: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHB_9l_UAAE8Fzn.jpg
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-sch...
#40: University of Utah.