&gt; Even if they&#x27;re both accredited, wouldn&#x27;t better faculty lead to better teaching?<p>No. Generally, at research institutions, faculty are not chosen for their teaching ability. They are chosen for their research background. They are often horrifically bad teachers, if they even teach the class at all and don&#x27;t just assign it to a TA.<p>It also doesn&#x27;t take a world-renowned genius to teach an undergraduate or even a Master&#x27;s program. It takes someone with a very solid grounding in the subject, which <i>should</i> be any graduate, who also happens to be a great (preferably enthusiastic) communicator.