U.S. News & World Report College Rankings are Now Available
The well-known college rankings are now available for your viewing pleasure. Whether the ranking system is legit or not, I'll let you be the judge, but I think everyone should take note that UC Berkeley was again the number one ranked public national university and UCLA was ranked number three. Go Calee-forn-ee-ah! In a nutshell, here's what U.S. News ranks the universities:
- Peer Assessment - 25%
- Retention - 20% in national universities and liberal arts colleges and 25% in master's and baccalaureate colleges
- Faculty Resources - 20%
- Student Selectivity - 15%
- Financial Resources - 10%
- Graduate Rate Performance - 5%; only in national universities and liberal arts colleges
- Alumni giving rate 5%
I wonder how much bias is in peer assessment.
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