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.
