U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking, the Glossary
The U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking is an annual set of rankings of colleges and universities in the United States, first published in 1983.[1]
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105 relations: Academic degree, Alma College, America's Top Colleges, American Council on Education, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, Annapolis Group, Annapolis, Maryland, Arizona State University, Baltimore, Belmont University, Big Three (colleges), Bowdoin College, Brown University, Brunswick, Maine, California Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Carleton College, Claremont, California, Clemson University, College and university rankings in the United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Columbia Law School, Columbia University, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Council of Independent Colleges, Criticism of college and university rankings (North America), Duke University, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, Evanston, Illinois, False precision, First-generation college students in the United States, Fiske Guide to Colleges, Forbes, Gamesmanship, Georgetown University Law Center, Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, HuffPost, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Inside Higher Ed, James Frazier Barker, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michael Thaddeus, Microsoft Excel, Miguel Cardona, ... Expand index (55 more) »
- 1983 introductions
- U.S. News & World Report
- University and college rankings in the United States
Academic degree
An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university.
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Alma College
Alma College is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college in Alma, Michigan.
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America's Top Colleges
America's Top Colleges is an annual Forbes ranking of colleges and universities in the United States, first published in 2008. U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking and America's Top Colleges are Lists of universities and colleges in the United States and university and college rankings in the United States.
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American Council on Education
The American Council on Education (ACE) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) U.S. higher education association established in 1918.
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Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley.
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Annapolis Group
The Annapolis Group (officially, the Annapolis Group of Liberal Arts Colleges) is an American organization of independent liberal arts colleges.
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Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
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Baltimore
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Belmont University
Belmont University is a private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Big Three (colleges)
The Big Three, also known as HYP (Harvard, Yale, Princeton), is a historical term used in the United States to refer to Harvard University, Yale University, and Princeton University.
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Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine.
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Brown University
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Brunswick, Maine
Brunswick is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.
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California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Carleton College
Carleton College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota.
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Claremont, California
Claremont is a suburban city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, east of Los Angeles.
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Clemson University
Clemson University is a public land-grant research university near Clemson, South Carolina.
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College and university rankings in the United States
College and university rankings in the United States order the best U.S. colleges and universities based on factors that vary depending on the ranking. U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking and college and university rankings in the United States are university and college rankings in the United States.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
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Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School (CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City.
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Columbia University
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.
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Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (officially Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons) is the medical school of Columbia University, located at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.
Council of Independent Colleges
The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is an association in the United States of more than 650 independent, liberal arts colleges and universities and more than 100 higher education affiliates and organizations that work together to strengthen college and university leadership, sustain high-quality education, and enhance private higher education's contributions to society.
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Criticism of college and university rankings (North America)
Criticism of college and university rankings refers to critiques of various rankings publications among faculty and administrators in institutions of higher education in both the United States and Canada, as well as in media reports.
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
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Duke University School of Law
Duke University School of Law is the law school of Duke University, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina.
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Durham, North Carolina
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Durham County.
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Evanston, Illinois
Evanston is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan.
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False precision
False precision (also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision and spurious precision) occurs when numerical data are presented in a manner that implies better precision than is justified; since precision is a limit to accuracy (in the ISO definition of accuracy), this often leads to overconfidence in the accuracy, named precision bias.
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First-generation college students in the United States
First-generation college students in the United States are college students whose parents did not complete a baccalaureate degree.
Fiske Guide to Colleges
The Fiske Guide to Colleges is an American media company that publishes, inter alia, descriptions, ratings, and analysis for more than 320 U.S. colleges and universities. U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking and Fiske Guide to Colleges are university and college rankings in the United States.
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Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
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Gamesmanship
Gamesmanship is the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win or gain a serious advantage in a game or sport.
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Georgetown University Law Center
The Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, a private research university in Washington, D.C., United States.
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Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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HuffPost
HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS or Mount Sinai), formerly the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, is a private medical school in New York City, New York, United States.
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Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed is an American online publication of news, opinion, resources, events and jobs in the higher education sphere.
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James Frazier Barker
James Frazier Barker (born May 1, 1947) is the former president of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina.
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Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, Johns, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press (also referred to as JHU Press or JHUP) is the publishing division of Johns Hopkins University.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Michael Thaddeus
Michael Thaddeus (born January 12, 1967) is an American mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Columbia University.
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Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and iPadOS.
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Miguel Cardona
Miguel Angel Cardona (born July 11, 1975) is an American educator and is currently serving as the twelfth United States secretary of education under President Joe Biden since 2021.
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National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) located in Washington D.C. It is an organization of private American colleges and universities.
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
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New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States.
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NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC at the University of Chicago, previously the National Opinion Research Center, is an independent social research organization in the United States.
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Northfield, Minnesota
Northfield is a city in Dakota and Rice counties in the State of Minnesota.
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Northwestern University
Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois.
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Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
The Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law is the law school of Northwestern University, a private research university.
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Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
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Pell Grant
A Pell Grant is a subsidy the U.S. federal government provides for students who need it to pay for college.
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Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
The Perelman School of Medicine, commonly known as Penn Med, is the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania, one of seven Ivy League medical schools in the United States.
Peter M. Sacks
Peter M. Sacks (born 1950) is an expatriate South African painter and poet living and working in the United States.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
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Pomona College
Pomona College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California.
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Princeton University
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a borough in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
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Reed College
Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, United States.
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Robert Fisher (university president)
Robert Fisher (born c. 1948) is an American academic administrator.
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San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.
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Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York.
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SAT
The SAT is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States.
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Secondary school
A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education.
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St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)
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Standardized test
A standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent, or "standard", manner.
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Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School (SLS) is the law school of Stanford University, a private research university near Palo Alto, California.
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Stanford University
Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.
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Stanford University School of Medicine
The Stanford University School of Medicine is the medical school of Stanford University and is located in Stanford, California, United States.
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Stanford, California
Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States.
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Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
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Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Swarthmore is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
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The Student Life
The Student Life (abbreviated TSL) is a student newspaper covering the Claremont Colleges (7Cs, or 5Cs when referring only to the undergraduate colleges), a consortium of liberal arts colleges in Claremont, California.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report (USNWR, US NEWS) is an American media company publishing news, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.
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UC Berkeley School of Law
The University of California, Berkeley School of Law (branded as Berkeley Law) is the law school of the University of California, Berkeley.
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UCLA School of Law
The University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (commonly known as UCLA School of Law or UCLA Law) is the law school of the University of California, Los Angeles.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs.
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United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy (USMA), also referred to metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York.
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United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
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United States Secretary of Education
The United States secretary of education is the head of the United States Department of Education.
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University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States.
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University of California, Irvine School of Law
The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is the law school at the University of California, Irvine, a public research university in Irvine, California.
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University of Michigan
The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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University of Michigan Law School
The University of Michigan Law School (Michigan Law, MLS) is the law school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania, commonly referenced as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States.
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Wellesley College
Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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Wellesley, Massachusetts
Wellesley is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
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West Point, New York
West Point is the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States.
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Williams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
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Williamstown, Massachusetts
Williamstown is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Yale Law School
Yale Law School (YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Yale University
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
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See also
1983 introductions
- Antibody microarray
- Boston Naming Test
- Deep Note
- Doomsday argument
- Gene gun
- Go ahead, make my day
- Kramer Baretta
- Metropolitan statistical area
- Mierscheid law
- Rosa 'Elina'
- Rosa 'William Baffin'
- Rosa Graham Thomas
- Rule 30
- S&P 100
- Schmidt sting pain index
- System of Rice Intensification
- U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking
- Videocipher
U.S. News & World Report
- U.S. News & World Report
- U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking
- U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking
- U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Rankings
University and college rankings in the United States
- America's Top Colleges
- Center for Measuring University Performance
- College and university rankings in the United States
- Collegiate Learning Assessment
- Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
- Fiske Guide to Colleges
- Law school rankings in the United States
- The Economist Magazine's List of America's Best Colleges
- The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College
- U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking
- United States National Research Council rankings
- Voluntary System of Accountability
- Washington Monthly
- What Will They Learn?
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report_Best_Colleges_Ranking
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