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So says the student whose undergraduate and graduate fields are not ranked by USNWR and couldn’t care less. If you want to get into a “mine is bigger than yours” competition, my school has 5 professors in my field to Berkeley’s 1 and HSPM’s 0, so I’m not exactly insecure over here. </p>
<p>I do wonder why they’re made. Law and medical school rankings, sure. Those are more one-size-fits-all. But graduate rankings? Not so much.</p>
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Naturally. To what extent, however, should that be used? People manage to select LACs without relying on program rankings - why is it so difficult to do the same for universities? I have no problem with people using them as a tool; I do have a problem with people who use them as a crutch.</p>