<p>The 2012 US News College ranking are up for those of you who are interested in seeing how your UC of choice stacks up in these rankings. </p>
<p>National</a> University Rankings | Top National Universities | US News Best Colleges</p>
<p>hmmm I thought UCSB would surpass UCD.</p>
<p>Berkeley: +1 to 23 (jumped Georgetown)
UCLA: no change @ 25 (tied w/ Wake Forest & UVirginia both years)
UCSD: -2 to 37 (jumped by GeorgiaIT and URochester)
UC Davis +1 to 38 (tied w/ Case Western Reserve, Lehigh, UMiami)
UCSB -3 to 42 (tied w/ UWisconsin and UWashington)
UCI -4 to 45</p>
<p>In other words college rankings are total BS</p>
<p>surprised irvine would be last? are csus even considered universities? rofl</p>
<p>There are different kinds of institutions, so US News splits them into four groups: National Universities, Regional Universities, National Liberal Arts Colleges, and Regional Liberal Arts Colleges.</p>
<p>[College</a> Rankings | Best Colleges | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings]College”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings)</p>
<p>This is because you can’t really compare, say, Claremont McKenna with UCLA. They’re both great, but very different. That said, the “regional” categories are generally less prestigious than the “national” categories. At the same time, I’d rank University of Redlands (a top regional) above Azusa Pacific University (a low-ranked national)–and even though these two are in different categories they’re similar in a lot of ways. APU hardly does the sort of research you’d see at a UC.</p>
<p>CSUs are considered regional universities, but only a few are ranked (Cal Poly SLO is the top-ranked of them).</p>
<p>But as someone else said, the US News rankings, especially, are total BS. Schools don’t change much in a single year, but somehow schools always manage to move around (largely because of arbitrary changes to the ranking methodology, from what I understand).</p>
<p>^ Wherein “ranking methodology” equates to: which universities are willing to pay US News & World Report the most money.</p>
<p>Oh my God, finally the wait is over.</p>
<p>HARVARD DOES IT AGAIN!</p>
<p>I’m surprised about UCSD’s drop. Rochester, really?</p>
<p>UCSD was named the top research university is the West, so im a little surprised it dropped a couple spots…</p>
<p>Berkeley rose up by one. These rankings look good to me.</p>
<p>Well, that should clearly end all those ‘UC Tier’ debates. Clearly, there is Cal & UCLA, then all the rest.</p>
<p>hmm… not really</p>