<p>relationship between US News data and overall score
in order, according to the strength of the relationship</p>
<p>factor, correlation</p>
<p>SAT 75th percentile 0.92
SAT 25th percentile 0.91
peer assessment 0.91
actual graduation rate 0.9
predicted graduation rate 0.89
freshman retention 0.88
top 10 percent of HS class 0.85
graduation rank -0.85
acceptance rate -0.85
selectivity rank -0.83
financial rank -0.76
faculty resources rank -0.68
student faculty ratio -0.64
percent classes under 20 0.63
alumni giving rank -0.53
over- underperformance grad rate -0.28
alumni giving rate 0.27
percent fulltime faculty 0.21
percent classes over 50 -0.11</p>