college rankings by THE and USNWR

College Search & Selection
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<p>Times Higher Education :
- Both private colleges and public universities are well represented. E.g., UC Berkeley ranking at #9 in the world univ. ranking
- The scoring criteria seem very well aligned with the missions of higher education.
"Thirteen performance indicators representing research (worth 30 percent of a school's overall ranking score), teaching (30 percent), citations (30 percent), international outlook (which includes the total numbers of international students and faculty and the ratio of scholarly papers with international collaborators, 7.5 percent), and industry income (a measure of innovation, 2.5 percent) make up the data."
World</a> University Rankings 2012-13</p>

<p>US News:
- This ranking system is very much distorted in favor of private universities, the Ivy schools in particular. UC Berkely ranks #21 in US !<br>
- Undergraduate academic reputation (22.5 percent for National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges; 25 percent for Regional Universities and Regional Colleges); Retention (20 percent for the National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges and 25 percent for Regional Universities and Regional Colleges); Faculty resources (20 percent); Student selectivity (15 percent); Financial resources (10 percent); Graduation rate performance (7.5 percent; for National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges only); Alumni giving rate (5 percent).</p>

<p>The ranking criteria of USNWR is so vague and spread out. How do these criteria measure how well the college is fulfilling their primary mission ?? US News is playing the game and making business for themselves of selling their paper and service. USNWR ranking is really a garbage IMO.
National</a> University Rankings | Top National Universities | US News Best Colleges</p>

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<p>Here is the THE ranking [filtered by region]( <a href=“Best universities in the United States 2022 - University Rankings”>http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2012-13/world-ranking/region/north-america&lt;/a&gt;) for North America only. The numbers on the left are the corresponding ** world ** rankings, i.e. including all continents, of the listed North American colleges.</p>

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<p>Now we know! </p>

<p>;)</p>

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<p>How much did THE pay you to make this thread?</p>

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<p>I am a big believer in developing your own criteria to evaluate colleges and not relying on the established rankings. Given that so much data is publicly available on colleges, it seems odd and a bit lazy to rely on one of these established rankings. A motivated prospective college student should be able to do his or her own research and determine the college best for him or her.</p>

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<p>THE seems a bit messed up too. Dartmouth at 124…</p>