<p>I’m sure this has already been mentioned but one of the biggest issues with viewing college as an investment is the inexplicable focus on irr rather than npv.
College is a one time investment. It should be treated as such.</p>
<p>Emory excludes its Oxford College students who have considerably lower stats when releasing the numbers to US News (100% of the Oxford students go on to the Atlanta campus after two years and receive the same Emory diploma). I’m sure the purpose of the Oxford campus is NOT to improve its US News rank, though, but if US News let’s them exclude a certain contingent that has lower stats, might as well. Some (mostly public) schools also exclude spring admits who typically have lower stats and community college transfers aren’t included either. Some privates do this too - 15% to 20% of Middlebury’s class, for example, is spring admits, but I’d think their stats aren’t that much lower than the fall admits, but every little bit helps. I’m not 100% sure that Middlebury excludes those individuals from their stats or not. Again, this is probably not to really game US News, but if the magazine allows it, they might as well report it in a favorable manner for themselves.</p>
<p>USNEWS National University Ranking
5. University of Chicago</p>
<p>USNEWS World Best Universities
8. University of Chicago</p>
<p>Times Higher ED World University Ranking
9. University of Chicago</p>
<p>Forbes America’s Top Colleges
8. University of Chicago</p>
<p>barrons
“UC sat down with US News officials to see what they could do to improve rankings.”</p>
<p>Did U Chicago sit down with Times Higher ED and Forbes officials?</p>
<p>What UC did is an historical fact and was discussed here. Really have nothing to say about the rest. It was several years ago now.</p>