<p>Here is the link:</p>
<p>I guess I like the rankings this year 
D’s school, Univ of Dayton. moved up 11 places, from 110 to 99 :)</p>
<p>Aww… I was hoping we could just ignore the list this year…</p>
<p>^^^jym, you are in la la land!!! :D</p>
<p>I can dream, can’t I?</p>
<p>Lots of hubbub on the UCLA & USC forums.</p>
<p>LOL check THIS thread out! It was started in APRIL and has almost 1300 posts. Words fail me.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/913331-us-news-rankings-2011-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/913331-us-news-rankings-2011-a.html</a></p>
<p>Yes, USC is above UCLA in this list</p>
<p>jym, given the link to the thread in post #7, you were too quick in your post #3!</p>
<p>The top 10 schools with minimum loans</p>
<p>** Average total indebtedness of 2009 graduating class: Percent of 2009 graduating class who have borrowed
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
$5,667 22.0%
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
$8,218 42.0%
Yale University
New Haven, CT
$10,717 31.0%
Brigham Young University–Provo
Provo, UT
$10,730 24.0%
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
$10,871 38.0%
Howard University
Washington, DC
$12,000 81.0%
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA
$12,408 51.3%
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
$13,166 58.0%
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$13,623 16.0%
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
$14,262 28.8% **</p>
<p>The ones we get usual questions on like NYU, CMU are way down the list i.e. lot of loans</p>
<p>US News has changed the bar for Tier 1 for National Universities. Now (I think) all schools ranked 1 - 200 are now Tier 1. </p>
<p>For instance, Univ of Montana (which was Tier 3) is now listed as Tier 1 with a rank of 191.</p>
<p>OMG: Whitman College has dropped two spots! I want my money back! :)</p>
<p>sooz-
That crazy thread I posted in post #7 is in the college search selection, where it belongs. Several other threads have popped up in individual college forums. Was hoping, maybe the parents forum could cut a bit of a break and not go off the deep end with another log thread bantering the logic, or lack thereof, of this year’s list (and was being a tad flippant in post # 3).</p>
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<p>I can imagine. We compete over EVERYTHING.</p>
<p>jym… ignored or not, it has no effect on outcome, jobs, compensations, Grad. Schools admissions, I am not aware of any effects of UG school name on professional career, I do not know any examples of top college vs low tier college. I know many examples of people working very hard and getting results beyond their dreams no matter which UG school they happen to go.</p>
<p>I can’t get the link in post #1 to open. I think it’s a omen.</p>
<p>Northeastern University has moved up 29 spaces in the past four years! Wow. That is the college my son has selected and so that’s nice for him. </p>
<p>Although I must admit I’m still not clear on how these lists are made and, really, what the purpose is.</p>
<p>Ranking shmanking.</p>
<p>I posted this on the college selection board too. Perhaps someone can explain this to me:</p>
<p>Great Schools At Great Prices </p>
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<p>USNEWS rankings:</p>
<p>What am I missing? Can someone explain to me how one comes up with a list if some schools have a starting sticker price of over 50,000, while others have a starting sticker of perhaps 33,000? Please read the methodology used. I do not “get it”. </p>
<p>BTW, as a side issue, I thought it was interesting that I did not see any (could have missed several though) CTCL schools on that list. Some of those CTCL schools have a pretty high endowment for the size of their schools too.</p>
<p>Bemidji State University was ranked #92 among Regional Universities (Midwest). While I am thrilled that it is a Tier 1 school, I believe that a school whose accounting graduates pass the CPA exam at a higher rate than the state average deserves to be ranked higher. BSU also has a 240-acre private forest.</p>
<p>Note: I now respond to all ranking “news” threads in this fashion.</p>