How accurate is this ranking about North American Universities?

College Search & Selection
1

<p>I'm just curious, is it really accurate? Looks a bit odd to me.</p>

<p>Harvard
MIT
Stanford
Caltech
UC Berkeley
Columbia
U of Penn
Cornell
Yale
U of Chicago
U of Michigan
J. Hopkins
Princeton
UCLA
U of Wisconsin - Madisson
U of Toronto
U of Washington
Duke
U of Illinois - UC
Carnegie Mellon
U of British Columbia
U of New York
UT - Austin
Northwestern
UC - San Diego
U of North Carolina
U of Minn - Twin Citties
McGill - Montreal
U of Washington - St Louis
Penn State
UC Santa Barbara
UC Davis
U of Maryland
U of Pitt
Brown</p>

2

<p>This ranking seems like it weighs research activity heavily. It would explain why public universities are ranked so high.</p>

3

<p>Without knowing what you consider important, there is no way to tell if the ranking has anything to do with what you consider important.</p>

4

<p>Only one of the top 10 even offers my old major.</p>

<p>Throw out the list unless the information is useful to you.</p>