How much should I care about US News Rankings?

<p>There’s not much difference between #15 - #49.
The ONLY time that rankings are important (assuming they are accurate) or talked about is by high school students and their parents prior to deciding on a school. Once you are in a school and subsequently graduate, they are useless.</p>

<p>Note: 20 years ago Duke would NEVER have been a school people thought of tops - Today many believe it is the “Harvard” of the South. Antioch was always a great school, but soon its graduates (like those from Parsons) won’t have a University to call their own as the school shuts down.</p>