<p>If a school is in the "Master's" category, what "tier" are they considered to be in? What is considered to be the 1st and 2nd tier?</p>
<p>I don't think that people talk about tier1, tier2 and tier3 as much as they used to. Tier1 is the top 15-20 colleges, tier2 is the next 60-80 and tier3 is the next 150-250. All three tiers put together still represent only about 10% of all US colleges.</p>