<p>Does someone want to weigh in on the significance of this?
(Even though ranking systems can be at times a bit arbitrary...)</p>
<p>That article’s nearly a decade old; you can see ‘2004’ in the link.</p>
<p>UMass does fairly well on current rankings by the THE (ranked 72 in general, and 42 in reputation.) While those positions are high relative to other universities, they’re too low to signify that UMass is a really a prestigious university.</p>
<p>If you plan on living in the US, world prestige doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>barrk is correct. We don’t use this ranking system in the U.S., which is why it appears so inconsistent with respect to the reputations of certain universities in the U.S. We use U.S. News in the states.</p>
<p>There could be some cross data confusion/contamination with MIT among the international folks. With the US attracting more int students and people working more internationally the int rankings have more weight than they used to. They don’t buy the USNews stuff.</p>
<p>LOL, keep telling yourself that Barrons.</p>
<p>Keep telling yourself that. I’m retiring next year. Our company is now worldwide from LA start.</p>
<p>22nd in North America? The Washington Monthly ranking is much more favorable to public universities than USNWR is. WM’s “Research” ranking places UMass-Amherst at #76 in the USA. stateuniversity.com (based largely on test scores, student retention, faculty salary, and student / faculty ratio) ranks it at #152.</p>
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