<p>JWT86:
I'm not sure what you mean...Here is a brief description of the methodolgy (warning - I had to really hack this up):</p>
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The U.S. News rankings system rests on two pillars. It relies on quantitative measures that education experts have proposed as reliable indicators of academic quality, and it's based on our nonpartisan view of what matters in education
Next, we gather data from each college for up to 15 indicators of academic excellence. Each factor is assigned a weight that reflects our judgment about how much a measure matters. Finally, the colleges in each category are ranked against their peers, based on their composite weighted score.</p>
<p>Peer assessment (weighting: 25 percent)
Retention (20 percent in national universities and liberal arts colleges and 25 percent in master's and comprehensive colleges)
Faculty resources (20 percent)
Student selectivity (15 percent)
Financial resources (10 percent)
Graduation rate performance (5 percent; only in national universities and liberal arts colleges).
Alumni giving rate (5 percent)
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<p>Here's the whole link - I'm not sure it will work</p>