Rice cited for sixth place on a new list

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<p>Chicago, IL, November 8, 2010 — StateUniversity.com, the leading website for college and university information, has released updated rankings for the Top 2,000 colleges and universities in the United States. The list is available on StateUniversity.coms website at Top</a> 2000 Ranked Universities for Highest Overall School Score. The StateUniversity.com ranking is based on statistical analysis and comparison of student/faculty ratio, student retention, test scores and other critical factors. The website also provides Top 500 ranking lists on data points including faculty salaries, SAT scores, student debt, top schools by state and many other criteria.</p>

<p>A key distinction between StateUniversity.com and other college ranking organizations is that the StateUniversity.com system is based purely on a mathematical computation and comparison of key statistics. Many other popular college ranking lists utilize peer review feedback, wherein colleges rate other colleges. Some critics have argued that peer review rankings may be subjective and perhaps even biased. The StateUniversity.com college rankings, first released in 2009, were designed to compare raw statistical data, without peer ratings or subjective adjustment to the rankings.</p>

<p>The top 20 colleges and universities for 2010 are:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</p></li>
<li><p>Stanford University</p></li>
<li><p>California Institute of Technology</p></li>
<li><p>Princeton University</p></li>
<li><p>Duke University</p></li>
<li><p>Rice University</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell University</p></li>
<li><p>Vassar College</p></li>
<li><p>Wesleyan University</p></li>
<li><p>Amherst College</p></li>
<li><p>Williams College</p></li>
<li><p>Brown University</p></li>
<li><p>Middlebury College</p></li>
<li><p>Carleton College</p></li>
<li><p>Swarthmore College</p></li>
<li><p>Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering</p></li>
<li><p>Bowdoin College</p></li>
<li><p>Oberlin College</p></li>
<li><p>United States Military Academy</p></li>
<li><p>Carnegie Mellon University</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>I’ve never heard of this list before – but I like the fact that they were smart enough to get rid of subjective peer ratings… US News will continue to run their famous list, but only on-line, starting 2011.</p>

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<p>This is also a list that includes both Universities and LA Colleges.</p>

<p>Excellent news for Rice! Thank you Ottoline for the post</p>

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<p>At least one of the usual suspects is missing from this list. I wonder what Harvard did to get itself bumped out of the top 20. I guess I’ll have to read more about it. Thanks for passing it along.</p>

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<p>BerkeleyMom, I was waiting for someone to ask that question … and that school in New Haven seems to be missing in action too. Lots of others that you’d think would have made the cut are nowhere to be seen … I really like the idea of dropping peer ratings, but there must be more to this story! Then, there’s the old “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” saying that tells me just to enjoy the number six and I am.</p>

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<p>So Harvard isn’t in the top 20 lol?</p>

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<p>Look who made it, look who didn’t … any guesses about the formula they used? Not to forget that Rice should stay exactly where it is!</p>

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<p>"Not to forget that Rice should stay exactly where it is! "</p>

<p>Ottoline - what happened to No Upper Limit? We need to make a move on Stanford next!</p>

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<p>This list is … odd. Although I do think Rice should be higher than USNWR ranks it.</p>