<p>I think beyphy brings up a good point about UT Austin and the rankings variability. I think USNews was going for shock factor to sell more issues this time around. It seems the schools in the 35-60 range cant seem to find their place. For example, here are some schools whose rankings changed a lot.</p>
<p>UT Austin was 45 now 52</p>
<p>Penn State was 45 now 37</p>
<p>Univ of Washington was 42 now 52 (ouch!)</p>
<p>Univ of Florida was 55 now 49</p>
<p>IMO the whole thing is super stupid. Obviously I’m biased, but I don’t know of anyone that would rank Penn Sate 37 and UT Austin 52.</p>