<p>This is a drop from our #2 spot a year ago, but its still pretty good. </p>
<p>1.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2.University of California, Berkeley
3.Pennsylvania State University, University Park
4.University of California, Los Angeles
5.Texas A&M University
6.University of California, San Diego
7.Stanford University
8.Cornell University
9.South Carolina State University
10.University of California, Davis</p>
<p>Isn't there a featured discussion contesting this ranking?</p>
<p>Why is Penn State ranked above us? :(</p>
<p>What criteria did they use to rank, do you know? I've never seen UCR associated with such a high rank in any type of university rankings. And not discrete any achievements that UCR may have, but how in the world is it better than Harvard? Are they heavily weighing diversity?</p>
<p>haha, now that UCB is above UCLA, I doubt that UCLA will include this ranking in its freshman acceptance package. :(</p>
<p>I can see it now... Next year, UCB will be the ones mailing out the Washington Monthly rankings inside their freshman admission packages. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>yes, the horror!</p>
<p>ranking methodology:
<a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0609.methodology.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0609.methodology.html</a></p>
<p>mostly based on social mobility, service to society, and research. </p>
<p>the ranking's original purpose is to determine how good a university is for society (whereas US News is for students to determine how good a university is for themselves). </p>
<p>public schools (especially the UCs) tend to fair well when measured with such methodology.</p>
<p>What's really needed are multiple lists from the same source where each list is based on different criteria. The prospective student could then first select the criteria that are important to them personally, followed by the ranking of the schools using that criteria. An example might be; replace the 'service to society' factor with a 'starting salary' factor. These types of lists, if from the same source (for consistency), would be highly useful since different applicants are looking for different things out from their college experience. Maybe this would make a good thesis for one of you.</p>
<p>agreed ucsd<em>ucla</em>dad. i think that would be much much more effective in helping students assess which college is best for them.</p>
<p>wow another meaningless ranking</p>
<p>Knowing that UCR is higher ranked than Harvard means the world to me.</p>