4 way tie at 3. UCLA now best public School according to US news .
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities
Thoughts?
-University of Florida is an interesting case. I’d like to know how they are rising up so rapidly…
-BC and BU are basically neck and neck.
-Georgia also had a big move upwards this year, and it’s interesting that it ranked above schools like UT-Austin, Wisconsin.
Bad year for Boston’s Big 3: BC fell 6 places to 38, BU fell 5 places to 42 and Northeastern fell 4 places to 44.
Stanford at 7 is a bit of a joke imho, so is Notre Dame
UCLA at 19. Cal and USC at 22. That’s a first.
I never understand how such outstanding schools as Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Caltech, WashUStL, Rice, Dartmouth, Brown & Cornell can be ranked so low until I see the schools ranked ahead of them.
@KTJordan78
USC and Cal are 22 this year.
Some pretty big moves this year, especially outside the top 30 or so.
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities
Your top 20:
I see a bunch of shake ups! Thoughts?
Looks like US News tweaking the formula each year to make things actually change. It looks like most of this year’s changes can be summarized by the “Social Mobility” factor. Generally, expensive mid-high tier privates down, publics up. See BC, BU, Northeastern, RPI, GWU for expensive privates, UIUC, UF for publics. Stanford may also be hurt by that as well. Just the ones I noticed on first glance.
Interesting to see what people will say about increasing the “outcomes” category importance as well.
Rice should be above Vandy, always shocked at how high Columbia has risen since the NYC turnaround generally, and University of Florida is really moving up the ranks (deservedly so IMO).
@PengsPhils
I don’t think so, NYU stayed the same lol. But the truly top schools are diverse, so that metric is most likely only helpful for schools outside the top 30. Inside it most likely cancels each other out.
My alma mater of UC Riverside is now ranked #35 (2019 US News Best Public Colleges)…up 23 spots from last year tied with Michigan State University. Overall rank #85 (2019 US News National Ranks)…up 39 spots from last year tied with University of San Diego and Michigan State University. The largest rank increase of ANY UC campus as well as the fastest growing UC for a reason! Go Highlanders!!
I find the three way tie at #27 interesting : Tufts, University of Michigan & Wake Forest University.
UCSB moved to #30 and UCI to #33 are big moves. I believe UCSB was #38 last year, that’s my recollection, since I cannot access 2018 anymore.
@Publisher Why is tie at 27 interesting?
Hmmmm why didn’t Tufts improve more to be along with CMU or Emory? UMich and Berkeley should also be higher ranked in general, especially Berkeley. Pretty surprised that UCSB is at 30 on par with NYU and better than BC.
UMich did move up 1 spot. Cal and USC down a spot. Congrats to UCLA and the other UC’s for their “success” in the rankings for 2019.
I personally prefer the High School Counselor Rankings - of how the general/more informed public views the schools and of tier-level groupings. For example, HYPSM is #1 Tier as expected.
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/high-school-counselor
Tier rankings seem more reasonable, but less exciting.
@sushiritto I believe UCSB was #35 last year. They’ve gone 38>37>35>30 over the last 4 years.