WaPo makes college ranking based entirely on other college rankings

College Search & Selection
1

Shark jumped?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/10/20/heres-a-new-college-ranking-based-entirely-on-other-college-rankings/

2

As a socio-statistical analysis, this was done one week earlier online:

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1927075-meta-ranking-universities-and-lacs-combined-p1.html

3

This posted exercise in the same concept was dated still earlier:

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1919636-college-ranking-aggregating-5-major-best-college-lists-including-usnwr-2017.html#latest

4

I saw those @merc81 . They ignored LACs though.

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The amateur, work-in-progress, heavily criticized attempt linked in post 1 combined LACs and universities @OHMomof2.