Which college ranking methodology do you prefer and why?

On several posts, people refer to USN&WR, Niche, Forbes, and many more ranking mainstays, to apply value to their selections. Which methodology is better for determining future success and quality of overall education? Which is more comprehensive? With such a variety of opportunity available, is there any way, that ANY numerical value could have a cumulative indicator for a specific individual?

The best possible indicators may be those that are not even generally tracked. For example, an SAT to GRE (or LSAT, etc.) over or under-performance index would be meaningful.

I agree completely…why is that not more of a discussion on sites like this??

I like Niche the best becsuse students also rank their school.

But the best thing is to ALWAYS visit the campuses & decide that way