Grinnell ranking drops by 8 places

[Anonymous]

https://thesandb.com/48353/article/grinnell-college-ranking-us-news-liberal-arts/

Grinnell College has dropped eight places in the U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of Best National Liberal Arts Colleges in 2025. The report ranked the College nineteenth, whereas last year’s report ranked Grinnell eleventh in the category.

Now.. they along with Oberlin will crib that ranking doesn't matter

[Anonymous]

? No skin in this game, but who cares? Anyone paying attention to higher ed knows it’s a great school.

[Anonymous]

US News and World Reports is so smart. They tweak their rankings every year which causes slight shifts to the lists. People spend so much time debating the movement and which college is now better or worse. Meanwhile USNWR makes money and stays relevant for another year.

Next year they'll tweak their rankings system slightly again and college X will move down many places while college Y moves up many spots. And there will be a post here and some will agree and others disagree as we continue to play our parts in the cycle.

[Anonymous]

It does seem odd that there could be such huge shifts, both up and down, over the course of just one year. The reality is none of the colleges change substantially so quickly to justify large swings in the rankings. This seems more about adjustments to the methodology. What factors specifically made Grinnell drop 8 places since last year?

[Anonymous]

The good news is that it is still among the top three schools in the state of Iowa.

[Anonymous]

I dont care about Grinnell or LACs in general, but Grinnell should not worry. US News rankings have jumped the shark. The formula tweaking over the past few years was just too much, too blatant, too arrogantly trying to make the tail wag the dog.

[Anonymous]

I’ve been impressed by every Grinnell graduate I’ve met, and will no doubt continue to be.

[Anonymous]

Grandchild just had interview. Met the coach and whole team for lunch! She was very impressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
https://thesandb.com/48353/article/grinnell-college-ranking-us-news-liberal-arts/

Grinnell College has dropped eight places in the U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of Best National Liberal Arts Colleges in 2025. The report ranked the College nineteenth, whereas last year’s report ranked Grinnell eleventh in the category.

Now.. they along with Oberlin will crib that ranking doesn't matter

What's a Grinnell?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been impressed by every Grinnell graduate I’ve met, and will no doubt continue to be.

Was it a good or a bad impression ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been impressed by every Grinnell graduate I’ve met, and will no doubt continue to be.

Thank you Grinnell Admissions Officer for responding to this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:US News and World Reports is so smart. They tweak their rankings every year which causes slight shifts to the lists. People spend so much time debating the movement and which college is now better or worse. Meanwhile USNWR makes money and stays relevant for another year.

Next year they'll tweak their rankings system slightly again and college X will move down many places while college Y moves up many spots. And there will be a post here and some will agree and others disagree as we continue to play our parts in the cycle.

Exactly. People need to stoppaying attention to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dont care about Grinnell or LACs in general, but Grinnell should not worry. US News rankings have jumped the shark. The formula tweaking over the past few years was just too much, too blatant, too arrogantly trying to make the tail wag the dog.

This, and I have no connection to Grinell. Schools don’t change radically from year to year, and the rankings emphasis on low income stidents isn’t useful to most families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:US News and World Reports is so smart. They tweak their rankings every year which causes slight shifts to the lists. People spend so much time debating the movement and which college is now better or worse. Meanwhile USNWR makes money and stays relevant for another year.

Next year they'll tweak their rankings system slightly again and college X will move down many places while college Y moves up many spots. And there will be a post here and some will agree and others disagree as we continue to play our parts in the cycle.

I haven’t thought about it this way, but you are right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
https://thesandb.com/48353/article/grinnell-college-ranking-us-news-liberal-arts/

Grinnell College has dropped eight places in the U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of Best National Liberal Arts Colleges in 2025. The report ranked the College nineteenth, whereas last year’s report ranked Grinnell eleventh in the category.

Now.. they along with Oberlin will crib that ranking doesn't matter

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