US News best colleges 2025

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary behing Virginia Tech.

This is what high school counselors have been saying for years.

No they haven't.

Not shocking VT is ranked higher when they play affirmative action with first gens

Of course! And Everyone knows this though. That is why no one wants to attend. /s

I swear, you people don’t want black people to go to school anywhere - not even a mid level state school! Because LOL But oh how I love it!!

Now in what world does first generation imply black people

[Anonymous]

CMU should not be this high. 25-30 is more fitting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary behing Virginia Tech.

This is what high school counselors have been saying for years.

+1
They were behind last year too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary behing Virginia Tech.

This is what high school counselors have been saying for years.

No they haven't.

Not shocking VT is ranked higher when they play affirmative action with first gens

What school doesn't? At least they're transparent about it.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary behing Virginia Tech.

This is what high school counselors have been saying for years.

No they haven't.

Not shocking VT is ranked higher when they play affirmative action with first gens

Oh, look. First Gen wasn't used as a criteria this year. You were saying?

The most significant change to the formulas is that the six-year graduation rates of first-generation students – namely students who were the first in their families to attend college – will be dropped from the 2025 Best Colleges formulas for National Universities and HBCUs, including the Top Performers on Social Mobility rankings of National Universities. First generation student data was not used in any other ranking.
https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/articles/2024-08-27/2025-best-colleges-rankings-coming-sept-24

[Anonymous]

1. Princeton
2. MIT
3. Harvard
4. Stanford
5. Yale
6. Caltech, Duke, JHU, Northwestern
10. UPenn
11. Cornell, UChicago
13. Brown, Columbia
15. Dartmouth, UCLA
17. Berkeley
18. Rice, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt
21. CMU, UMich, WashU
24. Emory, Georgetown, UVA
27. UNC, USC
29. UCSD
30. NYU UF UT Austin
33. Georgia Tech, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UIUC
37. BC, Tufts
39. UCSB, UW Madison

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary behing Virginia Tech.

This is what high school counselors have been saying for years.

No they haven't.

Not shocking VT is ranked higher when they play affirmative action with first gens

What school doesn't? At least they're transparent about it.
DP

Not on the level VA tech does. They want 40% of the student body to be FGLI. Seems middle class gets no financial aid as a result of that. Makes US news happy, not so much the average Virginian who can't afford 40K COA on a 100k income

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary behing Virginia Tech.

This is what high school counselors have been saying for years.

No they haven't.

Not shocking VT is ranked higher when they play affirmative action with first gens

What school doesn't? At least they're transparent about it.
DP

Not on the level VA tech does. They want 40% of the student body to be FGLI. Seems middle class gets no financial aid as a result of that. Makes US news happy, not so much the average Virginian who can't afford 40K COA on a 100k income

**Meant to say < 100k income but not considered low income

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary behing Virginia Tech.

This is what high school counselors have been saying for years.

No they haven't.

Not shocking VT is ranked higher when they play affirmative action with first gens

Oh, look. First Gen wasn't used as a criteria this year. You were saying?

The most significant change to the formulas is that the six-year graduation rates of first-generation students – namely students who were the first in their families to attend college – will be dropped from the 2025 Best Colleges formulas for National Universities and HBCUs, including the Top Performers on Social Mobility rankings of National Universities. First generation student data was not used in any other ranking.
https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/articles/2024-08-27/2025-best-colleges-rankings-coming-sept-24

Replaced with pell grant being a higher criteria. Often times these are the same circle of a venn diagram

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary behing Virginia Tech.

This is what high school counselors have been saying for years.

No they haven't.

Not shocking VT is ranked higher when they play affirmative action with first gens

What school doesn't? At least they're transparent about it.
DP

Not on the level VA tech does. They want 40% of the student body to be FGLI. Seems middle class gets no financial aid as a result of that. Makes US news happy, not so much the average Virginian who can't afford 40K COA on a 100k income

Again: that is no longer part of the criteria they use for ranking. Move along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do I know if I’m looking at 2024 or 2025? The “update” is referencing 2024.

If Stanford is 4, you have 2025 (tied for 3 last year).

[Anonymous]

So the million dollar question…what happened to Wake? Looks like Tufts and Wash U moved up several spots and Emory stayed the same.

[Anonymous]

UVA still in the top 25. I’m sure that annoys the haters!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the million dollar question…what happened to Wake? Looks like Tufts and Wash U moved up several spots and Emory stayed the same.

Same area last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA still in the top 25. I’m sure that annoys the haters!

It does