2024 US News rankings

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Minnesota rises from 62 to 53, ahead of fellow rolling admissions darling Pitt.

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wut

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Anonymous wrote:It always fascinates me how many people get so involved over this each year when most parents on here are going to have kids who just try to get into a decent state school and save some money. Most of our kids aren’t going for Harvard or Duke, so why the obsession?

+1 The current list makes more sense for the vast majority of Americans. I realize that the wealthy prefer to keep legacy and exclusivity which keeps their colleges at T20, but college today is not about elitism but about the social good. Bravo for USNWR.

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Anonymous wrote:USNews changed the methodology to such a degree to makes these rankings almost useless. Thinks like class size or the academic qualifications of instructors no longer matter. At all. What really matters are the graduation rates of Pelll Grant recipients. Maybe that matters to you. But for most families, it's not something they're looking at when determining the quality of a university.

So a large state like California with a lot of income disparity in their public colleges is going to do great in these measurements..All the UCs - with the exception of Merced - are now top 35 schools. UC Irvine is ranked higher than NYU and Tufts. Rutgers is a top 40 school now. And Wake Forest drops nearly 20 spots to 47.

USNews is no longer measuring the academic quality of schools, but their perceived "social good." It such be read as such.

I have little doubt that the qualifications of the faculty at the UC schools, Rutgers, etc are every bit as good and probably better than those at schools like Wake.

Absolutely.

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Alabama dropped again. I guess acquiring your student body with loads of scholarships doesn’t help much in the rankings business.

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This year's rankings make sense and UVA does not belong in the top 25 and good job to USNWR for recognizing that UVA is not a top 25 school.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, and perhaps this is an unpopular opinion, this is the most “accurate” ranking of colleges I’ve seen, perhaps ever, from US News.

I agree one thousand percent. It’s just too unnerving to the private high school / private college crowd because it is so contrary to their world view. I’ve always said you’re crazy to throw so much money away on second tier privates over top public colleges. This is more proof of that. UVA, UMD, Tech, the UC schools, UNC, the Big Ten schools, etc are clearly better than all of the bullshit $80k year privates that so many on DCUM have convinced themselves are educational necessities.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, and perhaps this is an unpopular opinion, this is the most “accurate” ranking of colleges I’ve seen, perhaps ever, from US News.

agree

The previous list was just a who's who among the wealthy schools, including but not limited to schools that use legacy admits, which causes superficial elitism.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, and perhaps this is an unpopular opinion, this is the most “accurate” ranking of colleges I’ve seen, perhaps ever, from US News.

I agree one thousand percent. It’s just too unnerving to the private high school / private college crowd because it is so contrary to their world view. I’ve always said you’re crazy to throw so much money away on second tier privates over top public colleges. This is more proof of that. UVA, UMD, Tech, the UC schools, UNC, the Big Ten schools, etc are clearly better than all of the bullshit $80k year privates that so many on DCUM have convinced themselves are educational necessities.

+1

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All these rankings are one size fits all rankings. Instead of by fiat, why not have a ranking where you choose what factors are important to you and your student

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, and perhaps this is an unpopular opinion, this is the most “accurate” ranking of colleges I’ve seen, perhaps ever, from US News.

I agree one thousand percent. It’s just too unnerving to the private high school / private college crowd because it is so contrary to their world view. I’ve always said you’re crazy to throw so much money away on second tier privates over top public colleges. This is more proof of that. UVA, UMD, Tech, the UC schools, UNC, the Big Ten schools, etc are clearly better than all of the bullshit $80k year privates that so many on DCUM have convinced themselves are educational necessities.

Amen to that.

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Anonymous wrote:This year's rankings make sense and UVA does not belong in the top 25 and good job to USNWR for recognizing that UVA is not a top 25 school.

Nice troll attempt.

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Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame remains in top 20 despite the constant chatter that they will be knocked down lol.

It will as the swell to get of legacy admissions continues.

LOL just like every other elite top 20. It's not going anywhere below where it is. It hasn't for decades. I know that triggers you lol.

It literally dropped 2 spots to 20, it can easily drop another next year.

I can see ND falling out of the top 20 next year.

Yes, likely.

Yup you guys keep saying that every year, yet ND has been in top 20s since the 90s despite being a Catholic University and a student body that is predominantly Catholic and White. What else could USNWR do to drop them lower? They already changed the metrics to be out of their favor this year significantly, but here we are...still in the top 20.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, and perhaps this is an unpopular opinion, this is the most “accurate” ranking of colleges I’ve seen, perhaps ever, from US News.

I agree one thousand percent. It’s just too unnerving to the private high school / private college crowd because it is so contrary to their world view. I’ve always said you’re crazy to throw so much money away on second tier privates over top public colleges. This is more proof of that. UVA, UMD, Tech, the UC schools, UNC, the Big Ten schools, etc are clearly better than all of the bullshit $80k year privates that so many on DCUM have convinced themselves are educational necessities.

I know that college choice shouldn’t come down to rankings but I am actually questioning my child’s decision to apply to Wake Forest and Tulane. On the other hand, said child is not interested in STEM and that is what many of these large state schools excel at.

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It is noticeable that all the top publics went up in rankings except for one. Only UVA went down and out of top 25. Wonder why?