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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The various national and international rankings are very confusing.  It seems that for the Untied States, the US News rankings are most widely quoted (accepted) - but there are others including Forbes and United States National Research Council Rankings.  There are also specific program rankings - Businessweek and Bloomberg for business schools and some international rankings.  Once you move beyond the very top HPY - the rankings are all over the place.  Who do you reconcile these?

Another thing that puzzles me is how the separate USNews rankings of small liberal schools relate to National University rankings - how does Swarthmore #3 compare to Duke #8? [/quote]

Why worry about rankings at all? Find a school that is a good fit for the student.[/quote]

Because for better or worse, your child's future employers are probably looking at the rankings.[/quote]

Not true.  Seriously, do you think they sit there and scroll through the US News Lists?  [/quote]

At the law school level, for example, some big firms have different standards depending on whether a school is "top 20" or not.[/quote]

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