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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for listing the colleges/universities.  What is the methodology used?  I am curious.  This listing is so different from US News that it will be interesting to compare the two methodologies.[/quote]

In my humble opinion, these ranking gamers usually follow what their readership thinks (to sell subscriptions). That’s why Harvard is usually tops in any ranking magazines. Can you imagine a magazine ranking Harvard at #80?  Nobody will buy that ranking. WSJ, however, can rank Naval Academy at #80.  Why? Their readership usually doesn’t consist of military types so it doesn’t give a hoot about service academies.

So there is logic behind these rankings after all. It’s probably driven by subscriptions. [/quote]

I think these rankings are better than US News.  It places emphasis on outcomes (40%) and resources (30%) as opposed to other crap that doesn't matter as much for a level-headed student and parents.  After all, the large investment ($250K +) need to primarily correlate with return.

"From WSJ - The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings are based on 15 key indicators that assess colleges in four areas: Outcomes, Resources, Engagement and Environment. Outcomes accounts for 40% of the weighting and measures things like the salary graduates earn and the debt burden they take on. Resources, with a 30% weighting, is mainly a proxy for the spending schools put into instruction and student services. Engagement, drawn mostly from a student survey and with a 20% weight, examines views on things like teaching and interactions with faculty and other students. Environment, at 10%, assesses the diversity of the university community."[/quote]

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