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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wasn't saying San Joe State is the best school in the country. Just that the outcomes for their students overall are very good. They serve a lot of lower income, first gen and/or minority students. The ones that do graduate so quite well for themselves.

Of course, salaries in places like CA are going to be larger than other places. And tech fields have larger salaries than say where I work (small nonprofit).

I still say that a lot more should go into rankings than what is done by USNWR and WSJ.

I like the rankings of student happiness and teaching quality. Those mean a lot more to me, honestly.[/quote]

Student happiness is on the subjective side but can be somewhat objectively measured by the retention rate.
Happier the students, more of them coming back.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

So you would consider various references [/quote]

It can be even more objectively measured by ASKING the STUDENTS. This is what Princeton Review does every year, with over 100k students participating. Very useful![/quote]

Do they ask every students? My kid has not bein asked.
The retention rate accounts for every single student. 
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But the retention rate is not a pure measure of student happiness. It's not bad, but it doesn't account for students who are unhappy but stay where they are because they believe it's the strongest school they could be admitted to. Some of the top universities have a lot of unhappy students who stay where they are despite their unhappiness.[/quote]

There are many factors behind retention beyond student satisfaction, including income and financial aid, academic preparedness, and program rigor.[/quote]

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