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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is W&M so low?  They used to be neck and neck.  [/quote]

Because the way USNews has tweaked its rankings it favors larger universities with big research budgets and in the National University category. Also the way they figure reputation there also tends to favor larger universities that have more graduates.  That's in part why these large public universities have been moving up in their rankings (in addition to a trend for strong students to stay in-state to save costs).

W&M is a lot more like a liberal arts college but because it has a couple of doctoral programs it gets put in the National University category rather than National Liberal Arts colleges. But it's also a public mid-size school so doesn't compare well with the private smaller schools.  So it's actually very impressive that it is ranked as high as it is as an institution with only 6.5k undergrads and a handful of grad programs given the way the numbers are configured and it's 'between categories' quality.

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This is a very very helpful post, thanks so much.  Makes so much sense.  [/quote]

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