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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meh, Harvey Mudd didn’t even make the cut so whoever came up with this list took things personally. [/quote]
What? How did they manage to overlook Harvey Mudd? It's a top engineering school in the country. They ranked the other Claremont Colleges. Pomona College is #24. Claremont McKenna is #35. Scripps College is #66. Pitzer College is #80.

That's one hell of a miss. Somewhat undermines these rankings.[/quote]

They didn’t miss. It was intentional, meaning somethings wrong with the methodology. Also,

82 Mich State 
83 Santa Clara 
83 Texas A&M 
83 Naval Academy

Who would place Mich State, Santa Claus, and Texas A &M above the US Naval Academy? [/quote]

Well, the WSJ ranking explains their methodology and you can look at why the US Naval Academy (or any school) is ranked lower. They have lower outcomes, lower student engagement, and a worse environment, according to WSJ. The biggest factor is outcomes, so it seems US Naval grads probably earn lower salaries than grads from the other schools. BTW, Santa Clara and A&M are not "ABOVE" the naval academy. Did you forget how to read numbers?[/quote]

I'm not completely sure I understand the outcomes methodology, but could it be that this methodology results in lower rankings for schools that have a larger percentage of students go to graduate school (like Harvey Mudd)?

As to the Naval Academy, they have mandatory service requirements, so of course they are going to makes less money in the first 10 years out of school. Science and engineering majors are going to make less than almost any other non-service academy.[/quote]

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