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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Forbes ranking is better than WSJ[/quote]

To further clarify, the WSJ ranking has 20% on engagement which is based on a [b]student survey[/b]. This is a big weight on a very subjective element and where the sample size of students surveyed for each school could be skewed. It's not very useful. Also, it has another 10% weight on "environment" for student and faculty diversity, again not sure how this affects the quality of education. I prefer to see hard data. Forbes uses data to calculate alumni salary, return on investment, academic success, retention rate, graduation rate, and number of American leaders and entrepreneurs (individuals in public service, Nobel prize winners, field prize, etc. although using the Forbes list of leaders is self serving). [/quote]

And?  USNWR weights 20% on the college’s peer assessment survey on “undergraduate academic reputation”.  Also and equally subjective.  Both WSJ and USNWR and all other college ranking systems are utter and complete rubbish.[/quote]

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