No one cares about these rankings. It's the US News ranking that matters.

Anonymous wrote:Washington Monthly has GW at 44! Highest I have ever seen. Let's see if US News puts it back in the top 50.

Don’t count on it!

Never heard of Washington Monthly LOL

Washington Monthly has GW at 44! Highest I have ever seen. Let's see if US News puts it back in the top 50.

Forbes has Harvard 15th. I would ignore. Though I do like GW at 61 as that is where I went. My kids' schools about the same as US News.

USC is out of T20 this year

Compared to other ranking publications, Forbes did not particularly care for Carleton (149). Behind a pile of other LACs.

Anonymous wrote:Washington Monthly put Brown at #40. I like this ranking.

And National Louis University at #18.

I am from Chicago and this has me giggling.

Washington Monthly.

National Louis University.

Washington Monthly put Brown at #40. I like this ranking.

Happy to see UMD is ranked 40. Above CMU, BU, BC and even colleges like Colby, Hamilton,Wesleyan and Northeastern!

Anonymous wrote:The Washington Monthly's liberal arts college rankings are a lot different than conventional wisdom. Can't quite figure out what's driving it. Forbes is primarily about the money (not surprisingly) so I expect it to favor schools with high numbers of STEM/business majors.

+1

I don't even care anymore. The same ~50 schools are on every list, just moved around a bit. It's not like I'm going to instantly think that a school I already respected is more worthy because they are one or two spots up from where they were last year.

The Washington Monthly's liberal arts college rankings are a lot different than conventional wisdom. Can't quite figure out what's driving it. Forbes is primarily about the money (not surprisingly) so I expect it to favor schools with high numbers of STEM/business majors.

I know it can be heresy on this site to suggest that there's any valuable perspectives on colleges besides USNWR's (hey, let's start yet another thread to predict next year's "T20" or "T50" ...), but for those who aren't part of the US News cult, here are some other useful 2022 college rankings by credible publications that were just released this week (and expressly use a different methodology than USNWR's).

https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/

This year Forbes ranked colleges and universities in the U.S. based on the return on investment and outcomes they delivered for their students. Schools placed well if their students graduated on time, secured high salaries and low debt, and went on to have successful careers. In 2021, several new measures and datasets were added to ensure that Forbes’ findings are even more robust. The data was reframed to better gauge alumni salaries, a new metric was added to determine how quickly graduates were able to pay off the cost of college, and schools were judged based on how well they were serving low-income students.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022-college-guide/" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022-college-guide/

Welcome to the Washington Monthly’s annual College Guide and Rankings, where we rate schools based on what they do for the country. It’s our answer to U.S. News & World Report, which relies on crude and easily manipulated measures of wealth, exclusivity, and prestige. We rank four-year schools (national universities, liberal arts colleges, baccalaureate colleges, and master’s universities) based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories: social mobility, research, and providing opportunities for public service. We also rank Best Bang for the Buck colleges, which help non-wealthy students obtain marketable degrees at affordable prices.