Anonymous wrote:Any list that ranks Hopkins in the top 10 is not to be trusted and is cray cray, I am not a bitter Harper either - my Ivy alma mater continues to do well. I wonder when all of us can acknowledge this is a shit show if a ranking done to stir up conversation - I guess it’s working.

JHU has been in the top 10 for the past five years.

Anonymous wrote: What happened to Colby???

What was Colby last year?

Any list that ranks Hopkins in the top 10 is not to be trusted and is cray cray, I am not a bitter Harper either - my Ivy alma mater continues to do well. I wonder when all of us can acknowledge this is a shit show if a ranking done to stir up conversation - I guess it’s working.

Anonymous wrote:Not a great look for Columbia: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/09/09/columbia-usnews-college-ranking/

I'm guessing a few Cornell grads are smiling right now.

Not a great look for Columbia: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/09/09/columbia-usnews-college-ranking/

8-10 feels right. 18 seems low.

Anonymous wrote:You can't sell online ads or magazines if the rankings don't have some movement. It is helpful to look at the rankings data over time to get a sense of school tiers: https://andyreiter.com/datasets/

Colby hasn't historically been regularly ranked in the top 15. They've often been in the high teens and 20s so that drop isn't huge.

Shocker: Columbia's real stats don't equate to being regularly ranked with Stanford, Harvard, and Yale!

Yes, several schools are consistently at the top with just a little movement to keep people interested (I mean to reflect important US News criteria changes). It is not surprising that Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale have all been #1 in multiple years and haven't ever been lower than 7.

On the liberal arts college side, Williams, Amherst, and Swarthmore have all been #1 multiple times and haven't been lower than 4.

I'm surprised we haven't seen the USNWR data show that Amherst and Harvard are #1 this year to switch it up and create a little more buzz !

Anonymous wrote:Where was Columbia before it was too 10? I want say like 8-10 range.

8-11 since 1989, 2-5 since 2011

Where was Columbia before it was too 10? I want say like 8-10 range.

Anonymous wrote:CNU is #5 for southern regional universities

Yea. So was JMU last year, or pretty damned close to it, and when they moved to national universities it dropped to 151. Puts CNU in context, eh?

Yes! Cornell no longer the last ranked ivy.

You can't sell online ads or magazines if the rankings don't have some movement. It is helpful to look at the rankings data over time to get a sense of school tiers: https://andyreiter.com/datasets/

Colby hasn't historically been regularly ranked in the top 15. They've often been in the high teens and 20s so that drop isn't huge.

Shocker: Columbia's real stats don't equate to being regularly ranked with Stanford, Harvard, and Yale!

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame at 18, tied with Columbia and only one behind Cornell.

Notre Dame is Ivy level.

Almost, but not quite!

Tech is way up, nipping at UMD’s heels, and is higher ranked engineering. UVA, William & Mary and Tech really pulled the trifecta over lowly UMD.

CNU is #5 for southern regional universities