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Freshmen Students Say Rankings Aren’t Key Factor in College Choice
Tweet Share on Facebook January 31, 2013 CommentOnce more, the largest and longest running survey of new U.S. college students refutes the often-stated belief by many in higher education that the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings are the primary factor in the average student's choice of college. That conclusion comes from the University of California—Los Angeles's just-released survey, "The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2012." This year's data is based on the responses of 192,912 first-year students at 238 U.S. four-year colleges and universities who entered college in fall 2012.
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Update to Tulane Business School's 2013 Best Graduate Schools Ranking
Tweet Share on Facebook January 24, 2013 CommentOn January 15, Tulane University in New Orleans advised U.S. News that its Freeman School of Business had misreported data to U.S. News over a five-year period—specifically, the school's GMAT scores and the number of applications for the full-time MBA program for the classes that entered from fall 2007 through 2011.
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Graduation, Indebtedness Factored Most in Online Bachelor's Rankings
Tweet Share on Facebook January 17, 2013 CommentThe new 2013 Best Online Education Programs rankings were published on January 15. As noted in an earlier post, programs were given numeric ranks for the first time, resembling the long-standing U.S. News Best Colleges and Best Graduate Schools rankings.
Which factors were weighted the heaviest in the new online bachelor's programs rankings?
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FAQs on Recent Data Misreporting by Colleges
Tweet Share on Facebook January 10, 2013 CommentIn recent months, four colleges admitted to misreporting data to U.S. News & World Report for our college rankings. Most recently, Tulane University's MBA program said that it had misreported data that were used for our business school rankings.
Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about these instances of misreporting.
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Which Universities Are More Highly Ranked by High School Counselors Than by Colleges Officials?
Tweet Share on Facebook January 3, 2013 CommentDo high school counselors and college officials view universities differently? To answer this question, U.S. News is publishing a first-ever analysis of colleges in our National Universities rankings category that shows the academic reputation rankings gap between high school and college officials in our 2013 Best Colleges rankings.
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