| Rollins et.al, the USNWR rankings are certainly far from flawless; we can all acknowledge, as I said before, that all ratings systems are limited. The USNWR categories are superior though to Forbes in many ways. The fact that small colleges have anecdotally been reported to have better experiences than large research universities doesn't negate the value of categories between those universitites (apples to apples) such as financial resource and faculty ratings. The peer assessment is serious. In fact, really all the categories for USNWR are more serious than RatemyProf or who's who.
Certainly you are free to rely on Forbes more if you wish, but I think this unwise. Good luck. | 
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