<p>Financial Resource rankings count for a full 10% of the overall USNWR rankings. </p>
<p>This is significant. For example, it appears that Wake Forest’s 7th place ranking in this category is what pushed it into 25th overall ranking from the 30ish place it was in the last few years. Princeton’s 12th ranking could very well be the reason that it was dropped to #2 behind Harvard in the latest overall ranking (Harvard has a 3rd place ranking in Financial Resources this past year).</p>