College Rankings

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@fish0matic

Yeah, the Washington Monthly one was to commemorate those universities which they believed were underappreciated for their services to the country. Totally different methodology than other ranking systems.

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@Chowdy

Washington Monthly’s rankings are based on what universities do for the country. It has nothing to do with prestige or with what school is better to attend. It’s simpy about what school produces more good for the nation. What helps the nation more…? The school that really only rich kids can afford to go to? Or the great public schools that (almost) anyone can afford to go. Go figure.

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@Slorg

I take those rankings perfectly seriously. They measure exactly what they are designed to measure (i.e., a combination of biased, weighted factors), not how good a university is.

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