<p>US News does indeed include USNA and USMA now - they are in the Liberal Arts category -meaning they emphasize undergraduate education and award more than 50% of their degrees in the Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>If you look at Forbes Top Public you will see USMA, USNA and USAFA in the top 4 - not too shabby at all.</p>
<p>GoNavyXC - according to the article what got Dartmouth was the amount of debt students incurred.</p>
<p>Whistle Pig - I am not sure why you claim the ranking to be bunk - for sure no one like college ranking unless their school comes out on top - 
That said I like the criteria they used - relying on the quality of education and how much the net cost is vs relying on reputation.</p>