<p>^ Average faculty salaries, faculty in national academy, faculty and student distinctions (Nobel prizes, Rhodes scholars,billionaires), annual research expenditures, average SAT scores, bachelors-to-PhD production, graduate/professional school placements, average class sizes, library holdings, research productivity, significant contributions to knowledge (inventions, discoveries) …</p>
<p>(Nevertheless, I’d still recommend ND if you happen to like it that much better.)</p>