@Oxymoron1
No, it’s not. 96 to 42 is a huge gain, 15 to 12 is not. Most of the top 20 schools don’t care about their rank, why would YOU? And again, USNews is pointless, anyways. And let me repeat this: A degree is NOT diluted at a larger university. Try to tell a Berkeley student that their degree is “diluted” because of how big the school is. None of the problems that you put out in any way “dilute” a degree, and all exist at EVERY school.