next years rankings?

UCLA_Band_Mom
Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:29:28 +0000

UCLA is the #1 public university according to Washington Monthly, and is #4 according to US News.

The difference is due to different ratings criteria. US News rates colleges based upon the SAT scores of the incoming high school students, whereas Washington Monthly rates based upon the achievements of the actual college students.

Plus, US News gives lots of bonus points for private fundraising and alumni donations, which therefore favors private schools over public schools that aren’t so dependent on private fundraising.

In the recent College edition of Jeopardy, it was a UCLA student who won it all, beating out Harvard, Stanford, Princeton and the like.