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<p>That does seem like it would be a good barometer for “prestige”, which is not necessarily the same thing as academic quality.</p>
<p>Two schools that get a sharp bump up by yield are Notre Dame and Georgetown, compared to rankings driven by quality metrics such SATS, faculty compensation and awards, citation density, class sizes, or percentage of grads who earn Ph.D.s. By some of these other measures, Notre Dame and GT would be in lower tiers, certainly below Hopkins, Chicago, Duke, CalTech.</p>
<p>I wonder if it’s a coincidence that they are both Catholic schools. ND’s student body is 85% Catholic; GU’s is 58% Catholic. If you want to go to one of the best Catholic universities, one of these would be an obvious choice.</p>