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<p>US News stopped including yield 10 years ago. (See <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/10/national/10ADMI.html”>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/10/national/10ADMI.html</a> and <a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2013/09/09/best-colleges-ranking-criteria-and-weights”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2013/09/09/best-colleges-ranking-criteria-and-weights</a>) Of course, yield could still matter in a roundabout way as a college can lower its acceptance rate and enroll the same size class if it can raise its yield somehow, but yield does not factor directly into the rankings. </p>