We have just released our 2016 Alternative U.S. News Rankings. These use a combination of individual departmental rankings across 15 disciplines and university-wide reputation rankings (50/50); grad rates; retention rates; classes <20; classes >50. Using the discipline rankings in tandem with the overall university reputation rankings has yielded some interesting results. This set excludes ALL input measures, financial and otherwise, that skew U.S. News rankings. http://publicuniversityhonors.com/2015/10/12/alternative-u-s-news-rankings-2016/