<p>Vanderbilt consistently places higher in these lists than on general university rankings. I remember last year, Lumoisty, a brain health/performance testing website, ranked colleges based on their performance on the site. Vanderbilt placed high on the list while beating out higher USNWR-ranked schools like Princeton, UChicago, John Hopkins, Brown, WUSTL, Cornell, etc. It’s certainly no coincidence.</p>
<p>The quality of the undergraduate population is simply improving on a much quicker pace than the university as a whole (in terms of research output, endowment, prestigious professors, job placement, etc). The university will catch up. Just takes time.</p>