<p>Alumni giving receives only a 5% weighting in the USNWR rankings. I don’t think that’s what is preventing UR from a higher ranking. In general I think there are more great colleges and universities than USNWR has high ranking numbers for. In this sense I think USNWR’s rankings are misleading. I don’t think there is all that much difference between 10, 20, 30 or 40.</p>