Top 20 Colleges

rjkofnovi
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:23:14 +0000

“Only taking into consideration the academic qualifications of undergrads is to ignore a huge portion of what makes up a university…namely the faculty. Let’s have a billionaire start up a school with a couple faculty, enroll a few 1600 SATers and we’re well on our way to achieving high ranking in USNWR metric.”

This is why IMHO that the PA scores are the most important numbers at USNWR. It’s about the only metric that cannot be easily manipulated and really shows where the true prestige and overall quality of a where a university stands.