<p>@UMTYMP so you can see the importance they place on arts and humanities LOL! About 60% science, technology, or clinical–but 7% art & humanities. That does skew things a bit. But you know Shakespeare isn’t really worth anything after all if he didn’t start an internet company in Silicon Valley. (That’s the kind of mentality you’re dealing with in this ranking.)</p>
<p>There have been attempts to rank business schools internationally, etc. but I think a better reason to leave out the professional schools is simply the fact that there is a great deal of variety and difference in the number and types of professional schools each has university has. The arts and sciences are the core of any major university. I would also exclude engineering, since it is not a science–it is a professional school basically. And if you are going to include that, then include them all–law, business, medical, divinity, nursing, dental, whatever.</p>
<p>It is good that they do mix in a few other components and do not make it the entire overall ranking, but it seems to stand on a very shaky / shady foundation.</p>
<p>And I agree that it’s not intended to be a ranking of undergraduate programs, though the average American high school student probably wouldn’t understand the difference.</p>