<p>A lot of these rankings are very one-sided. It looks like research is a big factor in the rankings, which explains why ucb is so high up. If these rankings are based on sciences/engineering, then it’s very feasible that UCSD is close to the top of the list (#11 engineering school, top 10 science school). </p>
<p>I dunno, but it seems to me that the USNWR are based more on liberal arts (HYP at the top and MIT at like 7 or 8). </p>
<p>I guess for the best rankings, you should look at how schools are ranked in YOUR area of interest (for example, I’m BioE and UCSD is top 3 consistently, so I’m happy 
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