<p>We went up in most of the categories and stayed the same in a few and went down in only 2 (and one of these was the degree of overperformance on expected graduation rates, but overall we actually gained because our predicted graduation rate went from 77% to 83% and we overshot by only 4 instead of 9). So, really, the only slight down category was that classes over 50 increased from 16% to 17%.</p>
<p>However, all the other top schools also experienced significant improvements, since our raw score (relative based) went down from 75 to 73. Our rank killer stats continue to be our faculty resources at #69 and our classes under 20 students at 45%. This is where we are the most out of whack. We need to hire more real professors to teach smaller classes. We have the endowment and the highest public school tuition (or very close)… so why not step up to the plate in these areas where we are behind our peers.</p>