<p>I am pretty sure BU is ranked higher because of it’s grad programs ,med and law school. These not help endowment, but also reputation which helps a lot. BU is in the news a lot for medical discoveries. 22.5% of score is based on UG program reputation.Which is most likely based off graduate. For example everyone knows UCal has a fantastic physics program because they run two national labs,not because their Physics 101 class is better then any other university. </p>
<p>undergraduate program and improved their graduate programs. Go down the list. With the exception of Boston College, nearly ever</p>