Washington and Lee Alumni Factor ranking results

Exodius
Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:39:23 +0000

The Alumni Factor: A Revolution in College Rankings (2013-2014 Edition) - The Alumni Factor - Google Books;

Attribute Liberal Arts College Rank Small Size School Rank Overall Rank

W&L

College Experience 9 7 11
Intellectual Development 35 34 42
Social Development 4 4 4
Spiritual Development 21 24 49
Friendship Development 5 4 6
Career Success 11 9 14
Job Opportunities 8 10 43

Overall Assessment 12 12 29
Would Personally Choose Again 10 11 24
Would Recommend 25 28 74
Value for the Money 9 9 25

Financial Success 4 5 9
Income per Household 1 1 3
% Households with Income > $150k 1 1 2
Household Net Worth 10 12 27
% Households Net Worth > $1M 5 5 10

Overall Happiness 6 3 10

Alumni Giving 10 10 11

Graduation Rate 14 15 33

Overall rank: 1 1 2

Princeton is #1.



Ultimate outcomes (not included in overall ranking):

Attribute Liberal Arts College Rank Small Size School Rank Overall Rank

Financial Success + Happiness
2 1 2

Happiness + Intellectual Development
1 1 2

Happiness + Friendship Development
4 2 4

Financial Success + Intellectual Development
2 2 5

Friendship + Intellectual Development
1 1 1

Financial Success + Friendship Development
1 1 1

I believe that Yale (#4 in the overall ranking) is the only school that matches W&L in each of these “ultimate outcomes.”

W&L outperforms seven of the nine Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, U of Chicago, the SWAP sLACs et al. and goes head-to-head with Yale and Princeton.

Note: These rankings are based on alumni surveys. About two hundred respondents for each ranked college. W&L doesn’t perform as well in input-based rankings like U.S. News, suggesting that the school punches above its weight.

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