Thanks, glad you were able to wade through it. Please take note that I significantly changed my assessment of the graduation rate effect, first paragraph of post #2. In that same paragraph, I also added some more recent data to what you will find in northwesty’s extensive analysis in the link. So I think when you add that to the other things I mention, it is easy to see why the USNWR methodology is not very reflective of the current state of Tulane. Of course, I still stand by my overall disdain for the rankings, even after the Katrina effect is mostly weaned out.