<p>The rankings uchicago does badly in usually give a lot of weight to the payscale rankings. UChicago was like #4 in forbes two years ago before the rankings’ editor changed and decided to weigh student awards (Rhodes, Cambridge, etc.) less and give a greater weight to the payscale rankings to “measure outcomes.” UChicago seems to do badly on the payscale ranking since they don’t account for people with graduate degrees and UChicago has had a historically academic bent (I’m sure this will change soon considering the changes that have occured in the college though). This might be a bit reductive but I think it’s one of the main reasons. </p>