<p>This [Methodology:</a> Ranking Category Definitions - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/best-colleges/2009/08/19/methodology-ranking-category-definitions.html]Methodology:”>http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/best-colleges/2009/08/19/methodology-ranking-category-definitions.html) explains their methodology. Maybe Chapman does not confer enough doctoral degrees to belong in the National Universities category, nor is it a LAC.</p>