Why is the UW ranked so high internationally but low nationally?

passsky81
Wed, 05 Mar 2014 23:00:54 +0000

Why is the University of Washington ranked so high in world rankings but low in national rankings? - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums;

[QOTE]College choice based on rankings are not good idea. More important are your preferences, personal fit, strength of future majors and COSTS.
Anyway, UW and NYU are tier one school, meaning no worry about reputation factors as well as the strength of your future majors.
Thus, your decision is not tough. Unless your preferences and fits are strongly for NYU, go UW.[/QOTE]

[QOTE]Different rankings use different criteria for different purposes.
The THE ranking is an opinion poll of university professors around the world.
It presumably reflects opinions about the quantity or quality of academic research at world universities. The US News rankings likewise have subjective opinion poll components (the “peer” and guidance counsellor assessments), but also incorporate objective measurements believed to reflect the quality of undergraduate education (such as average class sizes, student selectivity, and graduation rates). So the results are different.[/QOTE]