<p><em>in before generic ‘beyphy goes to ucla’ comment</em></p>
<p>The ranking is an aggregate of academics examining the programs of other people in their fields at given universities. From this, universities gain their reputation as established by Times. USC is still pumping its grad program, so it will take time. But it should be noted that both schools increased in their rankings, although because of constraints in the times higher education, we can’t know how much USC increased by.</p>