<p>Modern Man,</p>
<p>U.S. News uses the statistica data from the previous year. Numbers will be from the class that entered in 2011 when the admit rate was 23%.</p>
<p>The magazine uses a variety of factors to determine placement. Some of these are peer assessment, retention rate, average freshmen retention rate, faculty resources, faculty to student ratio, full time faculty percentage, selectivity rank, SAT/ACT scores, freshmen in top 10%, acceptance rate, financial resources, alumni giving and alumni giving rate.</p>
<p>To rise it is necessary to improve in a number of ways, especially peer assessment.</p>
<p>The rankings should come out in September. The university ranked just above SC is Georgetown University.</p>