World University Rankings 2017

Penn95
Fri, 10 Mar 2017 03:33:28 +0000

@philbegas There are actually many people who question parts of the USNews rankings and many recognize that the actual ordering of the universities is a bit off. The reason why USNews has credibility is because one way or another it gets right which schools are in the top 10 and top 20, and by that I mean which schools the public sees at top 10, top 20 etc. Of course it is a self-reinforcing cycle since USNews affects public opinion but public opinion is not completely dictated by the rankings. There are many instances where the public opinion deviates from USNews, but that is only the case when it comes to individual positions. USNews is good at creating rough tiers (top 10, top 20 etc) and that is why it has caught on.