Payscale 2015-2016: Early Career Salaries, by University, Grad and...
The latest PayScale report contains a lot of extremely useful information about salaries of college grads. But the list below, with more than 250 rows, shows the early career pay, by graduate degree...
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The UC Universities and U.S. News
The U.S. News rankings for 2016 are something of a tribute to major University of California universities. For 2016, six UC institutions are among the top 41 national universities, though none is...
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U.S. News Top 20 Publics 2009-2016: Resources, Grad Rates, Class Size
The annual U.S. News Best Colleges rankings are extremely useful and interesting, but not exactly because of the rankings themselves. The rankings do not so much answer questions as raise them. Why did...
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Best Colleges for Pell Grant Support and High Grad Rates for Recipients
The New York Times, in its “Upshot” feature, has analyzed for the second consecutive year data for some 179 colleges and universities to determine the “economic diversity” of the institutions. What...
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Expert on International Higher Ed: “Un-Excellence” Initiatives Aimed at...
Editor’s note: This post updated on October 1, 2016, after release of Times Higher Ed Rankings for 2016. It is likely that Philip G. Altbach, a research professor and the founding director of the...
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Alternative U.S. News Rankings 2016
This year’s alternative U.S. News Rankings have a somewhat different take on the rankings. As in the past, we have eliminated all of the “input” measures from the U.S. News Rankings, focusing instead...
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We Vote for US News Global Rankings vs Times Higher Ed World Rankings
The annual Times Higher Education World University Rankings have had the strongest presence in the ranking “world” since 2004, but here’s one vote for the U.S. News Best Global Universities rankings...
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Do Elite Colleges Really Offer Better Courses? Probably Yes, in Some Ways
Is it actually worth it, in terms of quality classroom learning, to land a place at an elite college or university? This is a question that many families with highly-talented students ask themselves....
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Poets & Quants Composite MBA Rankings 2015 List 24 Public Programs in Top 50
The annual composite MBA rankings compiled by John A. Byrne at Poets & Quants combines rankings from the “five most influential rankings and weighs each of them by the soundness of their...
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University of Texas Chancellor Opposes Top 10 Percent Admission Rule
As a former Navy Seal and admiral in command of all U.S. Special Operations forces, UT System Chancellor Bill McRaven spent three decades serving and leading the most elite military forces in the...
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Update No. 3: The 2016 Edition Is Coming Soon, with Important Changes
By John Willingham, Editor The 2016 edition will have a new name– Inside Honors: Ratings and Reviews of 60 Public University Honors Programs. It is in the final proofing stage now. The goal is to...
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Average U.S. News Rankings for 126 Universities: 2010-1017
Listed below are the yearly rankings and overall average rankings of 126 national universities that were included in the first tier of the U.S. News Best Colleges from 2010 through 2017. There are 63...
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New U.S. College Rankings: Wall St Journal Partners with Times Highered
Whether we need it or not, there is a new ranking on the scene, the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings 2017. There are some interesting features, and the rankings are certainly...
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Top Honors Programs, Honors Components Only
So, what do we mean by “honors components only”? In our latest book of honors program ratings, we listed the honors programs and colleges that received an overall five “mortarboard” rating. One...
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Southeast, West Coast Colleges: Top Public Values in Kiplinger Report
The Kiplinger Best Value College Index methodology emphasizes a “quality” side in relation to the “cost” side of a university. The quality side includes selectivity, retention, and four-year grad...
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Money Magazine Best Values 2017: CUNY Baruch, Michigan, UC’s, UVA Lead Publics
The new rankings from Money are out, and public colleges and universities account for 27 of the top 50 best values in 2017. These rankings are likely the best college rankings overall, given their...
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U.S. News Rankings for 57 Leading Universities, 1983–2007
Below are the U.S. News rankings from 1983 through 2007 for 57 leading national universities. For additional U.S. News rankings, please see U.S. News Rankings, 2008 through 2015, and Average U.S. News...
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U.S. News Rankings, Minus the Financial Padding Metrics
The critics of the annual–and hugely popular–U.S. News Best Colleges rankings are vocal, large in number, well-armed with data, and mostly unavailing. Here is another attempt, based on the idea that...
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The Curious Case of U.S. News and the High School Counselor Metric
Except for the nuts and bolts metrics used by U.S. News in its annual college rankings (grad and retention rates, class sizes) all of the other ranking categories receive strong criticism from...
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Kiplinger Best Value Publics 2018
One thing the annual Kiplinger Best College Values report tells us with regularity is that UNC Chapel Hill, Florida, and Virginia are wonderful values for both in-state and out-of-state (OOS) students....
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