2011 US News Rankings
Aug 16, 2010 23:07:09 GMT -6
Post by Big D on Aug 16, 2010 23:07:09 GMT -6
Whether you agree with them or not (I'm sure UIC does not), they exist, and a lot of people buy into them. They changed up their rankings this year and actually ranked the top 75% of schools in each category. No more blanket tier 3/4 rankings, which is nice.
Of all the public HL schools, UIC is the only one in tier 1 with a ranking of 143. All others are unranked in tier 2.
Not sure if anyone could provide more details on our specific ranking...the free stuff doesn't tell you much. The formula includes the following factors:
Undergrad academic reputation
- opinions of college presidents, provost, deans: 15 %
- opinions of high school counselors: 7.5 %
(the total is down from 25% last year)
(for the latter, UIC ranked 98, UWM - 171, CSU & WSU - 257, UWGB & YSU - unranked)
Graduation and Freshman retention
- 6 year graduation rate: 16 %
- Freshman retention rate: 4 %
(UIC's grad/retention rates suffer, from what I remember. These are probably dragging us down)
Faculty resources
- proportion of classes with fewer than 20 students: 6 %
- proportion of classes with 50 or more students: 2 %
- faculty salary (adjusted for regional differences): 7 %
- proportion of professors with highest degree: 3 %
- student/faculty ratio: 1 %
- proportion of faculty that are full time: 1 %
Student selectivity
- admission test scores: 7.5 %
- proportion of enrolled freshmen who graduated in top 10%: 6 %
- acceptance rate: 1.5 %
(UIC's acceptance rate was 63%, CSU - 64%, UWGB - 70%, UWM - 77%, WSU - 84%, YSU - 89%).
Financial resources (spending per student): 10 %
Graduation performance (actual vs predicted grad rate): 7.5 %
(this is up from 5% las year)
Alumni giving rate: 5%
(a real laugher....those with tons of money that attend the top private schools probably have a much easier time parting with some donation money. That, and the schools that rank high here probably don't purposely discourage their alumni from donating by keeping unsuccessful athletic coaches around. Also, a great athletic program can earn a lot of donations....how does that affect education quality? Then again, Butler was named the #1 up-and-coming university this year....that had nothing to do with their basketball run
. If that doesn't convince you that these rankings are a joke, then I don't know what will.)
Edit: More detailed breakdown
Of all the public HL schools, UIC is the only one in tier 1 with a ranking of 143. All others are unranked in tier 2.
Not sure if anyone could provide more details on our specific ranking...the free stuff doesn't tell you much. The formula includes the following factors:
Undergrad academic reputation
- opinions of college presidents, provost, deans: 15 %
- opinions of high school counselors: 7.5 %
(the total is down from 25% last year)
(for the latter, UIC ranked 98, UWM - 171, CSU & WSU - 257, UWGB & YSU - unranked)
Graduation and Freshman retention
- 6 year graduation rate: 16 %
- Freshman retention rate: 4 %
(UIC's grad/retention rates suffer, from what I remember. These are probably dragging us down)
Faculty resources
- proportion of classes with fewer than 20 students: 6 %
- proportion of classes with 50 or more students: 2 %
- faculty salary (adjusted for regional differences): 7 %
- proportion of professors with highest degree: 3 %
- student/faculty ratio: 1 %
- proportion of faculty that are full time: 1 %
Student selectivity
- admission test scores: 7.5 %
- proportion of enrolled freshmen who graduated in top 10%: 6 %
- acceptance rate: 1.5 %
(UIC's acceptance rate was 63%, CSU - 64%, UWGB - 70%, UWM - 77%, WSU - 84%, YSU - 89%).
Financial resources (spending per student): 10 %
Graduation performance (actual vs predicted grad rate): 7.5 %
(this is up from 5% las year)
Alumni giving rate: 5%
(a real laugher....those with tons of money that attend the top private schools probably have a much easier time parting with some donation money. That, and the schools that rank high here probably don't purposely discourage their alumni from donating by keeping unsuccessful athletic coaches around. Also, a great athletic program can earn a lot of donations....how does that affect education quality? Then again, Butler was named the #1 up-and-coming university this year....that had nothing to do with their basketball run
. If that doesn't convince you that these rankings are a joke, then I don't know what will.)Edit: More detailed breakdown