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Message: [QUOTE="intlzncster, post: 2657231, member: 56"] Gaming the system is pretty common actually. You can look up tons of articles on how colleges do it. Schools do things like manipulate or even providing flat out false data, and build infrastructure that might not help educationally, but raises the rank anway etc. This is big business. Big businesses will lie, cheat, and steal their way to the top as a rule. Anything to give them an edge. Some articles if you're interested: [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/education/gaming-the-college-rankings.html']Gaming the College Rankings[/URL] [*][URL='http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-college-rankings-0828-story.html']Oh what a tangled web schools weave: The college rankings game[/URL] [*][URL='https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/']How to Game the College Rankings – Boston Magazine[/URL] [/LIST] It largely comes down to money anyway. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment']Look at the list of endowments [/URL]and you see a rough approximation of the USNWR rankings. [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/noodleeducation/2015/09/16/how-u-s-news-rigs-the-game-for-private-schools/#6826727a4e4c']How U.S. News College Rankings Rig the Game for Private Schools[/URL] [/QUOTE]