UConn beats out Brown, NYU ranks in top 50 on Wall Street Journal's 'Best Colleges in the U.S.' list | Page 2 | The Boneyard

UConn beats out Brown, NYU ranks in top 50 on Wall Street Journal's 'Best Colleges in the U.S.' list

Looks like the old US News law school rankings. "The biggest factor in determining the outcome was a statistical model used to project the median salary for graduates. Schools whose graduates were projected to earn more money than graduates from comparable institutions ranked higher. Other factors in the student outcomes were graduation rate and how long it would take students to pay off the net cost of their education, including room and board."

I'm not saying that isn't a good methodology, and this is the Wall Street Journal. But, it's going to favor schools with big business / stem programs in high wage areas.

The salary stat needs to be compared by major - education majors at UConn vs education majors at other universities, etc.

Rural universities will have a hard time moving up in rankings with the new methodology.
 

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