General information on ranking
| Name of the ranking | US News Best Colleges |
|---|---|
| Geographical scope | general ranking |
| Name of person in charge of ranking | Robert Morse |
| E-mail of person in charge of ranking | |
| Website of the ranking | https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges; https://www.... |
| Publication frequency | annual |
| First year of publication | 1983 |
| Most recent year of publication | 2024 |
| Date of last update | 2024-10-22 |
| Ranking organization | U.S. News & World Report LP |
| Website of the methodology | https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/ranking-criteria-and-weights; https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/how-us-news-calculated-the-rankings |
| Methodology | The Ranking includes four ranking lists and all of them consider the same methodology:
U.S. News & World Report's 2025 Best Colleges edition used 17 key measures of academic quality for National Universities and 13 for National Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities and Regional Colleges. The key difference between the weights for National Universities and those for other rankings is that the National Universities methodology has four indicators pertaining to faculty research, which are aligned mission-wise with their Carnegie classifications as doctoral universities. The indicators include both input measures, which reflect the quality of students, faculty and other resources used in education, and outcome measures, which capture the results of the education an individual receives at the institution:
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Additional information
- Type of publication: internet, print – special publication
- Internet users access to ranking: open access
- Main target groups: students and parents, higher education institutions
- Level of comparison: institutional: between 68 and 436, depending on the ranking
- Major dimensions covered: reputation, research, teaching, social mobility
- Structure of presentation: standard presentation (league tables)
- Data sources: data collected from HEIs by ranking organization, data collected from HEIs by third-party agencies, survey conducted exclusively by ranking organization
- Quality assurance of ranking: advisory board, periodic consultancy
- Website of the ranking organization: http://www.usnews.com
- Types of the ranking organization: commercial/for-profit (incl. media)