The latest US News rankings are out and Wake dropped ~20 spots to #47 (not sure where this fits into the boards tier ranking). This is the first time Wake has been outside the top 30 in 30 years. The US News underwent a major change to their methodology this year. They no longer consider class size, terminal degree of faculty, high school class standing, graduation debt, or alumni giving. They have a bunch of new factors, several regarding faculty citations and a few regarding first generation grad rates. They also changed the weighting of some factors - they have a nice table here that outlines the changes https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/how-us-news-calculated-the-rankings
Class size and faculty degrees no longer counting probably hurt Wake quite a bit. I wonder how much the school will chase these new factors?
Class size and faculty degrees no longer counting probably hurt Wake quite a bit. I wonder how much the school will chase these new factors?
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