In U.S. News & World Report rankings released today at 12:01 a.m., Washington University dropped one place from a tie for ninth with Dartmouth College to a tie for 11th with Northwestern University among the 248 national universities rated. In the “best value” category, however, the University moved up two notches to #12.
The U.S. News undergraduate rankings are derived by taking peer assessments from university chancellors, provosts and admissions deans, along with data gathered from each institution, and breaking it all down into categories. These categories are then weighted to reflect those qualities that the magazine deems most important.
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