Article archive / October 1, 2014
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 14. Source pages: 1, 5.
U.S. News & World Report released the 30th edition of its Best Colleges rankings in September, viewed by many to be a measure of academic excellence.
The annual review places Tulane University at #54, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge at #129, and Louisiana Tech University at #201. University of Louisiana–Lafayette and University of New Orleans were included in the “RNP” group, ranked but not published.
For Regional Universities, Loyola University New Orleans ranked #11 and University of Louisiana–Monroe ranked #81. McNeese, Nicholls, and Northwestern all tied with a #87 ranking.
Ranked but not published were Grambling, Louisiana State University–Shreveport, Southeastern Louisiana, Southern University in Baton and in New Orleans.
The news company bases it ranking on data from the colleges on 16 indicators of academic standards.
In combining the 16 indicators of academic excellence, each factor is assigned a weight that reflects the U.S. News and World Report judgment about how much a measure matters. “Finally, the colleges and universities in each category are ranked against their peers, based on their composite weighted score,” note the authors.
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