Money Magazine ranks UM No. 22 College in U.S.
http://time.com/money/collection/moneys-best-colleges/moneys-best-colle…
they claim to evaluate the value of a degree based on the cost of school and the average earnings of graduates. unlike USNews and other publications, Money Magazine considers all colleges in one list, they don't break them down by region, whether a school is a "liberal arts college," etc. that means the no. 22 ranking is even more impressive. on the other hand, the top two colleges are babson and webb, two schools i've never heard of. the standard bearers of college excellencey appear on the list as well, so it isn't totally out of whack. anyway, an interesting note.
Just because you went to an Ivy doesn't mean you got a better bang for your education buck. I work with someone that went to Cornell. We have the same job, but a year of tuition at Michigan is $13k in-state and $40k out-of-state, and Cornell is $30k/$47k. She lived out of state as well, so her education cost 3.6 more than mine did. And yet, we have the same job. I think things like that should definitely be factored into rankings.
From a social elitism point of view, there are plenty of Ivy goers who look down on MIT because it's too working class.
Princeton at #4. Sounds about right.
blah, blah, blah, any jackass can make a list, what really matters is if people respect said list. ARWU, QS, Times Higher are the only 3 that really matter
This has absolutely nothing to do with Michigan's ranking...but come on. These rankings are a JOKE. BYU at #9??? Who has ever seen BYU on a "top schools" list. And I've never even heard of like a quarter of these schools.
clearly do not understand or read their criteria. It's based on their bang for their bucks from cost of attendance and average salary after graduation.