In a ranking of United States Colleges and Universities, Northeastern came in at #568 today. The ranking, done by Forbes, is an alternative to the U.S. News and World Report where Northeastern was ranked #96. Forbes claims that "for too many years, information about the quality of American higher education has been monopolized by one publication" and offers their ranking as an alternative.
Forbes' rankings feature a methodology featuring the perspective of being in a student's shoes. Part of the ranking is based on student evaluations of courses and instructors, part of the ranking is based on alumni being listed in the "Who's Who in America" and the rest of the ranking is based on student graduation rates, debt, and the number of students and faculty who have won national awards. For more about the rankings, you can go here.
6 comments:
This is an outrage... we should be way higher!
a criteria was 4 year graduation rates... and ours is low due to 5 and 6 year programs.
Also, no one looks to forbes for its college rankings. So no one cares what they have to say in regards to this.
the rest is based on rate my professor.com and number of alumni in who's who....are we kidding me
You cowards need to post under names instead of anonymous. Forbes is a major publication, and people read it. More people probably read Forbes than U.S. News and World Report.
Forbes is a joke.
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