The University of Alabama dropped 33 places in the national ranking.
Love it or hate it, many students and parents check the rankings each year as they consider college options. This year, U.S. News, responding to a frequent criticism that the rankings simply reflect prestige, not quality, changed its methodology to emphasize outcomes for graduating college students.
California State and University of California schools also did well on the metric, as did the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, the University of Illinios at Chicago, the University of South Florida and Floria A&M., jumped to 93rd among national universities, tied with Baylor, Gonzaga, University of Iowa and Loyola Marymount. Last year, the school was ranked 97th overall.
Ideally, experts say, the new graduation, earnings and debt measures tended to help public colleges that graduate students with in-demand degrees. US News and World Report used 19 indicators to determine their National Universities ranking, with measures such as peer assessment, graduation rates and financial resources weighing most heavily. The National Universities methodology also introduced new ranking factors on first generation student graduation rates and faculty research.
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