Rankings Badge Licensing

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We rigorously analyze dozens of public data sets to produce comprehensive rankings and profiles for every college in the U.S. and then help students match themselves to their best fit college and major.

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About Our Rankings

Ranking Types

We publish several core ranking types. Badge licensing is granted by ranking type. When you purchase a ranking type license you get the right to use any of the rankings and badges within that type, including any cohorts noted further below.

MethodologyExamplesResources
Best CollegesU.S. Overall
Associate Degrees
Bachelor’s Degrees
Overview
Methodology
Differentiators
FAQ
Best Graduate SchoolsMaster’s Degrees
Doctorate Degrees
Methodology
Best ValueOverall (No Aid)
Overall (With Aid)
Overall (With Aid - Income $0-$30k)
Overall (With Aid - Income $30-$48k)
Overall (With Aid - Income $48-$75k)
Overall (With Aid - Income $75-$110k)
Overall (With Aid - Income $110k+)
Methodology
Best for DiversityU.S. Overall
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
Male-Female Diversity
Geographic Diversity
Methodology
Best for Student AthletesMen’s Basketball Overall
Men’s Basketball (Division I)
Men’s Basketball (Division II)
Men’s Basketball (Division III)

all 34 sports >
Methodology
Best for VeteransU.S. OverallMethodology
Best for Returning AdultsU.S. OverallMethodology
Best for International StudentsStudents from China
Students from India
Students from Saudi Arabia
Students from Canada

all 50 countries >
Methodology
Best Value for International StudentsStudents from China
Students from India
Students from Saudi Arabia
Students from Canada

all 50 countries >
Methodology
Best by Religious AffiliationRoman Catholic
Baptist
Jewish

all 60 affiliations >
Methodology
Highest PaidHighest Paid Nursing GradsMethodology
Most PopularMost Popular Nursing SchoolsMethodology
Most FocusedMost Focused Nursing SchoolsMethodology
Top OnlineTop Online Nursing SchoolsMethodology
Most Popular OnlineMost Popular Online Nursing SchoolsMethodology

Ranking Cohorts

For many of the ranking types noted above we provide rankings and badges for several sub-lists of smaller sets of schools within that list. With the purchase of a license to any of the ranking types noted above you also get a license to any sub-list that falls within that ranking type.

Most rankings provide breakdowns by both region and state. Many of our newer rankings provide breakdowns by degree level. Our most important cohorts are our rankings by major.

Rankings by Major

We rank every major included in the Classification of Instructional programs which amounts to over 2,000 different rankings. We believe that the quality of a school is a function of the quality of the programs in it. As noted in our Best Colleges Ranking Methodology, these individual rankings by major are when then bubble up to form our higher level overall rankings.

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