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Saturday, June 6, 2020

Who's on top?

QS’s Top Universities in the US 2020, placed two UC campuses among the nation’s top ten and five UC campuses in the top 50. UC Berkeley ranked nationally as the No. 1 public and fourth-best university overall, while UCLA tied Yale for 6th place overall. UC San Diego placed 26th, UC Davis 28th and UC Irvine 41st...

Source: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/university-california-campuses-ranked-among-best-nation

As usual, one wonders about these rankings and how they are derived. There is a methodology statement put out by the source of these particular rankings:
https://www.topuniversities.com/qs-world-university-rankings/methodology

In fact, it doesn't tell you much about how the rankings were put together or the rational for the "weights" on various characteristics.

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