May 1, 2013

USNWR v. ATL Top 50

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USNWR v. ATL Top 50Spivey Consulting Group

A quick look at individual school differences between USNWR and ATL rankings, with USNWR as the baseline. The first numerical column indicates school that gained in the ATL rankings, while the second column indicates schools that went down. No number equates to neither a rise or gain.

Note this does not show which schools dropped out.

In respect to students rating Career Services Offices, the highest schools (all with an A+) were Stanford, Harvard, Penn, UVA, Berkeley, NYU, North Carolina, New Mexico, W+L, UC-Davis & SLU.

The lowest student rated Career Offices were Minnesota, Univ. of Washington, & Ohio State, all with a C.

Yale
Stanford +1
Harvard -1
U Chicago
U Pennsylvania +2
Duke +5
UVA
Columbia -4
Berkeley
NYU -4
Cornell +2
U Michigan -3
Northwestern -1
UT Austin +1
Vanderbilt
Georgetown -2
UCLA
Notre Dame +5
U Georgia +14
USC -2
BC +10
SMU +26
BU +6
U North Carolina +7
Washington U -6
U New Mexico +38
U Alabama -6
BYU +16
Emory -6
Wake Forest +6
George Washington -10
U Minnesota -13
U Illinois +14
William and Mary -1
U Houston +13
Seton Hall +28
U Iowa -11
Washington and Lee -12
Tulane +9
Indiana U -15
U Washington -13
Georgia State +8
Rutgers (Camden) +48
U Florida +2
UC Davis -7
Ohio State -10
St. Louis U +55
Fordham -10
U Miami +27
ASU -21
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