North Carolina’s highest-ranking institution in this study was UNC-Greensboro (9th). In another partnership with College Pulse, FIRE used student surveys as well as its assessment of institutional speech policies to rank 248 colleges and universities.
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Closer to the middle of the pack were UNC-Greensboro (215th), Elon University (232nd), UNC-Charlotte (235th), East Carolina University (248th), and Appalachian State University (289th).Īlso this month, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) released a new study of free speech on campus. The rest of the score reflects surveys of students and recent graduates as well as measures of student diversity.Īmong the 400 colleges and universities studied, North Carolina’s highest-ranking institutions were Duke University (16th), Davidson College (30th), UNC-Chapel Hill (83rd), Wake Forest University (85th), and North Carolina State University (106th). For 70% of the score, the Journal and its partner, the survey firm College Pulse, compared the net price of attendance (tuition, fees, and charges after subtracting financial aid) to an estimate of income gains after graduation. Today I’ll discuss two new studies that reveal valuable - and sometimes awkward - truths about some familiar names.įirst, the Wall Street Journal has just published a revamped set of rankings for 400 institutions. In recent years, I’ve used studies from the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity to assess the return on investment for dozens of North Carolina colleges and universities. Nor do I find it useful merely to look at completion rates or average salaries of graduates, since such measures may reflect the policy choices of institutions - grade inflation and admissions strategies, respectively - more than they do the true value of the education delivered. I’ve never put stock in rankings based on inputs such as revenues or endowments. The schools themselves sift through the rankings to find flattering statistics for their marketing campaigns. So do many employers, donors, and policymakers. Young applicants and their parents use them to make momentous decisions. It has many competitors, as the demand for rankings is both broad and deep. Now its primary business is to publish rankings of college and university programs (as well as hospitals and other institutions). News & World Report was once a weekly newsmagazine. RALEIGH - College and university rankings are a Massive Deal, as Regina George might say - and not just during football season.
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