Does U.S. News rank all colleges and universities?
Not quite. To be included in the rankings, a college or university must be regionally accredited and have a total enrollment of at least 200 students. Also, we do not rank certain schools for school-specific reasons, such as cases where the undergraduate student population consists almost entirely of nontraditional students. In addition, 58 of the approximately 1,400 accredited institutions in the United States are specialty institutions that offer most or all of their degrees in fine arts, performing arts, business, or engineering. We also have gathered information on over 450 schools that include some nontraditional and international students; these schools are not ranked. This year, however, we are ranking 435 accredited undergraduate business programs and 359 accredited undergraduate engineering programs. This information can supplement the colleges’ overall rankings for students with an interest in these majors. For the second year in a row, we have created groups of unranked scho
Not quite. To be included in the rankings, a college or university must be regionally accredited and have a total enrollment of at least 200 students. Also, we do not rank certain schools for school-specific reasons, such as cases where the undergraduate student population consists almost entirely of nontraditional students. In addition, 58 of the approximately 1,400 accredited institutions in the United States are specialty institutions that offer most or all of their degrees in fine arts, performing arts, business, or engineering. We also have gathered information on over 450 schools that include some nontraditional and international students; these schools are not ranked. This year, however, we are ranking 437 accredited undergraduate business programs and 367 accredited undergraduate engineering programs. This information can supplement the colleges’ overall rankings for students with an interest in these majors.
