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What are First and Second tiers, and why are the schools listed alphabetically in the Second Tier and not number ranked?

April 26, 2017alphabetically ranked schools Tier Tiers

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What are First and Second tiers, and why are the schools listed alphabetically in the Second Tier and not number ranked?

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U.S. News publishes the numbered rankings of approximately the top 75 percent of schools in each of the categories. The remaining schools are placed in the bottom, or Second Tier, based on their overall score in their category, and listed alphabetically.