Tuesday, July 11, 2017

U.S. News and World Report’s Tier Ranking System for Universities


Robin Capehart is a current film producer and senior consultant that has prior experience as the president of West Liberty University in West Virginia. As the President of West Liberty, Robin Capehart provided strategic leadership that helped elevate the institution from a Tier 3 to a Tier 1 ranked university by US News & World Report.

US News & World Report, which originated as a weekly newspaper in 1933, is a media company that produces a range of content across multiple platforms. In addition to service based news and user guides, the organization releases annual rankings of the top hospitals, graduate schools, and colleges.

Prior to 2017, US News & World Report use the Carnegie Classification system to rank colleges and universities. These classification areas included Doctoral, Master's, Bachelor's, Bachelor's and Associates and Associates. Each classification included a ranking based upon data gathered and analyzed on each school in up to fifteen academic areas, which contributes to the overall composite score for each school. Tiers are utilized to separate schools within each classification.

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