WSJ College Rankings 2018

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6. Auburn (306) 7. Tennessee (312) 8. Mississippi (328) 9. Missouri (330) 10. Kentucky (360) 11. Arkansas (437) 12. Louisiana St (443) 13. Alabama (464) 14. Mississippi St (501-600)

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4. Georgia (261)
5. South Carolina (268)
6. Auburn (306)

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Resources
Does the college have the capacity to effectively deliver teaching? The Resources area represents 30 per cent of the overall ranking. Within this we look at:

Finance per student (11%)
Faculty per student (11%)
Research papers per faculty (8%)

Engagement
Does the college effectively engage with its students? Most of the data in this area is gathered through the THE US Student Survey. The Engagement area represents 20 per cent of the overall ranking. Within this we look at:

Student engagement (7%)
Student recommendation (6%)
Interaction with teachers and students (4%)
Number of accredited programmes (3%)

Outcomes
Does the college generate good and appropriate outputs? Does it add value to the students who attend? The Outcomes area represents 40 per cent of the overall ranking. Within this we look at:

Graduation rate (11%)
Value added to graduate salary (12%)
Value added to loan default (7%)
Academic reputation (10%)

Environment
Is the college providing a learning environment for all students? Does it make efforts to attract a diverse student body and faculty? The Environment area represents 10 per cent of the overall ranking. Within this we look at:

Proportion of international students (2%)
Student diversity (3%)
Student inclusion (2%)
Staff diversity (3%)

Resources (30%)
Students and their families need to know that their college has the right resources to provide the facilities, tuition and support that are needed to succeed at college.
Engagement (20%)
Decades of research has found that the best way to truly understand teaching quality at an institution – how well it manages to inform, inspire and challenge its students – is through capturing what is known as “student engagement”.

Outcomes (40%)
At a time when US college debt stands at $1.3 trillion, and when the affordability of going to college and concerns about value for money in light of often very substantial tuition fees, are at the top of many families’ concerns, this section looks at perhaps the single most important aspect of any higher education institution – its record in delivering successful outcomes for students.

Environment (10%)
This category looks at the make-up of the student body at each campus, helping students understand whether they will find themselves in a diverse, supportive and inclusive environment while they are at college. We look at the proportion of international students on campus (2%), a key indicator that the university or college is able to attract talent from across the world and offers a multicultural campus where students from different backgrounds can, theoretically, learn from one another.

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Data comes from a variety of sources: the US government (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System or IPEDS), the US Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid (FSA) centre, the College Scorecard and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), as well as the THE US Student Survey, the THE Academic Reputation Survey, and Elsevier’s bibliometric dataset.

Our data is, in most cases, normalised so that the value we assign in each metric can be sensibly compared with other metrics.

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