star2city Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 Don't ever recall UND being a Tier 1 rated Research University, but it is according to the latest US News and World Report ratings If this is indeed the first year with a Tier 1 ranking, would be a significant milestone for UND. US News may have increased the # of schools in Tier 1, but UND is now tied with Hawaii for #159. Looking for last year's ratings. Quote
SiouxMD Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 Don't ever recall UND being a Tier 1 rated Research University, but it is according to the latest US News and World Report ratings If this is indeed the first year with a Tier 1 ranking, would be a significant milestone for UND. US News may have increased the # of schools in Tier 1, but UND is now tied with Hawaii for #159. Looking for last year's ratings. GeauxSioux had posted this earlier today but it doesn't hurt to hear good news twice... Quote
SiouxMD Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 Don't ever recall UND being a Tier 1 rated Research University, but it is according to the latest US News and World Report ratings If this is indeed the first year with a Tier 1 ranking, would be a significant milestone for UND. US News may have increased the # of schools in Tier 1, but UND is now tied with Hawaii for #159. Looking for last year's ratings. FAQ - www.usnews.com In response to a strong interest from readers in knowing precisely where all schools on their list stand, we've opted to display the rank of the top 75 percent of schools in each category, up from 50 percent. This top-ranked group will be called the First Tier. The schools in the bottom 25 percent of each group are listed alphabetically as the Second Tier; which was previously called the Fourth Tier. This means that we have eliminated the Third Tier from the rankings and we are now numerically ranking 75 percent of the schools in the National Universities, National Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities, and Regional Colleges categories. The same number of schools appear in the ranking tables as last year. Why did we make this change? We believe that the data are complete enough to numerically rank more schools given our robust methodology. The quality of the data we collect has improved over the years, so that it is now rich enough to rank more schools numerically. This change will also reduce ranking volatility, since far fewer schools will now drop in and out of the numerical rankings in any given year. We believe dropping the Third Tier and having a First Tier and Second Tier will make the Best Colleges rankings less confusing for all users. What was so hard about Tier 1-4? So...the number of institutions in Tier 1 has increased. Tier 2 is actually Tier 4 and Tier 3 no longer exists. It sounds like grade inflation to me...everyone passes! BTW...the two South Dakota schools are Tier 2. Quote
GeauxSioux Posted August 19, 2010 Posted August 19, 2010 Don't ever recall UND being a Tier 1 rated Research University, but it is according to the latest US News and World Report ratings If this is indeed the first year with a Tier 1 ranking, would be a significant milestone for UND. US News may have increased the # of schools in Tier 1, but UND is now tied with Hawaii for #159. Looking for last year's ratings. Also tied at #159 is Maine and Texas Tech. UND is in good company. Quote
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