2015 Edition of Best Colleges Rankings Coming Soon
The 2015 edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings will go live on usnews.com on Tuesday, Sept. 9. New rankings for National Universities, National Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities and Regional Colleges are included in these rankings.
Prospective students and parents looking for the school that best fits their needs will find the most complete version of the 2015 Best Colleges rankings, as well as other tables and lists, on our website. In addition, the site offers extensive statistical profiles for each school, a comprehensive college search and detailed explanations of the ranking methodologies.
U.S. News' exclusive rankings will also be published in our " Best Colleges 2015" guidebook, which will start shipping on Sept. 9 and go on sale on newsstands on Sept. 23.
For extended college rankings tables, expanded school profiles with additional data, enhanced college search and other exclusive interactive tools, you can sign up for the U.S. News College Compass.
School officials can access more Best Colleges rankings and data -- including historical information about their own school and peer institutions -- via U.S. News Academic Insights. If you're a college or graduate school representative, you can learn more about the Academic Insights tool online or request a demo.
In addition to the main rankings, U.S. News will publish Web-exclusive rankings showing which schools are rated most highly by high school counselors from across the U.S. and which schools have the greatest commitment to undergraduate teaching, among others. This year we will also publish the popular list of " Up-and-Coming Schools" -- the colleges making innovative improvements -- exclusively online.
We also will have our annual ranking of historically black colleges and universities, as well as rankings of undergraduate business programs and undergraduate engineering programs.
In addition, we have lists, tables and articles to help you navigate the college application process. Some of these include:
-- A-plus Schools for B Students, a list of options for students who want to go to a good college but don't have straight-A grades.
-- Paying for College guide, which provides vital information on financial aid and managing college costs.
-- Best Value Schools, which shows the colleges that offer the best value for students getting need-based financial aid.
You'll also be able to see lists of:
-- Schools whose students graduate with the most or least debt (College Compass subscription required)
-- Academic programs to look for, such as study abroad, service learning and senior capstone
-- Schools that award the most merit aid
-- Schools whose freshmen are most (and least) likely to return
-- Highest four-year graduation rates
-- Highest proportion of classes with fewer than 20 students (College Compass subscription required)
