http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/about/cofaq_brief.php
幫你看了一下﹐ 排行榜把學校按種類(共四種)﹐ DBU屬於universities-master`s(學院-碩士)﹐ universities-master`s按地區分有4種﹐ DBU屬於West(西)區。
Why does U.S. News classify colleges into ifferent categories before ranking them? How are the categories defined?
[...... 略 ......]To define the categories, we used the 2000 classification system developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, an accepted classification system in higher education. U.S. News collapses seven of the Carnegie categories into four: national universities, liberal arts colleges, universities-master`s, and comprehensive colleges-bachelor`s.
The universities-master`s and comprehensive colleges-bachelor`s are placed into one of four geographic categories (North, South, Midwest, and West) because they primarily draw students from their own region.
最好的前50%的學校才有排名次﹐ 剩下的50%只會按等級分(有四級)﹐ DBU排第三級(third tier)。
What are tiers, and why are some schools listed in tiers and not number ranked?
In order to focus on the best schools, U.S. News publishes the numbered rank of approximately the top 50 percent of schools in all the categories.
The remaining schools are placed in tiers or broad groups, based on their overall score in their category (the third and fourth tiers), and listed
alphabetically.