Strong showing of SoCal Universities in U.S. News 2021 Best National University Rankings
On September 14, 2020, U.S. News & World Report released its annual ranking of best colleges and universities in the country.
UCLA sits atop the list of the nation’s best public universities, its fourth consecutive year capturing this honor.
Other Southern California universities ranking on the Top 50 Best National University list include:
#9 California Institute of Technology
#20 UCLA (#1 Best Public University)
#24 USC
#30 UCSB
#35 UCI
#49 Pepperdine
U.S. News calculates its ranking based on six categories which are each weighted differently: student outcomes (40%), faculty resources (20%), expert opinion (20%), financial resources (10%), student excellence (7%) and alumni giving (3%). And for the first time, U.S. News considered student debt in their ranking. The student outcomes category now takes into account the average amount of accumulated federal loan debt among full-time undergraduate borrowers at graduation and the percentage of full-time undergraduates in a graduating class who borrowed federal loans.
You can read more how U.S. News Calculated the 2021 Best Colleges Rankings here. You can see full list of the 2021 Best National University Rankings here.
