History
Itwasnamed"U.S.News"whenitwasfoundedin1933,andmergedwith"WorldReport"in1948.TheeditorialofficeislocatedinWashington,DCandheadquarteredinNewYorkCity.ThefounderisD.Lawrence,originallyownedbytheUSNewsandWorldReportPublishingCompany,andwasownedbyBostonrealestateandpublisherM.Mickmanin1984.Thepublicationisdifferentfrom"Time"Weeklyand"Newsweek"in1948from"UnitedStatesNews"(TheUnitedStatesNews),"WorldReport"(TheWorldReport)and(TheUSWeekly)ofthethreemagazinesmergedandpublishedinWashington.Originallyownedby"USNewsandWorldReport,"itwasownedbyBostonrealestatedeveloperandpublisherMortimerZuckerman(MortimerZuckerman)in1984,withacirculationofabout2.5millioncopies.
Maincontent
Inadditiontofocusingonreportinginternationalanddomesticnews,thecontentfocusesonpolitical,economic,andmilitaryreviews,withfewercolumnsandmoreseriouscontent.Reportsandanalysesonmilitaryforcesandstrategicdevelopmentsareofconsiderableweightandarewidelyvaluedbyallparties.Eachissuecontainsabouttwo-fifthsofreportsonspecificissuesinacertainregionoftheworld.
Rankingbusiness
Since1983,U.S.NewsandWorldReporthasbeguntorankAmericanuniversitiesandtheirdepartments.Thisrankinghasahighreputationandisthefirstintheworld.Auniversityrankingwithmodernsignificance.
Theoriginofthe"U.S.NewsandWorldReport"universityrankingscanbetracedbackto1870.TheannualreportoftheFederalBureauofEducationranksuniversitiesbasedonthedataitholds.Theuniversityrankingswithmodernsignificancewerepublishedin1983by"U.S.NewsandWorldReport."Theoriginalintentofuniversityrankingsistoevaluatethequalityofcollegesanduniversitiesandtodemonstratetheinfluenceofcollegesanduniversities.
UniversityRankings
U.S.NewsandWorldReport'srankingsofAmericanuniversitiesandtheirdepartments(Colleges)aredividedintosixcategories:
NationalUniversityRankings(NationalUniversities),thatis,thebestuniversityrankingsintheUnitedStates.Universitiesunderthistypeofrankingprovidesufficientbachelor'sdegree,master'sdegree,anddoctoraldegreeforstudentstostudy.
TheLiberalArtsCollegesranking(LiberalArtsColleges),whichistherankingofthebestliberalartscollegesintheUnitedStatesAtleasthalfofthedegreeisadegreeinLiberalArts.
RegionalUniversitiesRanking(RegionalUniversities)
RegionalCollegesRanking(RegionalColleges)
BusinessProgramsRanking(BusinessPrograms)
EngineeringProgramsRanking(EngineeringPrograms)
Master'sUniversities(isnolongerpublished)universitiesinthiscategoryofferbachelor’sandmaster’sdegrees,butofferasmallnumberofdoctoraldegreesThedegreeisforstudentstostudy.
BaccalaureateColleges(nolongerpublished)universitiesinthiscategoryofferbachelor’sdegreesBachelorofScience.
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Rankingmethod
IntherankingsofU.S.NewsandWorldReport,Tier1isthebestuniversity,andTier4isthemoreordinaryuniversity.UniversitieswithlowerscoresthanGrade4oruniversitiesthatareunwillingtoaccepttheU.S.NewsandWorldReportrankingsareclassifiedasunranked.
Amongthem,thenationalandliberalartscollegesarerankeduniformlyacrosstheUnitedStates,whilethemasterorbachelorlevelisdividedintofourindependentrankingsinthesouthern,northern,centralandwesternregions(thereforeeachhasfourseparaterankings)."First").
Inthepast,theTierdivisionwasaboutevery50grades(ieTier1was1-50,Tier2was51-100,etc.),amongwhichthefirst25werecalledstar-rateduniversities.LaterTier1andTier2aremergedandcollectivelyreferredtoasTopTier,andtheirnumberisalsoapproximatelyaroundnumberandisnolongernecessarily50Tier.
Morerankings
InadditiontotheaboverankingclassificationofAmericancollegesanduniversities(Colleges),therankingof"USNewsandWorldReport"alsohasthefollowingclassifications:
GradSchools
OnlineColleges
GlobalUniversities
CommunityColleges
HignSchools)
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