INFOGRAPHIC: Visualizing the US News & World Report Best College Rankings

The US News & World Report’s Best College Rankings are among the most influential in the world. No doubt, you’ve turned to the rankings to see where your school falls or scouted the list to look for colleges to apply to – and using the rankings to see whether they would fall under safety, target or reach. But what does it all mean? And where does the information come from? What’s valued, and how are the schools pitted against one another?

CollegeConsensus.com has the answers in this infographic:

Source: The College Consensus