(07-12-2017 03:33 PM)OKIcat Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 03:01 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(07-12-2017 02:52 PM)DownOnRohs Wrote:  How do they rank the schools? The six metrics shown seemingly don't matter at all.
They show UC with better SAT/ACT scores than Xavier, better starting salary, half the cost of attendance, but somehow X is 9 schools better than UC in Ohio. Lol.

I can't believe people get paid to make these lists...I want in on that action.

Yea...their methodology seems very sketchy. UC costs less, has better students and its students make more out of school than Xavier students... who cares the percentage who get grants if the grants are just used to get it closer to UC's costs?

Bolded, is a looming crisis for many private schools, especially if their endowments are small (by the way, the XU endowment is small relative to what they might consider their academic peer group). Sadly, this may be a race to the bottom financially as private school resources are increasingly allocated to subsidize tuition in an effort to compete on a cost basis. St. Joseph's College of Indiana is a cautionary tale in this regard and I believe we'll see many more private schools merging and/or closing in the coming decade as a result.

That's why a recent report on the financial health of private schools in America done by the Commission on Higher Education states that 15%-20% of Private Institutions of Higher Learning are at risk of closure by 2030.