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2007 U.S. News & World Report Rankings
In the latest 2007 U.S. News & World Report ranking of undergraduate schools, Dartmouth fell two spots, from ninth to eleventh place. Stanford overtook the California Institute of Technology, U. Penn advanced two slots to fifth, and Columbia and the University of Chicago overtook Dartmouth.
The Ivy League fell out as follows:
1. Princeton University (NJ) (2007: Ranked 1st)And here are Dartmouth’s statistics for 2007, with its 2006 statistics in parentheses.
2. Harvard University (MA) (2007: Ranked 2nd)
3. Yale University (CT) (2007: Ranked 3rd)
5. University of Pennsylvania (2007: Ranked 7th)
9. Columbia University (NY) (2007: Ranked 9th)
11. Dartmouth College (NH) (2007: Ranked 9th)
12. Cornell University (NY) (2007: Ranked 12th)
14. Brown University (RI) (2007: Ranked 15th)
Dartmouth CollegeAnd finally, here is the table for the top 28 schools:
Rank: 11 (9)
Overall score: 89 (89)
Peer assessment: 4.3 (4.4)
Graduation and retention rank: 7 (6)
Average freshman—pardon, first-year—retention rate: 98% (97%)
Faculty resources rank: 15 (17)
% of classes under 20: 64% (64%)
% of classes 50 or more: 8% (10%)
Student/faculty ratio: 8/1 (8/1)
% of faculty who are full time: 91% (91%)
Selectivity rank: 7 (11)
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1350-1550 (1350-1550)
Freshman in top 10% of HS class: 90% (87%)
Acceptance rate: 16% (17%)
Financial resources rank: 11 (10)
Alumni giving rank: 3 (2)
Average alumni giving rate: 52% (50%)
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