The University of California, Davis, comes in at No. 4 among public universities in the online publication Money鈥檚 newest edition of U.S. universities ranked by value, equaling last year鈥檚 position, while also staying in the top 10 among all universities public and private.
The publication鈥檚 seventh annual released today (Aug. 25), assessed more than 700 four-year colleges. The rankings are based on about two dozen factors in three categories: quality (30 percent), affordability (40 percent) and outcomes (30 percent), each of which considers income levels or socioeconomics.
鈥淥ur No. 4 ranking shows our sustained excellence,鈥 Chancellor Gary S. May said. 鈥淚t also speaks to all-important outcomes, that our students are thriving in the workforce.鈥
The 鈥渙utcomes鈥 category is primarily based on alumni salary data from and the federal College Scorecard.
Money鈥檚 鈥渜uality鈥 assessment takes into account a 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis strength: the number of Pell Grant recipients who graduate (as a way to analyze how well schools support their low-income students).
鈥淎ffordability,鈥 given more emphasis this year, combines both short-term affordability (such as net price after aid, time to degree and amount borrowed) and long-term affordability (including student loan default and repayment rates).
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis is one of five 新澳门六合彩内幕信息s in the , with 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 San Diego, third; 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, fourth; 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Irvine, sixth; 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Berkeley, ninth; and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA, 10th.
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