Eric Brooks

Our first-ever K-8 rankings assess student performance in the context of their states and demographics.

Learn how U.S. News computed its rankings of online programs offering master’s degrees in education.

Data and analytics play an increasingly large role in higher education. We see it each year when we attend higher education conferences, whether used by schools to enroll and support students, or even toward better understanding of U.S. News’ Best Colleges rankings.To meet this industry-wide interest in analytics, the U.S. Department of Education has recently collected and reported several data points on outcomes measures. Starting in 2015, the department initiated the College Scorecard, which r…

This November, U.S. News updated its 2024 Best Elementary and Middle School rankings, including 45,236 elementary schools and separately 22,053 middle schools. The public school rankings are calculated within each state and sorted by state and school district. We also produced separate statewide rankings specific to charter schools and magnet schools.Like our annual Best High Schools rankings published in August, linear regressions were used to assess student performances in mathematics and read…

During our regular rankings pre-publication process, U.S. News received and is currently reviewing queries from some graduate schools, including whether and to what extent affiliated institutions were considered in the bibliometric data used in the 2024 Best Medical Schools and 2024 Best Engineering Schools rankings, and which accrediting body was used as a source of reference for the 2024 Best Clinical Psychology Programs rankings. We take our role as a journalism enterprise very seriously and…