

WSJ/College Pulse worked with data scientists at Statista on the ranking, which uses the most recent available data to put colleges on a more level playing field, comparing the outcomes of each university’s graduates to what those students were likely to achieve no matter where they went to school. Another 10% of the overall scores was determined by the diversity of the student body and the faculty at each institution. Survey responses on the learning environment account for 20% of a school’s overall score and placement in the ranking. The analysis also included an assessment of the level of diversity on each campus.Įvery college included in the ranking received a minimum of 50 survey responses, with the majority receiving more than 100. Student outcomes account for 70% of the rankings, and the WSJ used a variety of metrics to determine the salary impact versus those of similar colleges, the number of years required to pay off the net price, and graduation rates compared to similar colleges. The final ranking of the top 400 colleges was based on a survey of students and alumni and a comparison of student-outcome metrics.Ĭollege Pulse asked over 60,000 undergraduates and recent undergraduate alumni to provide feedback on colleges that are a great value to their students in terms of tuition, learning environment, degree completion and the likelihood of a higher salary after graduation. 6, evaluates colleges and universities based on a variety of metrics, including measures designed to show how well schools improve the trajectories of their students’ careers. The ranking puts Missouri S&T first in the state and 18th among the nation’s public universities, The 2024 WSJ/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the United States ranking, released Sept. “Chris has edited and published some of the finest writers of recent decades, and Journal readers are sure to benefit as he and his team sort the good from the bad in literature, culture, politics, science and other subjects in our daily and weekend reviews.”Ĭarduff, a graduate of Macalester College, will relocate from Boston to New York and lead the Journal’s talented book review team of David Propson, Erich Eichman, Tim Farrington, Dorothy Rabinowitz and Ben Shull.Missouri S&T is the top public university in the nation for “salary impact” and ranked seventh overall in that category, according to a new ranking from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and College Pulse. “I’m thrilled that Christopher Carduff has agreed to bring his enormous talent and experience to the Journal as books editor,” said editorial page editor Paul Gigot. As the publishing consultant to the Updike literary trust, he has edited Updike’s Higher Gossip, Always Looking, Collected Stories and Selected Poems, and is currently overseeing the Library of American edition of his novels and a forthcoming collection of his letters.

He is the estate-appointed editor of posthumous works by Maeve Brennan, Penelope Fitzgerald, Daniel Fuchs, Willam Maxwell, and, most notably, John Updike.

Since 2006 he has been an editor and publishing consultant at the Library of America, where he has conceived and overseen multi-volume editions of the collected workers of classic writers including Carson McCullers, Katherine Anne Porter, Virgil Thomson, Kurt Vonnegut and Laura Ingalls Wilder. He will be responsible for the daily book reviews as well as the collection of reviews in the weekend Review section.Ĭhris brings to the Journal a wealth of experience as a distinguished editor in book and magazine publishing. (NEW YORK, NY) The Wall Street Journal announced today the hiring of Christopher Carduff as Books Editor.
