Times Higher Education reporter Ellie Bothwell writes that MIT has placed second in this year’s Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bothwell notes that MIT improved its score on all four metrics used to determine this year’s rankings, including resources, engagement, student outcomes and environment.
MIT tops the Niche “Best Colleges in America” list, reports Matt Yurus for CBS Boston. The rankings consider a “number of factors including academics, student earnings and debt, professor quality and diversity,” Yurus notes.
MIT placed fifth on this year’s Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education ranking of the Top Schools for Student Outcomes, reports Douglas Belkin for The Wall Street Journal. “Outcomes scores are derived from graduation rates, income after graduation, debt repayment and academic reputation,” Belkin explains.
MIT has been named the number two school in the country in this year’s Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. MIT Vice Chancellor Ian Waitz explains that MIT offers students a “candy store” of learning opportunities, including opportunities for undergraduates to participate in research projects. “We invest a great deal in the students here,” he says.
Boston Globe reporter Jaclyn Reiss writes that MIT was named to the number four spot on Forbes’ annual list of the top colleges in the nation.
On the 2018 Forbes list of the top colleges in the country, MIT was named the number four school in the nation. The list aims to measure how well schools help prepare their students for success after graduation.
MIT was named the number one STEM school in the country on Forbes’ 2018 list of the top 25 STEM colleges, reports Carter Coudriet for Forbes. Coudriet notes that, “MIT’s high ranking is driven by its grads’ career success.”
MIT has been named to MONEY’s 2018-2019 Best Colleges list. MONEY notes that MIT is, “one of the world's most respected science schools.”
Abigail Hess of CNBC writes that MIT has been named the best university in the world by QS for the seventh consecutive year in a row. “No other university has managed such a long run at the top,” notes Hess.
Xinhua reports that MIT has been named the world’s leading university by QS World University Rankings for a “record-breaking” seventh consecutive year.
Ellie Bothwell of Times Higher Education (THE) writes that MIT ranked second for the third consecutive year in the annual THE World Reputation Rankings. To understand the university’s strength, Bothwell connects with Vice President Kirk Kolenbrander, who says MIT is “bolstered by its people, first and foremost.”
MIT is ranked second in Times Higher Education’s (THE) 2018 reputation rankings, reports Xinhua. THE asked “more than 10,000 leading academics from 137 countries” to list 15 universities they felt “are the best for research and teaching, based on their own experience.”
Sloan Adjunct Associate Prof. Zeynep Ton is one of the “forward-thinking professors” to receive this year’s Ideas Worth Teaching Awards from the Aspen Institute, which “celebrate curricula that bring to life the promise of meaningful work in business,” reports Lila MacLellan for Quartz. Ton was recognized for teaching Management of Services: Concepts, Design, and Delivery.
In a report published by personal-finance website SmartAsset, MIT ranked number one for the third year in a row for best value. "The site ranked colleges by their value, using data about their tuitions, living costs, scholarship and grant offerings, retention rate and graduates’ starting salaries," writes Maria LaMagna for MarketWatch.
Forbes reporter John Wasik writes that MIT was named the number three school on PayScale’s list of the colleges with the highest-paid graduates.