Pitzer College Institutional Research

Rankings Categories and Weightings 2003-2008

USNWR Category

Weight

Defined

2003
Issue Date

2004
Issue Date

2005
Issue Date

2006
Issue Date

2007
Issue Date

2008
Issue Date

Peer assessment

25%

Presidents, Deans of admissions & faculty (provosts) asked to rank academic quality on scale of 1 to 5 (high)

38

45

39

35

36
40
       
     

Graduation Rate Performance

5%

 

Difference between a school's six-year graduation rate for the class that entered 6 yrs prior and the predicted rate for the class. The predicted rate takes into account test scores, the school's expenditures on students, and other factors.

172

137

120

116

117
53
       
     
Retention Score
(Total: 20%)
  
117
118
104
106
89
88
Average graduation rate
16%

Average of four classes entering 6, 7, 8, 9 years prior

Average freshman retention rate
4%
Average of prior four classes
         
     
Faculty Resources (Total: 20%)  
122
104
81
72
85
61
Faculty compensation
7%
average faculty pay and benefits adjusted for regional differences in cost of living for full-time professors in current and past year [AAUP survey]
Class size, 1-19 students
6%
 percentage of all classes in Fall semester
Class size, 50+ students
2%
 
Percent faculty with top terminal degree
3%
FTE defined: FT + .33PT
Percent full-time faculty
1%
 
Student/faculty ratio
1%
 
         
     
Student Selectivity
(Total: 15%)
 Data for Freshman class
93
97
64
59
59
63
SAT/ACT scores
7.5%
  
 
High school class standing—top 10%
6%
  
 
Acceptance rate
1.5%
  
 
         
     
Financial Resources
10%
 Average spending during two past fiscal years (IPEDS data) / per FTE students on instruction, research, student services, and related educational expenditures during the prior two fiscal years
48
45
44
36
25
31
       
     
Average alumni giving rate
5%
Average of two prior years
124
102
72
61
63
60

Rankings out of 217 Liberal Arts Colleges