U.S. News America's Best colleges have been compiled since 1983 by U.S. News & World Report [4]. These rankings are based upon data which U.S. News collects from each educational institution either from an annual survey sent to each school or from the school's website. They are also based upon opinion surveys of university faculty and administrators who do not belong to the school. [4] The college rankings were not published in 1984, but were published in all years since.
