  {"id":203295,"date":"2024-09-10T09:04:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T19:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=203295"},"modified":"2024-09-10T13:44:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T23:44:38","slug":"wsj-best-colleges-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/10\/wsj-best-colleges-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>: <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is one of the nation\u2019s best colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-8.jpg\" alt=\"U H Manoa students walking together\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-8.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-8-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> is one of the best in the country, according to the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> (<em><abbr>WSJ<\/abbr><\/em>). <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa was one of 500 universities that made the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/rankings\/college-rankings\/best-colleges-2025\"><em><abbr>WSJ<\/abbr>\/College Pulse<\/em> 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S. rankings<\/a> released in September 2024. The schools were selected out of more than 2,600 4-year colleges.<\/p>\n<p>The flagship of the 10-campus <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> System came in <abbr title=\"Number\">No<\/abbr>. 302 overall and <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 127 for public universities. The <em><abbr>WSJ<\/abbr><\/em> ranking methodology does not account for research activity, an area in which <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa excels that increasingly provides unique opportunities for <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa undergraduate students.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are any number of higher education rankings out there, and they use different methodologies to produce different numbers,&rdquo; said <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> President David Lassner. &ldquo;But <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is consistently well-ranked every year, providing external validation of what we know&#8212;that <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is one of the best universities in the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2><em><abbr>WSJ<\/abbr><\/em> ranking methodology<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-miro-rur-rankings-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"photo of uh manoa entrance\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-117177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-miro-rur-rankings-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-miro-rur-rankings-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-miro-rur-rankings.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <em><abbr>WSJ<\/abbr><\/em> rankings were developed in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/collegepulse.com\/\">College Pulse<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/r.statista.com\/en\">Statista<\/a> and are based on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Student outcomes (salary impact, years to pay off net price, graduation rate impact)<\/li>\n<li>Student and alumni survey (learning opportunities, preparation for career, learning facilities, recommendation score and character score)<\/li>\n<li>Diversity (opportunities to interact with students from different backgrounds, ethnic diversity, inclusion of students with lower family earnings)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More than 54,000 students and alumni were surveyed online for the ranking between January and May 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Research that matters<\/h2>\n<p><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa brought in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/12\/extramural-funding-record-fy-2024\/\">record $464.9 million in extramural funding<\/a> in fiscal year 2024 and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/05\/nsf-herd-data\/\"><abbr>No<\/abbr>. 91 out of the top 633 research institutions in the U.S.<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ncses.nsf.gov\/surveys\/higher-education-research-development\/2022\">National Science Foundation data<\/a> released in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is important to note that the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> ranking does not account for the fact that we are one of the top research universities in the world and the impact that it has on so many of our students,&rdquo; said Lassner.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/undergrad\/urop\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program<\/a> coordinates and promotes opportunities for undergraduate students across all disciplines to engage in mentored research and creative work.<\/p>\n<h2>Other 2024 rankings<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/05\/2025-qs-world-university-rankings\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is among the world\u2019s best<\/a> for academic, faculty, research and sustainability excellence, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topuniversities.com\/world-university-rankings\">2025 edition of the <abbr title=\"Quacquarelli Symonds\">QS<\/abbr> World University Rankings<\/a> by global higher educational analyst Quacquarelli Symonds released June 4. It came in <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 73 among U.S. institutions (<a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/programs\/digest\/d23\/tables\/dt23_317.10.asp\">out of more than 2,600 4-year institutions<\/a>) and <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 488 in the world (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.com\/universities-colleges\/university-statistics\">out of more than 25,000 worldwide colleges and universities<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa also earned a spot on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/college-rankings?rankings=best-390-colleges\"><em>The Princeton Review<\/em>\u2019s &ldquo;Best 390 Colleges for 2025&rdquo; list<\/a> announced on August 27. The ranking is based on surveys completed by 168,000 students nationwide that covered academics, amenities, campus services, extracurriculars and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 54,000 students and alumni were surveyed online for the ranking between January and May 2024. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[735,1466,386,631,9],"class_list":["post-203295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-campus-recognition","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-manoa-institutional-research","tag-ranking","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203295"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203379,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203295\/revisions\/203379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}