Why is UCLA higher than Yale in the US News Global rankings?

This isn't rocket science - the methodology is spelt out in the website, and values metrics that UCLA is slightly better at than the ones Yale is slightly better at. If you look at the scores closely, you can see that the difference between the two is just 0. read more

UCLA is much stronger in STEM than Yale, which accounts for UCLA’s higher ranking in global surveys. Yale’s prestige is somewhat limited to the East Coast because of its ties to the social and political elite. read more

24 Public University of California, Los Angeles 75 24 Public University of Virginia 75 UCLA performs very well in all the national and international rankings of the “best” public and private universities, including the most widely known list published by U.S. News & World Report. read more