U.S. News will again provide, free of charge to any institutional researcher, a series of Excel spreadsheets with the ranking data that appeared in the rankings tables in the Best Colleges 2011 Edition guide book. Those ranking tables were also published on the U.S. News Web site in PDF format on August 17, 2010 in the Premium Online Edition. These spreadsheets will not be posted on a web site; they will be e-mailed directly to each individual. These spreadsheets will only contain the data that appear in the published ranking tables, not all the data used to compute the rankings.

This information is provided for the convenience of AIR members by U.S. News to assist them in their analytical responsibilities. Data is only available from the Best Colleges 2011 Edition guide book ranking tables (those published online at on August 17, 2010). To request these tables, or for questions, send an e-mail to either rmorse@usnews.com or sflanigan@usnews.com. The e-mail should contain a one- or two-sentence reason for the request to access the data for your school or institution. Expect a turnaround time of up to 10 business days before receiving the Excel files.

Ranking tables that were published in previous years are not available at this time.

This is not a permission to print or repost the ranking tables publicly. The data may be used for internal research purposes only.

Robert J. Morse
Director of Data Research U.S. News & World Report
rmorse@usnews.edu