Several Drexel University graduate programs and schools improved their rank in the U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” Drexel’s LeBow College of Business was ranked 89 in the report. Teck-Kah Lim, associate vice provost for graduate studies, said excluding Master of Business Administration programs, the graduate programs were ranked based on peer assessment and not backed up by data. “There are no quantitative measurements, like graduation rate or student enrollment. [The rankings] are based exclusively on peer assessments,” Lim said.
Lim said these are “gut feelings,” which makes the rankings harder to accept. The U.S. News and World Report Web site states the MBA program rankings are based on several factors in addition to peer assessment, including student selectivity and mean starting salary.