That's not what the rankings are ranking schools by. It's entirely about value v. expected value. For example, say College State University had an expected inco

That's not what the rankings are ranking schools by. It's entirely about value v. expected value. For example, say College State University had an expected income of $0, and the median income of their alumni was $15K. That would be a top 10 school by this methodology, despite no sane person thinking that it would represent an upgrade over going to a school with an expected income of $75K and a median income of $74K. Think of it as a supplementary rankings system, rather than a definitive one. The biggest problem with the methodology, to me, is it doesn't consider average cost of attendance to students at all.