Wow, those metrics are dismal. Here in Canada we have a similar report that Maclean's does, but it's focused on things like first-year class sizes, student sati

Wow, those metrics are dismal. Here in Canada we have a similar report that Maclean's does, but it's focused on things like first-year class sizes, student satisfaction surveys, and other, more academically-focused metrics. Of course, the winning schools are usually tiny - 2013 looks to be Mt. Allison, where my brother is studying right now. He's had some pretty dismal experiences with the faculty there, but they do well because they have so few students, and the cost of living in a small town on the east coast is tiny. It's tough to say that any university ranking will be good, because there's a lot of complexity, but I think Maclean's is at least not completely toxic.