Temple rises four spots in US News ranks

In the U.S. News and World Report’s annual college rankings published today, Temple rose four spots from last year’s report, moving from 125th among national universities to 121st.

The university’s ranking remained the same among pubic universities, placing at 60th. The Fox School of Business’ graduate program fell six spots to 58th, while the College of Education’s rose six spots to 47th. The Beasley School of Law rose two spots to 56. Temple’s medical school fell four spots to 51.

U.S. News and World report’s rankings are calculated on a variety of factors including selectivity of admissions, financial resources, graduate performance and as well as evaluations by high school guidance counselors and administrators in peer institutions.