General & Four Year Programs

"Rankings : A Look at the Top 100; Students and Faculty ." Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education 10.16 (May 2000): 13+.
(The article is available in Ethnic Newswatch.)

2008 College Rankings from U.S. News & World Report
Ranking factors: academic reputation, retention, faculty, admission standards, financial aid, etc.

Disability Friendly Colleges by Rachel Ross, New Mobility Magazine, September 1998.
Ranking factors:  survey of accessibility

The Top American Research Universities 2006 - The Center, hosted at the University of Florida

Top 50 Colleges for African Americans (January 1999)
Ranking factors: survey of 1000 African American college presidents, top administrators, college recruiters and professors and the college's African American Graduation rate.

Top 10 Activist Campuses Jack Brown, Mother Jones, September/October 2001.
Ranking factors: independent survey

Graduate Programs

America's Best Graduate Schools 2008 from U.S. News & World Report
Ranking factors: reputation, caliber of student, commitment to research, job placement, etc.

College and University Rankings. University of Illinois.

Business Week's Best B-Schools
Ranking factors: Student and corporate surveys

Economist Intelligence Unit. Which MBA Online.
EIU Methodology

Criticism of Rankings