We knew it all along: San Jose State is a true gem
According to a new survey from CollegeVine, a Cambridge, Mass.-based consultant group that helps college-bound high-school students, San Jose State is ranked the most underrated school in America… CollegeVine, who says it has worked with more than 6,000 students so far, found “about 10 schools that are consistently underrated, but which students and parents shouldn’t discount.” The survey’s authors say that while “the traditional college rankings do a decent job of ranking the best universities … because of how these formulas are constructed, there are some serious factors that get left out. When we look to advise families on colleges that are underrated, our primary focus is on outcomes — more specifically financial outcomes like starting salary and ROI (return on investment), as well as qualitative outcomes like job placements.”
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by Patrick May, The San Jose Mercury News.