USNews Ranking Introduces University of Kashan 5th in Iran

University of Kashan managed to be considered among the top 5 universities in Iran in USNEWS ranking system of educational institutes of the world.

Dr. Majid Monem Zadeh, vice-chancellor of research at University of Kashan, stated that this institute is ranked 5^th among public state universities, 16^th among all universities in Iran, and 1,182 among the world universities.

U.S. News & World Report's rankings are based upon information they collect from educational institutions via an annual survey, government and third-party data sources, and school websites. It also considers opinion surveys of university faculty and administrators outside the school.

The following are elements in the US News rankings.

• Peer assessment: a survey of the institution's reputation among presidents, provosts, and admissions deans of other institutions (15%)
• Guidance Counselor assessment: a survey of the institution's reputation among approximately 1,800 high school guidance counselors (7.5%)
• Retention: six-year graduation rate and first-year student retention rate (20%)
• Faculty resources: class sizes, faculty salary, faculty degree level, student-faculty ratio, and proportion of full-time faculty (20%)
• Student selectivity: standardized test scores of admitted students, proportion of admitted students in upper percentiles of their high school class, and proportion of applicants accepted (15%)
• Financial resources: per-student spending related to academics and public service. (10%)
• Graduation rate performance: comparison between modeled expected and actual graduation rate (7.5%)
• Alumni giving rate (5%)

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