In higher education, college and university rankings are determined by any combination of factors. Rankings can be based on subjectively perceived "quality," on some combination of empirical statistics, or on surveys of educators, scholars, students, prospective students, or others. Rankings are often consulted by prospective students and their parents in the university and college admissions process.

The US News and World Report is the most influential ranking in the US. Schools are split into four tiers, with the best being first, and then schools are ranked within each of tier. The first tier is reserved for only the top 50 schools and any college ranked below 50 but above the third tier is part of the second tier. The fourth tier is reserved for the bottom of the barrel colleges and universities.

Some schools are considered so far below average that they don't even garner a college ranking. These include institutions like Walden University and Axia College.

College Ranking by Employed College Grad June 18, 2009

dirt rankin

when a guy only talks to girls to get in their pants.

"He was dirt rankin me, all he wanted was a one night stand"

dirt rankin by Taysmith October 7, 2008

Rankling

An ugly girl (a girl who is rank).

Let's leave, this party is full of ranklings.

Rankling by Tom Lane April 26, 2005

Rankin Intermediate

The greatest school for grade 4-6 to ever exist. Anybody who went there knows. All the greatest teachers. Recess every day. Hype kickball. Frooty dealers. Gettin your class challenged to a kickball game. Knockin homers on the roof and over the fence. Lunchtime. Gym. Dodgeball. Nachos and cheese days. Rankin deserves some recognition it was greatest school of all time.

Person 1: I miss the sick kickball games we used to play in Rankin."

Person 2:"Yeah those were the days, Rankin Intermediate was so hype."

Rankin Intermediate by Iloverankin August 31, 2010

ranking

To cut or dis Making fun of someone or yelling insults at them. Used everywhere including New England

I'm mad you rankin' on Ashley cuz she coo

ranking by Hi December 22, 2004

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026