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

rocking chair winner

A sports gambling term used to describe an easy winner. "Rocking chair" is used to demonstrate the ease of the win. Essentially, it's as easy as sitting in a rocking chair and rocking.

Dave: Yo Jake did you take that Alabama/Florida game?
Jake: Na, what was the spread.
Dave: Florida -10, beat em 56-24. Fucking rocking chair winner baby!

rocking chair winner by AbuserX December 16, 2008

Rocking Soccer

The kind of game that will make you say 'rocking' in front of everything...

Also, the kind of game that will keep you up all night trying to figure out why your team lost to a trash squad.

Rocking Soccer... The game for rocking laddies

*WARNING* Your friends may make fun of you, but you just gotta remember that people made fun of Jesus too.

Person A: "Dude, this party is rocking lit!"
Person B: "Huh?"
Person A: "Oh sorry man, I just got rocking soccer on my mind!"

Rocking Soccer by rockinglad98 October 25, 2016

Rocking a Piss

To urinate with extreme passion and dedication.

"Hey man sorry I'm late, I was rocking a piss."

Rocking a Piss by nickyslicky69 December 6, 2019

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