Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment (NC State University)

Ranking Systems Clearinghouse (Institute for Higher Education Policy)

Academic Ranking of World Universities (Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
This annual ranking was developed to find out the gap between Chinese universities and world-class universities, particularly in terms of academic or research performance. It has been published every year since 2003, and all years are available from this website. Data is published on the top 500 universities. A review is available here.

Academic Ranking of World Universities by Broad Subject Fields (Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
This addition to the ranking reports produced by the Institute results from receiving numerous request received. The first year published is 2007, and annual updates are planned. The top 100 universities are ranked in five broad subject fields.

America's Best Colleges 2009 (U.S. News & World Report)
"U.S. News & World Report" carries out this annual survey to help college-bound students choose the right college. Data includes information on retention and graduation rates, class size, selectivity of students admitted, and finances. The peer assessment score has made the survey controversial in recent years.

America's Best Graduate Schools (U.S. News & World Report)
Data from more than 12,000 graduate programs were collected for the 2009 rankings. The report is arranged by discipline, and the methodologies used vary by discipline group. Rutgers is ranked in the library sciences, criminology, English, and history groups.

Association of American Universities Data Exchange
"The Association of American Universities Data Exchange (AAUDE) is a public service organization whose purpose is to improve the quality and usability of information about higher education." Members are AAU institutions. The AAUDE website provides links to studies by higher education organizations, universities, and the commercial sector.

Condition of Education
"This website is an integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in "The Condition of Education 2000–2008." Some indicators may have been updated since they appeared in print."

Dimensions and Use of the Scholarly Information Environment: A Data Set Assembled by the Digital Library Federation and Outsell, Inc. (Digital Library Federation and the Council on Library and Information Resources, 2002)
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G-Factor International University Ranking (University Metrics)
"The G-factor International University Ranking measures the importance of universities as a function of the number of links to their websites from the websites of other leading international universities." Rutgers is ranked as number 10.

Graduate Enrollment and Degrees (Council of Graduate Schools)
Published annually since 1986, the report presents findings in two sections: Chapter 1 highlights the results of the current year's survey, including statistics on graduate applications for admission, first-time and total enrollment, and degrees conferred. Chapter 2 presents trends in these areas for one-, five-, and ten-year periods. The 2007 report includes responses from 683 U.S. colleges and universities that enroll 73% of all U.S. graduate students and confer 73% of the master's degrees and more than 90% of the doctorates awarded each year.

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) (National Center for Education Statistics)"
"IPEDS is the core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES. Data are collected from all primary providers of postsecondary education in the country in areas including enrollments, program completions, graduation rates, faculty, staff, finances, institutional prices, and student financial aid."

NCHEMS Information Center for State Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis (National Center for Higher Education Management Systems)
NCHEMS gives comparative data for states and counties and provides studies on special topics, race/ethnicity, and policy questions. It is possible to generate your own data and maps.

Projections of Education Statistics to 2016 (NCES)
Provides projections of enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures at the national, regional, and state levels for elementary and secondary schools and enrollment and degrees conferred at the national level for degree-granting institutions.

Top American Research Universities: 2008 Annual Report (The Center for Measuring University Performance)
The top 25, 50, and 200 research universities are identified and ranked by nine performance measures. Universities with more than more than $40 million in federal research expenditures in fiscal year 2006 are ranked by a number of additional measures. Rutgers ranks in the top 50 of all American research universities and in the top 25 of public research universities.

Top Research Universities Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (Chronicle of Higher Education)
This index examines faculty members who are listed on a Ph.D. program's websites. The productivity of each faculty member is judged on as many as five factors, depending on the most important variables in the given discipline: books published, journal publications, citations of journal articles, federal-grant dollars awarded, and honors and awards. For each discipline, weights are assigned to each variable. The score given allows the performance of programs to be compared across disciplines.

AUTM U.S. Licensing Activity Survey (Association of University Technology Managers) "The AUTM Licensing Survey Summary is a standard for technology transfer professionals and public sector individuals that desire data on academic intellectual property licensing activities in the U.S. and Canada." The text describes national activity while the appendix gives data by institution for licensing FTE, research expenditures, licenses executed and active, invention disclosures, patents issued and patent applications, and income. Data for Rutgers is included.

Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC))
Published twice each year in January and June since 2004, the various rankings are based on the Web presence of the institutions included. "Web presence measures the activity and visibility of the institutions and it is a good indicator of impact and prestige of universities. Rank summarizes the global performance of the University, provides information for candidate students and scholars, and reflects the commitment to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rutgers world rank is 34.

The QS World University Rankings (Times Higher Education Supplement)
The QS World University Rankings are compiled based on six indicators: academic peer review, employer review, faculty student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty, and international students.