How Do Students Use Rankings? - Infographic | Top Universities

How Do Students Use Rankings? - Infographic

By Laura Bridgestock

Updated June 8, 2015 Updated June 8, 2015

Every year, millions of prospective students consult university rankings as part of their search for the right institution. But what kind of university rankings do students prefer? What matters most to them when comparing universities? And what would prospective students’ ideal university ranking measure?

These are some of the questions addressed in a new report, released last week, entitled “How Do Students Use University Rankings?” The infographic below sums up some of the key findings from the study, which can be viewed in full here.

How Do Students Use Rankings?

Infographic created by Georgia Philippou for TopUniversities.com.

This article was originally published in June 2015 .

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