[RWTH Aachen vs TU Delft]

I think the best established are TU Munich and RWTH Aachen. However TU Dresden is getting better and better in the rankings these days. As neongolden said, I think Aachen is not too exciting as a city. I would probably go to Munich.

[UCL v/s UCSD v/s TU Munich - Masters]

Well according to general rankings: 1. UCL (rank 16) , 2. UC Sandiego (rank 30) 3. TU Munich (rank 49). Source: www.metauniversityranking.com

 

However, the rankings are biased towards english speaking countries and in Munich there is no tuition. I would either go to UCL or Munich.

[Art history graduate program rankings]

Interesting. Kind of surprising to see the tech school MIT ahead of Cornell and Stanford. But other than that, it pretty much the schools which always win. However, I think we should move away from these national rankings. Higher education is international these days. And I want to know how these schools compare to Oxford, Cambridge, Munich.

[Biostatistics Ranking]

I would look more broadly about which Universities have good statistic programs, not specifically bio statistics. I know that Stanford has a very good statistics program, Berkeley too.

[South Asian Art?]

Cornell is good, they have a huge library dedicated to Asian studies. Other than that, check the rankings or ask people (professors of yours?) in your field I'd suggest

[Canadian Universities' Ranking 2013]

Phew.. I don't at these national rankings. These days higher education is a global thing, so why  bother with national rankings? Basically there are three international rankings, QS, THE and ARWU which people look to. These are the ones I care.

[Undergraduate university ranking consideration for MA applicant?]

Yes, of course. It is much harder to get good grad and a good GPA at competitive school with good students than at a bad university. So obviously universities consider this for the Masters application.