Why Fletcher out of QS top 10

[indianIRguy]

I have never seen Fletcher in top 10 or 20 or even 50 in the all too famous QS rankings while SAIS / HKS / SFS / SIPA are all up there. Is it about Tufts or QS?

[MD guy]

It's about QS. Fletcher is a solid school. Tufts just doesn't have the goodies that the other host universities have (name of Harvard, Gtown, Columbia, etc.) But Fletcher is known

Edited September 27, 2016 by MD guy

[went_away]

Tufts has made a dramatic rise in the US News rankings in the last 10 years or so and now is firmly in the bottom of the top tier (generally speaking Tufts grads do very, very well on the job market), but it lacks the cachet and historic strength of a Georgetown or Columbia; even more importantly, Tufts' endowment is relatively puny. Fletcher has always had a more elite, glamorous brand than its parent institution, but the gap has narrowed considerably.

[pubpol101]

2 hours ago, went_away said:

Tufts has made a dramatic rise in the US News rankings in the last 10 years or s

Actually, in 1997, Tufts was #25. Since its first ranking in the national U category, it's been ranked in the mid to high 20s. It's a great university, but it would be inaccurate to say that it has had a "dramatic rise."

It previously did not appear in USNWR not because of its academic rise, but because of its size--it was previously considered a liberal arts college. LACs do very poorly in international rankings regardless of their "eliteness" because of their small size and teaching (as opposed to research) focus.