Hi,

I am looking for a history of US NEWS Rankings for TWO Universities.  
1. Texas A&M University - College Station
2. University of Texas - Austin.

I am not in need of specific Program rankings, rather ONLY the overall
University rank.  For instance, for 2005, A&M ranked 62, UT Austin 46.

I would like to compare the rankings from circa 1990 (or from
inception of rankings) to 2004.

I have been unable to find much of anything pre 2003.
Thanks

Hi dichotomic,

The following is the result of my research for past U.S. News & World
Report rankings for the two universities you have requested:

After searching endlessly for past yearly rankings for the two
universities, I came upon this note:

"Note: During the period 1991-1995, U.S. News published a Top 25
Universities list.  After listing the Top 25, schools were listed
alphabetically within tiers as follows: Tier 1 listed 26th to 50th,
Tier 2 listed 51st to 100th; Tier 3 listed 101st to 150th; and Tier 4
listed 151st to 204th.  Beginning in 1996, U.S.News published a Top 50
Universities list, eliminating the Tier 1 listing."

Source: http://thecenter.ufl.edu/usnews_pub.xls


Here are the past available rankings:
	
Texas A&M University - College Station

1991 - Tier 2 (51-100)
1992 - Tier 2 (51-100)
1993 - Tier 2 (51-100)
1994 - Tier 2 (51-100)
1995 - Tier 2 (51-100)
1996 - Tier 2 (51-100)
1997 - 48
1998 - Tier 2 (51-100)
1999 - Tier 2 (51-100)
2000 - Tier 2 (51-100)
2001 - Tier 2 (51-100)
2002 - 48
2003 - Tier 2 (51-100)
2004 - 62


University of Texas - Austin

1991 - N/A
1992 - Tier 1 (26-50)
1993 - Tier 1 (26-50)
1994 - Tier 1 (26-50)
1995 - Tier 1 (26-50)
1996 - Tier 2 (51-100)
1997 - Tier 2 (51-100)
1998 - Tier 2 (51-100)
1999 - Tier 2 (51-100)
2000 - 44
2001 - 49
2002 - 48
2003 - 47
2004 - 46

Sources of Reference:

The Center
http://thecenter.ufl.edu/Gater0702.pdf

The Center
http://thecenter.ufl.edu/usnews_pub.xls

The Touchstone
http://www.rtis.com/reg/bcs/pol/touchstone/september97/yeager.htm

University of California: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
http://www.ucop.edu/pres/comments/99ucrank.html

Supporting Advancement 
http://www.supportingadvancement.com/potpourri/us_news_and_world_report/us_news_rankings.xls


I also used the Wayback Machine to search through archived versions of
the following page:

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/ranknatudoc.htm

The archived pages are listed here: 

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/ranknatudoc.htm


Search criteria:
"U.S. News & World" ranking <year>
"U.S. News & World" "past rankings"
"U.S. News & World" "Texas A&M" ranking <year>
"U.S. News & World" "University of Texas" ranking <year>


I hope the information provided is helpful. If you have any questions
regarding my answer please don?t hesitate to ask before rating it.

Best regards,
Rainbow

Thank you for your hard work, that's all I need.

Hi dichotomic,
I'm glad I could help. Thank you very much for the rating and tip.
Best wishes,
Rainbow