How are the US News Rankings decided for top universities such as Coventry University?

<p>US News &amp; World Report has considered various elements while deciding the rankings of top universities. Some of the crucial factors the US News considers include college graduates salaries, peer assessment, graduation rates, faculty salaries, graduation performance rates, standardized rates, and others. The ranking criteria percentage for some of the factors are given in the table below:</p><table style="width: 77.8516%; height: 477px;"><tbody><tr><th style="width: 54.1403%;"><p>Coventry University Ranking Criteria (US News)</p></th><th style="width: 45.8619%;"><p>Weightage</p></th></tr><tr><td style="width: 54.1403%;"><p>Average 6-year graduation rate</p></td><td style="width: 45.8619%;"><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 54.1403%;"><p>6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant</p></td><td style="width: 45.8619%;"><p>5.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 54.1403%;"><p>6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant</p></td><td style="width: 45.8619%;"><p>5.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 54.1403%;"><p>Average first-year student retention rate</p></td><td style="width: 45.8619%;"><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 54.1403%;"><p>Over performance (+)/Underperformance (-)</p></td><td style="width: 45.8619%;"><p>10%</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

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