"U.S. News & World Report announced changes to the methodology of its controversial Best Colleges rankings to emphasize the success of diverse students and to remove the influence of alumni giving and class size, the media company said in a statement." https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/05/23/us/us-news-college-rankings-change/index.html
This only highlights how one-size-fits-none rankings are useless, and prospective students should have access to the system that lets them say what weight they would give each of these and every other aspect of a school, so that they could have a list that actually suits their specific parameters.
Columbia University ends cooperation with U.S. News college rankings. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/06/columbia-university-us-news-college-rankings/