http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/We come in at 298. Seems to be highly based around financials (i.e. graduating in 4 years to save money, loans, etc)
Interesting things to note:
We are the 9th in the state behind U of C(14), Northwestern(17), U of I(53), Wheaton(98), Knox(210), IIT(228), Illinois Wesleyan(231), Augustana(242)
We are the 2nd Loyola behind Marymount(149)
We are 2nd in the MVC -- Drake(162), LU(298), Bradley(305), Evansville(392), Illinois State(403), Wichita State(466), Northern Iowa(519), Missouri State(526), Southern Illinois(564), Indiana State(640)
We would have been 2nd in the Horizon behind Valpo(248)
We came in 5 spots ahead of Butler, 14 spots ahead of DePaul and 45 ahead of UIC.