Berkeley somehow overcame their low ROTC rankings

Joe sends word of the washington monthly's alternarankings for colleges and universities. These are based on "contribution to the public good" in three categories:

"Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country)."

in light of recent contexts pieces on rankings, i thought i'd pass along the bottom line:

rank, university
1 University of California, Berkeley*
2 Univ. of California, San Diego*
3 Univ. of California, Los Angeles*
4 Stanford University (CA)
5 Texas A&M U., Col. Station*
6 South Carolina State University*
7 Pennsylvania State U., University Park*
8 College of William and Mary (VA)*
9 University of Texas, Austin*
10 University of California, Davis*
11 Harvard University (MA)
12 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
13 University of Chicago
14 University of Washington*
15 Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH)
16 Univ. of California, Riverside*
17 Cornell University (NY)
18 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor*
19 University of Notre Dame (IN)
20 Ohio State Univ., Columbus*
21 Univ. of California, Santa Barbara*
22 Jackson State University (MS)*
23 Yale University (CT)
24 U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign*
25 Johns Hopkins University (MD)
26 University of Virginia*
27 Utah State University*
28 Princeton University (NJ)
29 California Institute of Technology
30 Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison*
31 Vanderbilt University (TN)
32 Iowa State University*
33 Duke University (NC)
34 Michigan State University*
35 Brown University (RI)
36 U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill*
37 Georgetown University (DC)
38 Georgia Institute of Technology*
39 Northwestern University (IL)
40 Dartmouth College (NH)
41 Univ. of Southern California
42 Columbia University (NY)
43 University of Pittsburgh*
44 University of California, Irvine*
45 University of Florida*
46 Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)
47 University of Arizona*
48 Purdue U., W. Lafayette (IN)*
49 University of Rochester (NY)
50 U. of Minnesota, Twin Cities*
51 Brandeis University (MA)
52 Howard University (DC)
53 Florida Institute of Technology
54 Clarkson University (NY)
55 Florida A&M University*
56 U. of California, Santa Cruz*
57 Rice University (TX)
58 University of Idaho*
59 University of Pennsylvania
60 George Washington Univ. (DC)
61 Virginia Tech*
62 American University (DC)
63 Fordham University (NY)
64 University of Iowa*
65 New York University
66 Syracuse University (NY)
67 Catholic Univ. of America (DC)
68 Univ. of Missouri, Columbia*
69 Clark Atlanta University (GA)
70 Tulane University (LA)
71 U. of Maryland, College Park*
72 Oregon State University*
73 State University of New York, Binghamton*
74 Boston College
75 Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
76 Mississippi State University*
77 Tennessee State University*
78 State University of New York, Stony Brook*
79 University of Oregon*
80 University of San Diego
81 Rutgers University,
New Brunswick (NJ)*
82 Tufts University (MA)
83 Indiana Univ., Bloomington*
84 Morgan State University (MD)*
85 Widener University (PA)
86 Marquette University (WI)
87 State University of New York Col. Envir. Sci. & For.*
88 Univ. of Colorado, Boulder*
89 Miami Univ., Oxford (OH)*
90 Yeshiva University (NY)
91 North Carolina A&T State Univ.*
92 U. of S.C., Columbia*
93 Ohio University*
94 Illinois Institute of Technology
95 State University of New York, Albany*
96 University of Maine*
97 Loyola University Chicago
98 University of the Pacific (CA)
99 Washington University in St. Louis
100 Boston University
101 University at Buffalo, State University of New York*
102 Auburn University (AL)*
103 University of New Hampshire*
104 N.C. State U., Raleigh*
105 University of San Francisco
106 Colorado State University*
107 Clark University (MA)
108 Azusa Pacific University (CA)
109 New Mexico State University*
110 Univ. of Southern Mississippi*
111 University of Connecticut*
112 University of Illinois, Chicago*
113 Emory University (GA)
114 University of Dayton (OH)
115 Arizona State University*
116 Clemson University (SC)*
117 University of Delaware*
118 U. of Mass., Amherst*
119 Michigan Technological*
120 George Fox University (OR)
121 Florida State University*
122 Missouri U. of Science & Tech.*
123 University of Vermont*
124 Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania*
125 Texas A&M Univ., Kingsville*
126 University of Wyoming*
127 Wake Forest University (NC)
128 Oklahoma State University*
129 Washington State University*
130 University of Miami (FL)
131 Old Dominion University (VA)*
132 University of Montana*
133 University of Mississippi*
134 University of Cincinnati*
135 University of Georgia*
136 Brigham Young U., Provo (UT)
137 Pepperdine University (CA)
138 University of New Mexico*
139 University of Oklahoma*
140 University of Texas, El Paso*
141 University of Toledo (OH)*
142 Duquesne University (PA)
143 Bowling Green State Univ. (OH)*
144 Rutgers University,
Newark (NJ)*
145 University of South Dakota*
146 University of Alabama*
147 Kansas State University*
148 Colorado School of Mines*
149 Texas Christian University
150 University of Nevada, Las Vegas*
151 University of South Florida*
152 Northern Illinois University*
153 Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln*
154 University of Utah*
155 Biola University (CA)
156 University of North Dakota*
157 Temple University (PA)*
158 University of Denver
159 Trinity International Univ. (IL)
160 Texas A&M Univ., Commerce*
161 DePaul University (IL)
162 West Virginia University*
163 Polytechnic University (NY)
164 Kent State University (OH)*
165 St. John’s University (NY)
166 Lehigh University (PA)
167 San Diego State University*
168 Seton Hall University (NJ)
169 University of Kentucky*
170 Illinois State University*
171 Southern Illinois U., Carbondale*
172 University of St. Thomas (MN)
173 Andrews University (MI)
174 Baylor University (TX)
175 Spalding University (KY)
176 University of La Verne (CA)
177 Florida International University*
178 University of West Florida*
179 U. of North Carolina, Greensboro*
180 Pacific University (OR)
181 University of Kansas*
182 University of Hawaii, Manoa*
183 Southern Methodist Univ. (TX)
184 South Dakota State University*
185 Ball State University (IN)*
186 University of Louisville (KY)*
187 Drexel University (PA)
188 University of Tennessee*
189 Northern Arizona University*
190 Long Island U., C.W. Post (NY)
191 Worcester Poly. Inst. (MA)
192 Montana State University*
193 U. of Maryland, Baltimore County*
194 East Carolina University (NC)*
195 Wright State University (OH)*
196 Oral Roberts University (OK)
197 University of Memphis*
198 Western Michigan University*
199 University of Bridgeport (CT)
200 University of Rhode Island*
201 Central Michigan University*
202 University of Northern Colorado*
203 University of Nevada, Reno*
204 Cleveland State University*
205 Georgia State University*
206 University of Akron (OH)*
207 University of Arkansas*
208 Adelphi University (NY)
209 Indiana State University*
210 Nova Southeastern University (FL)
211 Texas Tech University*
212 Wayne State University (MI)*
213 St. Louis University
214 George Mason University (VA)*
215 New School (NY)
216 Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham*
217 Texas Woman’s University*
218 Portland State University (OR)*
219 Hofstra University (NY)
220 Stevens Institute of Tech. (NJ)
221 U. of North Carolina, Charlotte*
222 University of Texas, Arlington*
223 Samford University (AL)
224 Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville*
225 East Tennessee State University*
226 University of North Texas*
227 Barry University (FL)
228 University of Central Florida*
229 Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis*
230 Louisiana Tech University*
231 Georgia Southern University*
232 Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock*
233 University of Houston*
234 Pace University (NY)
235 Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston*
236 Northeastern University (MA)
237 La. State Univ., Baton Rouge*
238 New Jersey Inst. of Technology*
239 Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City*
240 Immaculata University (PA)
241 University of Texas, Dallas*
242 Florida Atlantic University*
243 University of Tulsa (OK)
244 Virginia Commonwealth University*
245 Trevecca Nazarene Univ. (TN)
246 Wichita State University (KS)*
247 Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee*
248 North Dakota State University*
249 Idaho State University*
250 University of Colorado, Denver*
251 University of Alaska, Fairbanks*
252 Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette*
253 Oakland University (MI)*
254 Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis*
255 University of Hartford (CT)
256 St. Mary’s Univ. of Minnesota
257 Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell*
258 University of New Orleans*