recently ranked the UW as the fourth most innovative university in the world among public and private institutions, surpassed only by Stanford, MIT and Harvard.听 When looking at public institutions alone, however, the UW topped the list.
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In addition to the innovation ranking, recently ranked UW Seattle as the #1 鈥淏est Bang for the Buck鈥� among Western institutions.听 Institutions are scored on 鈥溾�橬et鈥� (not sticker) price, how well they do graduating the students they admit, and whether those students go on to earn at least enough to pay off their loans.鈥澨� For more information about the 鈥淏est Bang for the Buck鈥� rankings, please see the .
