While one system may conclude peer assessment retention rate, faculty resources, student selectivity, and financial resources, another system may lay its emphasis on the number of famous alumni, the student evaluation of professors and the evaluation of college students.

一种测量系统仅仅包含了评估、经济实力、师资力量、学生成绩、保留率方面的考虑，其他测量系统或许会更加重视著名校友的数量，老师对学生的评估，以及学生的评估。