GradRanking: Online Personalized University Recommendation System

Ranking systems are applied in many ways nowadays and have become a commodity to use when it comes to making decisions. Education is one of the most important parts of human life. Choosing a right place is crucial from many perspectives: quality of life, knowledge gained, post-graduation prospects. Making a right choice what institution to attend is based on many factors and is hard to make in a limited amount of time. In our masters project we address this issue and present an online personalized university recommendation system GradRanking.com. We collected information on 1250 universities in the U.S. and over 118,000 student profiles who applied to those institutions. We also use social networks like LinkedIn and GlassDoor as a source of information to understand where students tend to go after graduation: academia or professional career, and depending on the chosen path, help decide which universities provide better opportunities.