Rugg recommends over 14,000 student-oriented quality departments at quality undergraduate colleges and universities in the USA. Young adults looking for their preliminary list of undergraduate colleges to consider often start with Rugg’s book. For years Rugg has had an uncanny ability of implementing a system that combines statistical analysis with direct communication with hundreds of secondary school counselors around the country. He and his staff are able to sort and sift the objective with the subjective and aid the student with 120 college major lists of recommended departments.
