Albany Medical College

Updated 9 may 2026
Country
United States
Founded
1849
Type
Healthcare
ROR
0307crw42
FWUR Rank#1890 globally (of 4980)#257 in United States
FWUR rank

Where the rankings agree — and where they don't

Methodology in active development · v0.1
Consensus 25,7/ 100Trimmed Mean v0.12 of 6 agenciesDivergent agency signal

But the 2 rankings disagree about this institution.

Range: rank 1334–3741 (2407 positions apart).

CWUR
1334[src]of 1929
SCImago
3741[src]of 4699
FWUR
1890of 4980

Distance from FWUR composite

Diagnostic only

Per-agency absolute distance from the trimmed-mean composite, in score space (0–100). Display only — does not feed back into the composite or any agency-quality measure. Lower means the agency reads this institution closer to the consensus.

  • CWUR5,2
  • SCImago5,2

Why the divergence?

Research-oriented agencies
20,4SCImago

Research output, citations, and bibliometric coverage.

Reputation-sensitive agencies
No data

Academic and employer reputation surveys.

Hybrid agencies
30,9CWUR

Mixed pillars including outcome and balance metrics.

FWUR is a transparent synthesis of six published rankings — not a direct measurement of educational or research quality.

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Default (Trimmed Mean, all 6) · #1,890 · 25.7
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Custom views are not the canonical FWUR rank.

Re-rank with your priorities

Slide the weights below. The composite, dimension scores, and methodology label update live.

Research33%
Research output and citations · ARWU + SCImago
20.4
Reputation33%
Academic and employer surveys · QS + THE
No data
Outcome33%
Employability and balanced pillars · CWUR + RUR
30.9
Default (Trimmed Mean) · 25.7 / 100

Source observations · inputs to FWUR rank

QS
THE
ARWU
CWUR2025
#1334
cwur.org
RUR
SCImago2025
#3741
scimagoir.com

Ranking trajectory · 2005–2024

SCImago fell #674 → #4371 (2019–2024)

2024
#1#100#200#300#400#50020052009201420192024YEAR 2024FWUR▼820#2098QSNo dataTHENo dataARWUNo dataCWUR▼17#1273RURNo dataSCImago▼1650#4371
Show as table (accessible fallback)
YearQSTHEARWUCWURRURSCImago
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014#623
2015#650
2016#666
2017#702
2018
2019#1131#674
2020#1184#1793
2021#1197#1831
2022#1249#2167
2023#1256#2721
2024#1273#4371

Peer comparison cohort

Same country

#InstitutionStudentsAvg rank
1Wesleyan University1905.0
2Claremont McKenna College1913.0

Global peers

#InstitutionCountryStudentsAvg rank
1University of OxfordReino Unido5.0
2Tsinghua UniversityChina17.0
3The University of MelbourneAustralia27.0

Where these numbers come from

Licensing: Each ranking agency licenses its full data and methodology under terms specific to that agency. FWUR exposes per-cycle headline ranks under fair-use citation; for sub-indicator scores or commercial use, refer to each agency's licensing page. ADR-040 §결정 4 forbids constructing per-pillar "FWUR Teaching/Research/Reputation Score" naming until ≥4 of 6 agencies grant sub-indicator licensing.

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