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UC Berkeley has been removed from the U.S. News &amp; World Report&#039;s 2019 Best Colleges rankings after notifying the media outlet that it misreported its two-year average alumni giving rate, which accounts for 5% of the overall score for the rankings. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)

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UC Berkeley falls from U.S. News &#038; World Report&#8217;s ranking after misreporting data

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UC Berkeley has been removed from the U.S. News &amp; World Report’s 2019 Best Colleges rankings after notifying the media outlet that it misreported data. The university, which was the No.

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IN THE NEWS:

UC Berkeley falls from U.S. News & World Report’s ranking after misreporting data

By Julia Shapero

July 26, 2019 2:09 p.m.