the "u.s. news & world report" uses a combination of the objective and subjective as well. the magazine seeks "expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research, and students." however, it ranks a broad spectrum of professional school programs such as business schools, law schools, and medical schools as well as a variety of programs specific academic disciplines such as the social sciences or humanities. the business opinion data incorporates responses from deans, program directors, and senior faculty about the academic quality of their programs as well as the opinions of professionals who actually do the hiring of the new mba graduates from the schools. the statistical data combines measures of the qualities of the incoming students and as well as the faculty with measures of post graduate success as related to their degrees. there were 382 programs that responded out of 402 solicited, and the formula used a strict combination of quality assessment (40%), placement success (35%), and student selectivity (25%).