While the University of Michigan didn't make Kaplan/Newsweek's latest rankings of the top 25 overall most desirable schools to attend, it made several other lists in the rankings.

Hundreds of University of Michigan campus student groups and departments showed off what they have to offer incoming students during Festifall on the Diag last Thursday. U-M made several of Newsweek's best college lists.

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• The highest ranking came on the best gay-friendly schools list, where U-M was ranked 5th.
• It was ranked 11th on the top 25 most desirable large schools.
• It was 15th on the list for the 25 top schools for future power brokers.
• And it was 24th on the list of most desirable urban schools.

Among the other lists KaplanNewsweek compiled were: schools for the service-minded, small schools, diverse schools, schools stocked with jocks, schools for brainiacs, rural schools and suburban schools.

The overall most desirable school was Harvard University. Rounding out the top 5 were Yale (No. 2), Stanford (No. 3), Princeton (No. 4) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (No. 5).

Kaplan/Newsweek said it wanted "our rankings to cover as many different educational, social and other aspects of college life as possible." Among the criteria was that the school be listed in one of the three leading college guides currently published, have relatively high academic standards and offer a range of different degrees. The pool of universities that fit that criteria was 747, according to Newsweek.

To see all the lists and the criteria for each, click here to visit Newsweek's website.

Last week, U-M came in at No. 15 in the QS World University rankings, improving from 19 on last year's list.

U-M spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said it's always gratifying to be ranked among the best colleges and universities but "rankings are never the best way for a student to pick a university."