The rankings reflect the number of U.S. utility-patents, which are the most common type of patents awarded for protecting intellectual property and technological innovation, received by companies around the world in 2010 based on data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
But for students who drop out of college without finishing a degree, student debt is the worst type of debt possible: a long-term financial burden with no utility that is practically impossible to shed in bankruptcy.
Until retailers' inventories naturally flood with the updated type, the only way to tell is by switching the slate on and running a utility like GeekBench -- and perhaps there'll be circumstances where you can give that a go on the shop floor.