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CU ǸԹ earns many top-20 marks nationally in 'best colleges' report

Released this morning, the ǸԹ’s undergraduate offerings take the No. 42 spot among public institutions (No. 99overall, including public, private and for-profit universities) in U.S. News & World Report’s national “Best Colleges” rankings for 2022.

The data represent a long tradition of excellence reflected in marks from the publication—a showcase of CU ǸԹ’s top-tier academics.

Several specialty areas ranked in the top-20 range among public institutions for 2022:

  • CU ǸԹ's undergraduate business program at theplaced20th among public universities (or 30thoverall).
  • The university's undergraduate engineering programat thecame in at 18th among public institutions whose highest degree is a doctorate (or 31stoverall).
    • Additionally in engineering, CU ǸԹ placed:
      • No. 6 among public institutions for itsaerospace engineering program in theAnn and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences(10th overall).
      • No. 9 among public institutions for itsenvironmental engineering program(15th overall).
      • No. 14 among public institutions for its chemical engineering program among public institutions (22nd overall).
      • No. 17 among public institutions for its civil engineering program (27th overall).
      • No. 18among public institutions for its computer science program (37th overall).
        • No. 14 among public institutions for its artificial intelligence specialty (26th overall).
      • No. 18among public institutions for its mechanical engineering program (30th overall).
      • No. 19among public institutions for its electrical engineering program (31st overall).

The latest "best colleges"edition assesses 1,466 U.S. bachelor's degree-granting institutions on 17 measures of academic quality, according toU.S. News & World Report. See .U.S. News & World Report typically releases itsannual rankings for global programs in the fall and graduate programs in the spring.