The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø fared well again in the U.S. News &World ReportÂ’s 2002 edition of AmericaÂ’s Best Colleges, slated to hit newsstands Sept. 10.
In a ranking of the top 50 public national universities offering doctoral programs, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø was ranked 28th, the highest in the Rocky Mountain region. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø was tied with Indiana University-Bloomington, Miami University of Ohio, Michigan State University, SUNY Binghamton, California State University-Riverside, California State University-Santa Cruz and the University of Connecticut.
Academic programs ranked by the magazine for the 2002 Best Colleges edition included business and engineering programs and specialty schools.
Of undergraduate engineering schools in the United States offering doctorates, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø was ranked 26th, tied with Harvard University, Columbia University, Duke University, the University of Maryland and the University of California-Davis. CUÂ’s engineering college moved up one notch from last yearÂ’s ranking.
In best undergraduate business programs, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø was ranked 38th, tied with Boston University, Brigham Young University, Florida State University, Tulane University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Last year the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø business college was tied for 41st place.
Indicators used by the magazine to rate academic quality included academic reputation, student retention, faculty resources, alumni giving, graduation rate performance and student selectivity.
In the 2002 rankings, US News gave the greatest ranking weight, 25 percent, to academic reputation. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø was tied for 18th in the top 50 public national universities based on academic reputation.