UCCS is a top Western regional public university and its College of Engineering and Applied Science is a national leader, according to the editors of U.S. News and World Report.
In the 2015 college rankings edition, “America’s Best Colleges,” released Sept. 9, the magazine’s editors ranked the overall quality of UCCS 13th on its list of Top Public Regional Universities of the West and tied for 51st overall among all public, private regional universities in the Western U.S.
In ranking schools that are “Best for Veterans,” U.S. News ranked UCCS 17th among Western Regional Universities.
Regional universities provide a full range of undergraduate majors and master’s degree programs and a few doctoral programs.
Among UCCS colleges, the magazine also ranked the UCCS undergraduate engineering program sixth among public universities whose highest degree is a bachelor’s or master’s. This ranking includes the military service academies. Among public, private and for-profit universities, the UCCS undergraduate engineering program ranked 14th in the nation.
The undergraduate program in the UCCS College of Business was ranked 113 in the nation among public and private national universities.
“As always, we appreciate this recognition by a third-party organization that is committed to accurate data collection and providing students a view of institutions in their region and across the nation,” Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak said. “As we prepare to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the campus, these rankings recognize our past as we build for the future.”
U.S. News and World Report rankings are based on its measures of academic peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving.
The rankings are posted at http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges.
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