{"id":24124,"date":"2016-09-14T12:08:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=24124"},"modified":"2016-09-15T13:21:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T19:21:53","slug":"u-s-news-uccs-a-top-western-public-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=24124","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News: UCCS a top Western public university"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"best-colleges-badge\"<\/a>The University of Colorado Colorado Springs is a top Western regional university, according to the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report\u2019s Best Colleges.<\/p>\n

The just-released list places UCCS ninth on the list of top public regional universities of the West and 39th overall among regional universities of the West. Last year, UCCS was ranked tenth among public universities and 46th<\/sup> overall.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the magazine ranked the undergraduate program in the UCCS College of Business as 82 among public universities and 133 overall among national universities. The UCCS College of Engineering undergraduate program was ranked 135 overall among national universities.<\/p>\n

The top Western regional public universities ranked with UCCS are<\/p>\n

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    1. California Polytechnic University \u2013 San Luis Obispo<\/li>\n
    2. Western Washington University<\/li>\n
    3. New Mexico Institute of Technology<\/li>\n
    4. California State Polytechnic University \u2013 Pomona<\/li>\n
    5. Evergreen State College<\/li>\n
    6. San Jose State University<\/li>\n
    7. California State University, Long Beach<\/li>\n
    8. California State University, Chico<\/li>\n
    9. University of Colorado Colorado Springs<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n
    10. Sonoma State University<\/li>\n
    11. Central Washington University<\/li>\n
    12. Humboldt State University<\/li>\n
    13. California State University \u2013 Monterey Bay<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

      Regional universities provide a full range of undergraduate majors and master\u2019s degree programs and a few doctoral programs. National Universities are the 310 institutions \u2013 189 public, 114 private and seven for-profit institutions \u2013 that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master\u2019s and doctoral degrees; some emphasize research.<\/p>\n

      In the best national universities category, CU Boulder is 38 among top public national universities and 92nd among all public, private and for-profit universities in the country. CU Denver is 106 among top public national universities and 197 among all national universities.<\/p>\n

      “U.S. News & World Report” rankings are based on measures of academic peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving.<\/p>\n

      The rankings are posted at http:\/\/colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com\/best-colleges<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The University of Colorado Colorado Springs is a top Western regional university, according to the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report\u2019s Best Colleges. (More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":24125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/best-colleges-badge.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-6h6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24124"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24157,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24124\/revisions\/24157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}