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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ earns many top-20 marks nationally in 'best colleges' report

Released this morning, the University of Colorado Boulder’s undergraduate offerings take the No. 42 spot among public institutions (No. 99Ìýoverall, including public, private and for-profit universities) in U.S. News & World Report’s national “Best Collegesâ€� rankings for 2022.

The data represent a long tradition of excellence reflected in marks from the publication—a showcase of Âé¶¹´«Ã½â€™s top-tier academics.

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

  • Âé¶¹´«Ã½'s undergraduate business program at theÌýÌýplacedÌý20th among public universities (or 30thÌýoverall).
  • The university's undergraduate engineering programÌýat theÌýÌýcame in at 18th among public institutions whose highest degree is a doctorate (or 31stÌýoverall).
    • Additionally in engineering, Âé¶¹´«Ã½ placed:
      • No. 6 among public institutions for itsÌýaerospace engineering program in theÌýAnn and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering SciencesÌý(10th overall).
      • No. 9 among public institutions for itsÌýenvironmental engineering programÌý(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. 18Ìýamong public institutions for its computer science program (37th overall).
        • No. 14 among public institutions for its artificial intelligence specialty (26th overall).
      • No. 18Ìýamong public institutions for its mechanical engineering program (30th overall).
      • No. 19Ìýamong public institutions for its electrical engineering program (31st overall).

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