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Ƶ Boulder 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. 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 Ƶ Boulder’s top-tier academics.

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

  • Ƶ Boulder'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, Ƶ Boulder 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.