Published by The Colorado Springs Business Journal | September 13, 2012 | Written by Monica Mendoza
Colorado Springs is home to two top colleges, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 Best Colleges rankings.
The U.S. Air Force Academy and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs both made the list of the best in the country.
The U.S. Air Force Academy tied the U.S. Naval Academy as the No. 4 top undergraduate engineering program in the nation. Several Air Force Academy engineering specialties also received top rankings, including: No. 2 in aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering, for the 12th consecutive year; No. 5 in civil engineering; No. 5 in computer engineering. The USAFA was tied for No. 6 in electrical engineering, with the U.S. Naval Academy; No. 8 in mechanical engineering; and No. 56 in undergraduate business program, tied with several other universities.
A recent addition to the U.S. News & World Report best college rankings is the category of how high school counselors rank national universities and national liberal arts colleges. These rankings categorize the Air Force Academy as a liberal arts college, and high school counselors ranked the Air Force Academy in a three-way tie with West Point and Harvey Mudd College as the No. 2 best liberal arts college in the nation.
Each of the rankings are compiled using several weighted factors including undergraduate academic reputation as determined by academic peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, graduation rate performance and alumni giving.
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs also is among the best public regional universities in the Western United States and its College of Engineering and Applied Science is a national leader, according to the magazine.
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