U.S. News Ranks UA 45th, Entrepreneurship 2nd Among Public Universities
U.S. News & World Report ranks The University of Arizona in a tie for 45th among public national universities, according to its latest rankings in America's Best Colleges 2009.
The magazine also ranked the UA's Eller College of Management in a tie for 15th place among undergraduate business programs at public universities.
The Eller College also was the one of only three institutions to maintain top-five status in the Management Information Systems business specialty since the inception of the U.S. News rankings in 1989, the two other institutions being MIT and Carnegie Mellon. This year, Eller's MIS program ranked second among all public universities and fourth overall.
The UA's McGuire Entrepreneurship Program ranked second among all public universities and fifth overall in the latest U.S. News rankings.
The UA also ranks 96th for undergraduate programs and the Eller College ranks in a tie for 15th for undergraduate business programs among all public universities, and was in a tie for 25th overall.
The College of Engineering's undergraduate programs were ranked in a tie for 49th among schools whose highest degree is a doctorate, and tied for 26th among public universities.
”While we are proud to be ranked among the top 50 public universities in the country, I believe there are better ways for prospective students to evaluate a university’s quality,” said UA President Robert N. Shelton. “I believe it is essential that we identify new ways to measure excellence in higher education – ones that go beyond mathematical formulas and surveys about a university’s reputation.”
U.S. News annually surveys colleges and universities by initially categorizing them by mission and in some cases by region. Data is gathered using seven indicators, which are assigned a weight by the magazine's staff, and colleges are ranked against their peers.
According to U.S. News, assessment by peers is given the greatest weight, 25 percent, in determining rankings. Other indicators include retention (20 percent), faculty resources (20 percent), student selectivity (15 percent), financial resources (10 percent), graduation rate performance (5 percent) and alumni giving rate (5 percent). The top school in each category is given a rating of 100 and then all other institutions in that category are calculated proportionally against that score.
Highlights of the college rankings are scheduled for publication in the Aug. 25 edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine.
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