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CU 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. 99 overall, 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 CU Boulder’s top-tier academics.

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

  • CU Boulder's undergraduate business program at the Leeds School of Business placed 20th among public universities (or 30th overall).
  • The university's undergraduate engineering program at the College of Engineering and Applied Science came in at 18th among public institutions whose highest degree is a doctorate (or 31st overall).
    • Additionally in engineering, CU Boulder placed:
      • No. 6 among public institutions for its aerospace engineering program in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (10th overall).
      • No. 9 among public institutions for its environmental 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. 18 among public institutions for its computer science program (37th overall).
        • No. 14 among public institutions for its artificial intelligence specialty (26th overall).
      • No. 18 among public institutions for its mechanical engineering program (30th overall).
      • No. 19 among 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 to U.S. News & World Report. See more online. U.S. News & World Report typically releases its annual rankings for global programs in the fall and graduate programs in the spring.