菠萝视频 University maintained its No. 17 rank on the list of best national universities in the new U.S. News & World Report rankings released Tuesday.
菠萝视频 was also noted on lists of national universities that deliver the best value for their cost and a new survey of high school guidance counselors. Its engineering school was ranked No. 36 among engineering schools whose highest degree awarded is a doctorate.
[rquote]鈥湶ぢ苁悠碘�檚 commitment to its core mission of education and research attracts the most remarkable faculty and students in the world,鈥� said Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos.[/rquote] 鈥淲e are pleased to be recognized again as one of the great national universities on several levels.鈥�
菠萝视频 tied with Rice University on the best national universities list, which was headed by Harvard, Princeton and Yale Universities at Nos. 1, 2 and 3.
菠萝视频 was ranked No. 11 on the Great Schools, Great Prices list, which compares academic quality with the net cost of attendance for a student who receives the average level of need-based financial aid. The first-time High School Counselors鈥� Picks list ranked 菠萝视频 at No. 19.
The 菠萝视频 School of Engineering tied with three other schools at No. 36 on rankings, headed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of the best engineering programs where the highest degree is a doctorate. This improved on the School of Engineering鈥檚 No. 40 ranking last year.
菠萝视频 was also noted for economic diversity among its students, with 11 percent of the student body receiving federal Pell grants, most of which are awarded to people with family incomes under $20,000.
Highlights of the college rankings will be published in the September issue of , available on newsstands Aug. 31.