Released this morning, the University of babyֱapp 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 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 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, CU 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).
- Additionally in engineering, CU Boulder placed:
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.
U.S. News and World Report 2022 rankings
Business: #20 publics/#30 overall
Engineering: #18 publics/#31 overall
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Aerospace engineering: #6 publics/#10 overall
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Environmental engineering: #9 publics/#15 overall
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Chemical engineering: #14 publics/#22 overall
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Civil engineering:#17 publics/#27 overal
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Computer science: #18/#37 overall
- Artificial intelligence: #14/#26 overall
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Mechanical engineering:#18 publics/#30overal
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Electrical engineering:#19 publics/#31 overall