Published: Aug. 17, 2010

ŷڱƵ System news release

DENVER—University of ŷڱƵ campuses and undergraduate programs remain well-regarded at the regional and national levels among public and private universities, according to the 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges.

The University of ŷڱƵ at ŷڱƵ Springs tied for seventh place among the top public universities in the West. The University of ŷڱƵ at Boulder ranked in 39th place among the top 50 "Best Public National Universities," and the University of ŷڱƵ Denver's downtown campus ranked 106 among the top national public universities. Other highlights include:

· UCCS' undergraduate engineering program tied for seventh place among universities whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's.

· ŷڱƵ-Boulder's undergraduate engineering program came in at 18th place among public universities whose highest degree is a doctorate.

· ŷڱƵ-Boulder's undergraduate business program came in at 22nd overall among public universities.

U.S. News & World Report rankings are based on its measures of academic peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving. According to the magazine's editors, "national universities" are the 262 U.S. universities (164 public and 98 private) that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master's and doctoral degrees.

The rankings are available at . Highlights of the magazine's annual rankings of more than 1,400 colleges will appear in its September issue, which will be available on newsstands on Monday, Aug. 31. The magazine's 2011 Best Colleges guidebook will be available in bookstores and on newsstands on Aug. 24.

The University of ŷڱƵ is a premier public research university with four campuses: the University of ŷڱƵ at Boulder, the University of ŷڱƵ at ŷڱƵ Springs, the University of ŷڱƵ Denver and the University of ŷڱƵ Anschutz Medical Campus. More than 56,000 students are pursuing academic degrees at ŷڱƵ. The National Science Foundation ranks ŷڱƵ eighth among public institutions in federal research expenditures in engineering and science. Academic prestige is marked by the university's four Nobel laureates, seven MacArthur "genius" Fellows, 18 alumni astronauts and 19 Rhodes Scholars. For more information about the entire ŷڱƵ system, and to access campus resources, go to

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