UW-Madison ranks 15th among public colleges, according to rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report.
Overall, UW-Madison ranks 49th in a four-way tie. Last year, the university ranked 12th among public colleges and 46th overall in a six-way tie. The rankings include over 301 national doctoral universities.
Rankings are based on a series of categories including undergraduate academic reputation, graduate rate performances, student excellence, faculty resources, financial resources, support from alumni, graduation and retention rates and social mobility. Each category is assigned a weight based on importance by U.S. News.
UW-Madison’s College of Engineering and the Wisconsin School of Business ranked 14th and 18th overall, respectively. The insurance/risk management program ranked second overall and second among public universities while the real estate program ranked second overall and first among public universities.
UW-Madison also ranks as the 23rd “Best College for Veterans.”
UW-Madison performed well in a variety of other recent rankings, including The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, Center for World University Rankings and Forbes Top Colleges.
