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Carnegie Mellon Ranked Among Top National and International Universities

Carnegie Mellon ranked 21st overall and its undergraduate programs in engineering and business ranked among the 10 best in the country in U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of "America's Best Colleges."

Carnegie Mellon University maintained its stature as a top national and international university, according to new rankings published by Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report magazines.

Kaplan/Newsweek's annual "How To Get Into College" Guide named Carnegie Mellon among the "New Ivies," which the magazine defines as "schools with exceptional academic programs and campus offerings that have seen a rise in stature to rival the Ivy League and other traditional academic powerhouses in competing for the nation's top students." The university was one of 25 schools selected as a "New Ivy" based on admissions statistics and interviews with administrators, students, faculty and alumni. The guide, published in conjunction with Newsweek's "25 Hot Schools" issue, also rated Carnegie Mellon 75th among "The Top 100 Global Universities." Newsweek's "25 Hot Schools" and the Kaplan/Newsweek "How to Get into College" Guide become available Aug. 21.

Carnegie Mellon ranked 21st overall and its undergraduate programs in engineering and business ranked among the 10 best in the country in U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of "America's Best Colleges." The 2007 edition becomes available on newsstands Aug. 21.

U.S. News & World Report annually ranks engineering and business programs, as well as specialty areas within those disciplines. Carnegie Mellon's undergraduate business and engineering programs were ranked eighth overall.

In business specialty offerings, Carnegie Mellon ranked second in management information systems and quantitative analysis, and third in production and operations management. It also ranked seventh in supply chain management and logistics, ninth in finance, 19th in entrepreneurship and 20th in management.

In engineering specialties, Carnegie Mellon ranked third best in computer engineering, eighth in electrical engineering, 11th in materials science and engineering, 12th in mechanical engineering and civil engineering, 13th in environmental engineering and 15th in chemical engineering.

Carnegie Mellon continues to make a strong showing in another magazine "best" category — that of "Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects." The magazine lists, but does not rank, universities in this category. Carnegie Mellon has been listed among the "Programs to Look For" in undergraduate research and creative projects since the listing started five years ago. The university also ranked 33rd in the nation in the "Great Schools, Great Prices" category, and was included in the listings for economic diversity and international students.

U.S. News & World Report's overall rankings were determined by several measures, including peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources (spending per student), graduation rate performance (the difference between actual and predicted graduation rates), and alumni giving rates.

Princeton holds the top spot in U.S. News & World Report's overall national university category. For a complete look at the rankings, visit www.usnews.com.

For more information about Carnegie Mellon, visit www.cmu.edu.

Teresa Thomas
Jenni King
August 21, 2006



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