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#76 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#48 Best Value Schools
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#49 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#47 Accounting
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#37 Entrepreneurship
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#36 Finance
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#35 Management
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#33 Marketing
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#12 Biomedical
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#25 Computer
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#34 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#18 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#27 Most Innovative Schools
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#270 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#23 Study Abroad
Boston University is ranked #40 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
67
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
55
Graduation and retention rank
40
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
87%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
93%
Social Mobility Rank
270
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
88%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
88%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
85%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
30
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
42
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
87.7%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
90%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
62%
Classes with 50 or more students
12%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
10:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
40
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
65%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
49
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
115
Average alumni giving rate
10.1%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
