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#76 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#6 Best Value Schools
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#31 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#15 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#16 Biomedical
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#22 Chemical
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#18 Civil
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#16 Computer
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#15 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#15 Industrial / Manufacturing
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#18 Mechanical
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#42 Most Innovative Schools
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#138 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#10 Writing in the Disciplines
Columbia University is ranked #3 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
94
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
5
Graduation and retention rank
4
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
95%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
99%
Social Mobility Rank
138
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
93%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
97%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
94%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
2
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
3
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
7
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
95.7%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
100%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
82.1%
Classes with 50 or more students
9%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
6:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
2
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1450-1560
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
96%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
13
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
14
Average alumni giving rate
30.2%
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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%)
