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#3 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#1 Best Value Schools
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#10 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#8 Civil
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#10 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#6 Mechanical
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#1 Most Innovative Schools
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#28 Top Performers on Social Mobility
Cooper Union is ranked #1 in Regional Colleges North. 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
100
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
1
Graduation and retention rank
1
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
85%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
94%
Social Mobility Rank
28
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
84%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
89%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
88%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
0
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.2
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
9
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
4
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
36.8%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
N/A
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
72%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
7:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
1
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1283-1510
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
1
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
1
Average alumni giving rate
21.7%
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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%)
