Among public national universities overall, Miami ranked 31st, up from 37th last year.
U.S. News & World Report used a variety of factors in creating the rankings, including undergraduate academic reputation, student retention, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, graduation rate performance and alumni giving rate.
“Two areas in which Miami reported gains to U.S. News are in the areas of student selectivity and actual versus predicted graduation rate,” said Denise Krallman, director of institutional research, in a released statement. “It has been a university wide effort to continually improve the quality of the incoming class and to provide them with the experience and support to help them graduate successfully. These gains coupled with already strong scores in other areas likely strengthened our standing.”
Miami also tied for 30th in the category of Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs, where the highest degree is a bachelor’s or master’s, up five spaces from last year.
Miami’s Farmer School of Business is ranked 47th, up from 56th for Best Undergraduate Business Programs.
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