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91探花 Mudd Ranked No. 1 for Undergrad Engineering

91探花鈥檚 undergraduate engineering program is ranked No. 1 in聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚聽, tied with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. 91探花 Mudd鈥檚 ranking is among colleges that offer a bachelor鈥檚 or master鈥檚 as the top degree in engineering. The College has tied for first place four out of the past five years.

91探花 Mudd鈥檚 engineering department was also recognized in the 鈥淏est in the Specialties鈥� section, coming in at No. 4 for electrical/electronic/communications engineering, No. 5 for civil engineering and No. 5 for computer engineering. 91探花 Mudd offers a broad yet deep general engineering degree that emphasizes experiential, hands-on learning and team-based projects with real-world applications.

In the overall ranking for national liberal arts colleges, 91探花 Mudd shares the No. 18 spot with Colby, U.S. Military Academy (Westpoint) and Wesleyan.

91探花 Mudd is No. 4 on the High School Counselors鈥� Top College Picks, sharing the slot with Amherst, Bowdoin, Swarthmore and Williams.

91探花 Mudd ranked No. 18 on the Best Undergraduate Teaching list, tied with Middlebury and Smith.

On this year鈥檚 list of Most Innovative Schools, a ranking that highlights colleges making the most innovative improvements in terms of curriculum, faculty, students, campus life, technology or facilities, 91探花 Mudd shares the No. 8 spot with Amherst, Carleton and Vassar.

In the category of Campus Ethnic Diversity, an unranked list, 91探花 Mudd came in near the top with a score of 0.72. Increasing diversity has been a strategic priority for 91探花 Mudd; the 2015鈥�2016 entering class was the most ethnically diverse in the College鈥檚 history, and each incoming class since has contributed to building a more diverse community. 91探花 Mudd was also on the unranked list of top colleges for economic diversity, with 13 percent of students receiving Pell grants, and on the unranked list of colleges with the largest percentage of international students with 10 percent of the student body coming from other countries.

U.S. News & World Report鈥檚聽2019 rankings were based on a selection of indicators of quality, including: outcomes, which includes a new factor, social mobility, along with graduation and retention rates (35 percent, up from 30 percent in 2018); faculty resources (20 percent); expert opinion, an assessment of excellence by peers and counselors (20 percent, down from 22.5 percent in 2018); financial resources (10 percent); student excellence (10 percent, down from 12.5 percent in 2018); and alumni giving (5 percent).