PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 20, No. 5, Sept. 7, 2000

U.S. News and Kiplinger release annual rankings

Becky Mabry, Assistant Editor
(217) 244-1072; mabry@illinois.edu

The UI was ranked No. 10 among the nation's top public universities by U.S. News & World Report in the magazine's rankings for the year 2001. The October issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranked the UI ninth in its rankings of top public colleges and universities.

The UI's undergraduate program in engineering was ranked fifth by U.S. News. UI ranks of engineering specialties: aeronautical/astronautical (10); chemical (9); civil (2); computer (4); electrical (3); environmental (1); industrial (13); materials (1); mechanical (5); nuclear (9).

Many programs within the UI College of Commerce and Business Administration also achieved high rankings: accounting (1); finance (13); general management (11); human resources (3); management information systems (21); marketing (10); production/operations (14); real estate (7); undergraduate business programs (10).

The rankings appear in the Sept. 11 issue of U.S. News and are viewable at www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/home.htm.