The U. of I. moved up two places in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 edition of “Best Colleges,” released Sept. 10. Illinois is now tied at No. 11 among public universities. The Urbana campus also moved up, five places, in the national rankings, and now is tied at No. 41.
The magazine also ranked business and engineering schools and specialties within those disciplines. The U. of I.’s College of Business is tied at No. 16 (down two places from last year). Within the college, the accounting program held steady at No. 2, finance was ranked No. 16, insurance/risk management No. 7, marketing No. 16 and real estate was ranked No. 11.
The College of Engineering retained its No. 5 (tied) ranking. Within the college: aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical, 5; biological/agricultural, 2; biomedical/bioengineering, 19; chemical, 12; civil, 2; computer engineering, 5; electrical/electronic/communications, 4; engineering science/engineering physics, 1; environmental/environmental health, 5 industrial/manufacturing, 15; materials, 2; mechanical, 6.
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