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U.S.News & World Report
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS – NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES
The most recent undergraduate rankings were announced by U.S. News on August 17, 2007, for the 2007-08 academic year.
U.S. News Undergraduate Categories 2007-08 2006-07
Overall Undergraduate Programs 12* 12*
Alumni giving 11 10*
Economic diversity top 25 top 25
Faculty resources 7 6
Financial resources 4* 4*
Graduation & retention 17 17*
Selectivity 6 6*
(Best value) Great schools, great prices 18 18
Olin School of Business 12* 13*
School of Engineering & Applied Science 43* 39*
* – tie
Newsweek/Kaplan
Ranking Year
“New Ivies” Top 25 2006
Newsweek Magazine
Ranking Year
Top 100 Global Universities – International list 33 2006
Top 100 Global Universities – US-only list 23 2006
The Atlantic Monthly
Ranking Year
Overall undergraduate program 11 2003-04
Faculty research productivity (worldwide) 14 2006
Rolling Stone
Ranking Year
Schools that Rock (ranks both WUSTL and St. Louis) 6 2005
Seventeen Magazine
Ranking Year
“The 50 Coolest Colleges” (undergraduate only) 7 2002-03
The Times UK
Ranking Year
Top 200 World Universities 58 2005
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Ranking Year
Black enrollment – nation’s top 50 universities 7 2003-04
Integrating African-American undergraduates 4 2002-03
Black student college graduation rate 8 2006
Comparative graduation rates of blacks and whites 1 2002-03
Five-year progress in black faculty appointments 1 2002-03
Black Enterprise
Ranking Year
Top 50 Colleges for African Americans 42 2006
Reform Judaism
Ranking Year
Private universities most chosen by Jewish students 14 2006
Cosmo Girl
Ranking Year
50 Best Colleges Top 50 2005
Newsweek/Kaplan
Ranking Year
“New Ivies” top 25 2006
Newsweek Magazine
Ranking Year
Top 100 Global Universities – International list 33 2006
Top 100 Global Universities – US-only list 23 2006
The Atlantic Monthly
Ranking Year
Overall undergraduate program 11 2003-04
Faculty research productivity (worldwide) 14 2006
Rolling Stone
Ranking Year
Schools that Rock (ranks both WUSTL and St. Louis) 6 2005
Seventeen Magazine
Ranking Year
“The 50 Coolest Colleges” (undergraduate only) 7 2002-03
The Times (UK)
Ranking Year
Top 200 World Universities 58 2005
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Ranking Year
Black enrollment – nation’s top 50 universities 7 2003-04
Integrating African-American undergraduates 4 2002-03
Black student college graduation rate 8 2006
Comparative graduation rates of blacks and whites 1 2002-03
Five-year progress in black faculty appointments 1 2002-03
Black Enterprise
Ranking Year
Top 50 Colleges for African Americans 42 2006
Reform Judaism
Ranking Year
Private universities most chosen by Jewish students 14 2006
Cosmo Girl
Ranking Year
50 Best Colleges Top 50 2005

Key:

* – tie

Last update: September 2, 2008

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