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| U.S.News & World Report |
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UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS – NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES
The most recent undergraduate rankings were announced by U.S. News on August 20, 2009, for the 2009-10 academic year. |
| U.S. News Undergraduate Categories |
2009-10 |
2008-09 |
| Overall Undergraduate Programs |
12* |
12* |
| Alumni giving |
14 |
10* |
| Faculty resources |
8 |
9 |
| Financial resources |
3 |
5 |
| Freshmen returning for sophomore year |
97% |
97% |
| Graduation & retention |
15* |
15 |
| High school counselor ranking |
20* |
20* |
| Need-based financial aid awards |
25 |
26 |
| Selectivity |
6* |
6* |
| Undergraduate research/creative projects |
top 27 |
top 33 |
| Best value (Great schools, great prices) |
19 |
22 |
| Olin School of Business |
16* |
13* |
| Finance |
17* |
14 |
| School of Engineering & Applied Science |
40* |
38* |
| Biomedical engineering |
17 |
16* |
* – tie
npr – not previously ranked |
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| Newsweek Magazine |
| |
Ranking |
Year |
| Top 100 Global Universities – International list |
33 |
2006 |
| Top 100 Global Universities – US-only list |
23 |
2006 |
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| BusinessWeek |
|
Ranking |
Year |
| Undergraduate business school programs |
16 |
2009 |
| MBA feeder school (# of students admitted to top 35 MBA programs in the U.S.) |
1 |
2009 |
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| 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 |
| Journal of Blacks in Higher Education |
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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 |
| 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: August 20, 2009