You want proof of Rose-Hulman's prowess? Okay, then.

We know you math, science and engineering types. You're always wanting to see the proof that something is true. Well, here's the external evidence that Rose-Hulman ranks highly nationwide (and we truly deserve to wave a foam finger #1!).

U.S. News & World Report repeat, three-peat…twelve-peat and counting
For 13 years, Rose-Hulman has been deemed the No. 1 engineering institution whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's. On top of that, every one of our departments evaluated has also been named No. 1: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical and computer engineering.

Other books, magazines and reports that include us in their lists of great colleges

• The Best Buys in College Education
• The Fiske Guide to Colleges
• Peterson's Competitive Colleges (top 10 for Best Administered College, Best Career Services, Most Active)
• Barron's Guide to the Most Competitive Colleges
• Barron's Guide to the Most Prestigious Colleges
• Princeton Review's Best 371 Colleges, 2010 Edition
• Kaplan/Newsweek College Guide

Accrediting boards that say we're good at what we do

• The Higher Learning Commission
• Department of Education of the State of Indiana
• ABET
• American Chemical Society
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Students who've received national recognition

• For 27 consecutive years, at least one Rose-Hulman student has been named an Academic All-American, meaning he or she excelled in the classroom AND in athletics.
• Our Challenge X teams have earned top team and individual honors in national engineering competitions.
• Many students have been named to the All-USA College Academic Team featured in USA Today.
• Rose-Hulman's human-powered vehicle team won top honors at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers East and West Coast Challenges.

Professors who've earned the spotlight

• Faculty have been named Fulbright Scholars, meaning they earned scholarships to study internationally and bring that knowledge back to the Rose-Hulman classrooms.
• Applied biology and biomedical engineering professors Renee Rogge, Kay C Dee and Glen Livesay received Best Paper Award in the Design in Engineering Division (DEED) at the American Society of Engineering Education Conference.
• Associate professor of mechanical engineering Richard Layton was among the authors of a paper receiving the William Elgin Wickenden Award, the best paper published in the Journal of Engineering Education.
• Professor of applied biology and biomedical engineering Peter Coppinger was featured in Campus Technology magazine for using interactive software from DyKNow for his real-time classroom assessments.
• Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was named the Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educator during the American Society of Engineering Education Conference.