September 13, 2002

Rose-Hulman Ranked #1 for Fourth Consecutive Year in U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges

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The nation's engineering educators for the fourth year in a row have ranked Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology as the best college that offers the bachelor's or master's degree as the highest degree in engineering.

The ranking was based on the opinions of deans and senior faculty who responded to an annual survey produced by U.S. News & World Report magazine.

For the third year in a row, five of the engineering programs at Rose-Hulman were also ranked No. 1. They include chemical, civil, computer, electrical and mechanical engineering. The survey did not seek responses to rank programs in biomedical engineering, computer science and software engineering, and optical engineering which are also offered at Rose-Hulman.

The rankings are published in the magazine's 2003 edition of America's Best Colleges which will be on sale Sept. 16. The results of the national survey are also available via the magazine's web site at www.USNews.com.

Fifty-seven percent of the faculty surveyed returned rankings of the institutions in Rose-Hulman's category which is five percent higher than the response to last year's survey.

The survey enabled faculty to rate each program they're familiar with on a scale of one to five, with five indicating distinguished status. Rose-Hulman's peer assessment score is 4.5 which is the same score it received last year. The rankings of the engineering programs were determined by the programs receiving the most mentions in the survey responses.

Four In A Row: Rose-Hulman President Samuel Hulbert prepares to put on a hat that promotes the college's No. 1 ranking for the fourth straight year.

"To receive this recognition from our colleagues for the fourth year in a row is rewarding," stated Rose-Hulman President Samuel Hulbert. "It's another indication that the educational community recognizes our commitment to provide the very best learning environment for academically talented students," he said.

The second and third ranked schools, Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif. and Cooper Union in New York City, retained their same rankings as last year.

Other colleges ranked in the top 10 in the same category as Rose-Hulman included the United States Air Force, Military and Naval academies, Bucknell University, Rochester Institute of Technology and Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, Swarthmore College and Villanova University.