The University of Â鶹´«Ã½¡¯s three universities—UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹, UH Hilo and UH West Oʻahu—received high marks in the rankings released on September 11.
U.S. News and World Report selected the top 1,500 four-year institutions out of the and graded them on 17 measures of academic quality, including graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, expert opinions, financial resources and student excellence.
“These latest rankings confirm what we¡¯ve heard from many, many others. The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ is a fabulous institution and across our campuses, we have a place for everyone,” UH President David Lassner said.
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹
, the flagship campus of the UH System, ranked No. 83 as a top U.S. public university; No. 166 overall in the U.S.; No. 200 as a best value school, which factors in academic quality and cost; and No. 67 for institutions whose students graduated carrying the least debt. UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ also tied for No. 6 in the nation in ethnic diversity and ranked No. 178 in social mobility, which measures how well schools graduated students who were federal Pell Grant recipients.
The came in No. 13 for international business programs and No. 128 among the best undergraduate business programs, out of 516 undergraduate business programs ranked. The is the nation¡¯s No. 93 best undergraduate nursing program, among 681 ranked undergraduate nursing programs. The placed No. 137 among the best undergraduate engineering programs in the U.S., and the ranked as the No. 121 best undergraduate computer science program, out of 537 ranked programs.
UH Hilo
retained its No. 1 ranking as one of the nation¡¯s most ethnically diverse campuses, tying for the top spot with Andrews University in Michigan. Students at UH Hilo in fall 2021 reported being 15.4% Asian, 8.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 19.4% white, and 35.8% of two or more races.
UH Hilo also ranked No. 56 for social mobility, No. 146 as a top U.S. public university, No. 285 overall in the nation and No. 86 for institutions whose students graduated carrying the least debt. In addition, UH ±á¾±±ô´Ç¡¯²õ is the No. 206 best undergraduate nursing program in the U.S., and the placed No. 283 among the best undergraduate business programs.
UH West Oʻahu
ranked No. 11 among best U.S. public colleges in the West, and No. 9 with the least student debt and tied for No. 3 with the highest ethnic diversity, among regional colleges in the West. UH West Oʻahu was also the No. 24-ranked regional college in the West, and No. 19 for social mobility among regional colleges in the West.
Ranking categories
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ and UH Hilo were included in the national universities category, which featured institutions that offer a full range of undergraduate majors, master¡¯s and doctoral programs, and emphasize faculty research or award professional practice doctorates. UH West Oʻahu is in the regional colleges in the West category, which includes schools that focus on undergraduate education and grant fewer than 50% of their degrees in liberal arts disciplines.
—By Marc Arakaki