{"id":126961,"date":"2020-09-14T11:06:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T21:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=126961"},"modified":"2020-09-16T10:23:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T20:23:54","slug":"us-news-and-world-report-ranking-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/14\/us-news-and-world-report-ranking-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> campuses rank among best in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> four-year campuses were featured in U.S.<\/abbr> News and World Report<\/em>\u2019s 2021 Best Colleges rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

U.S.<\/abbr> News and World Report<\/em> rated 1,452 eligible universities from approximately 2,700 four-year institutions nationwide on 17 measures of academic quality. The 2021 rankings were released September 14.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/a> ranked No. 83 as a top U.S. public school, No. 159 as a best value school, No. 170 overall in the U.S.<\/abbr> and No. 154 in social mobility, which measures how well schools graduated students who were federal Pell Grant recipients. The Shidler College of Business<\/a> is No. 14 for international business programs and No. 116 among the best undergraduate business programs, the College of Engineering<\/a> is the country\u2019s No. 145 best undergraduate engineering program, and the Information and Computer Sciences Department<\/a> ranked as the No. 171 best undergraduate computer science program.<\/p>\n

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UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a> retained its No. 1 ranking as the nation\u2019s most ethnically diverse campus<\/a>. Students at UH<\/abbr> Hilo in fall 2019 reported being 14.7 percent Asian, 9 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 19.1 percent white, and 35.2 percent of two or more races. UH<\/abbr> Hilo also ranked No. 80 in social mobility, No. 154–209 as a top U.S.<\/abbr> public school and No. 298–389 overall in the U.S.<\/abbr><\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span><\/a> ranked No. 3 among top U.S.<\/abbr> public schools in the West and No. 16 among best regional colleges in the West. In addition, UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> is the No. 7 best college for veterans and No. 23 in top performers for social mobility.<\/p>\n

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UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/a> and UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a> 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<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span><\/a> was placed in the regional colleges in the West category, which includes schools that focus on undergraduate education and grant fewer than 50 percent of their degrees in liberal arts disciplines.<\/p>\n

Other rankings<\/h2>\n

UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa also received these notable rankings:<\/p>\n