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The most notable change in the engineering specialty rankings was in the aerospace / aeronautical / astronautical category, where CU Boulder’s aerospace engineering sciences degree jumped to No. 5 from No. 8 among public university peers.
The college’s Environmental Engineering Program also earned a top 10 public ranking, coming it at No. 9.
Five other programs were ranked in the top 20 among public peers:
The rankings were released on the U.S. News and World Report website on Sept. 24. Undergraduate rankings are based solely on the judgments of deans and senior faculty at peer institutions who participated in a peer assessment survey. Read more about the methodology.