UM-Dearborn again rated among the best regional public universities in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report

UM-Dearborn was among the top regional universities in Michigan and ranked 36^th among all regional universities in the Midwest. This marks the 11^th consecutive year the university was rated as one of the region’s best.

UM-Dearborn’s College of Business (COB) and College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) also were ranked on program-specific lists.

For the 16^th consecutive year, the College of Engineering and Computer Science was rated among the nation’s top ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accredited undergraduate engineering programs among schools whose terminal degree is a bachelor’s or master’s with few, if any, doctoral programs. UM-Dearborn began offering doctoral programs in 2009. “CECS is honored to again be highly rated by U.S. News,” said Tony England, interim dean, CECS. “To be the highest-rated public school in Michigan, in our category, speaks to the quality of our faculty, staff, students and research facilities.”

The College of Business was ranked as one of Michigan’s top undergraduate business programs, with only University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and Michigan State University ranked higher. “We are pleased that the College of Business has been recognized for the fifth consecutive year as one of the best business schools in the state,” said Raju Balakrishnan, dean, COB. “Our presence on this list is a recognition of the high-quality business education that the College of Business offers and is a testament to the dedication and exemplary work of our faculty, staff and students.”

The rankings, which were released online this week at US News and World Report, will appear in the magazine’s annual guidebook to “America’s Best Colleges.” In the magazine’s ratings, UM-Dearborn is compared with other public universities that offer a full range of bachelor’s and master’s degree programs, but few or no doctoral degrees. Those institutions are rated by region because they tend to draw students from their surrounding areas, according to U.S. News. The magazine said it bases its overall rankings “on quantitative measures that education experts have proposed as reliable indicators of academic quality.” Their rankings of engineering programs are based on a peer survey of deans and senior faculty members at schools around the country. For more information on how U.S. News ensures the accuracy of the rankings, visit www.usnews.com/collegemeth.