MIT ranked as nation’s No. 7 university by U.S. News
MIT again holds the No. 7 slot in U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings of the United States’ best colleges and universities, which were released today. The Institute maintained its standing as the nation’s top undergraduate engineering program at a doctoral institution, a position it has held since 1990. As was the case last year, MIT was also rated as the top university in six individual engineering disciplines. MIT tied with the University of California at Berkeley as the nation’s No. 2 undergraduate business program; its undergraduate programs were also ranked No. 1 in four business subfields, up from two last year, with new top ratings in entrepreneurship and management information systems. All rankings went online today and can be viewed at: http://www.usnews.com/colleges. The overall institutional ranking is unchanged from last year, when MIT tied for No. 7 with Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania — which both share the No. 8...