{"71985":{"#nid":"71985","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Receives Highest \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News\u003C\/em\u003E Ranking Ever","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech ranks seventh among the nation\u0027s public universities for undergraduates - the highest ranking in the Institute\u0027s history - and is among the top ten public universities for the ninth consecutive year.  According to \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News and World Report\u003C\/em\u003E, Tech moved up to the seventh spot from eighth last year (among public universities) and moved up two spots to 35th among all national universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech continues to distinguish itself as one of the top national universities over the last decade,\u0022 said President Wayne Clough. \u0022This recognition reflects the high quality of our programs, faculty and students, and our growing momentum.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s nationally prominent College of Engineering, which is the nation\u0027s largest, moved up in the rankings to fifth compared to sixth last year. The College of Engineering had four of its programs ranked in the top five among specialty areas. Industrial Engineering ranked first, Aerospace ranked second, Biomedical placed third (up from fourth last year), and Civil Engineering ranked fifth. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s internship and cooperative education programs were ranked among the 14 \u0022Academic Programs to Look For\u0022 under internships for the second consecutive year.  Tech was also selected as one of 35 outstanding examples of undergraduate research opportunities among undergraduate research\/creative projects for the second consecutive year.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am especially pleased to see Georgia Tech among the leaders in internship and co-op opportunities as well as undergraduate research,\u0022 said Clough.  \u0022Georgia Tech consistently seeks to offer our students the best academic experience possible, and that includes real-world and research opportunities.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech alumni continue to be among of the most generous. The percentage of Tech graduates contributing to the Institute is the highest for any public university ranked in the top 50.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech ranks 35th among all universities for undergraduates"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech ranks seventh among the nation\u0027s public universities for undergraduates - the highest ranking in the Institute\u0027s history - and is among the top ten public universities for the ninth consecutive year.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech ranked seventh among public universities."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2007-08-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:05","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71986":{"id":"71986","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177425","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:05","changed":"1475894647","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:07"}},"media_ids":["71986"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"},{"id":"2314","name":"Undergraduate Rankings"},{"id":"2315","name":"US News and World Report"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}