{"72763":{"#nid":"72763","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Remains Strong in U.S. News Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the eighth consecutive year and the ninth time in the past decade, U.S. News and World Report has ranked the Georgia Institute of Technology as one of the top 10 public universities in the nation. Tech moved up to the eighth spot from ninth last year among the nation\u0027s top public universities for undergraduates. Georgia Tech was ranked 38th among all of the national universities, down one slot from last year when Tech jumped up four slots from the previous year.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our desire to excel has consistently placed Georgia Tech among 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. In particular I\u0027m proud that our undergraduate research program was named as an outstanding example of academic programs that lead to student success.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s nationally prominent College of Engineering, which is the nation\u0027s largest, held steady with a ranking of 6th. The College of Engineering had four of its programs ranked in the top five among specialty areas. Aerospace ranked second, biomedical placed fourth, civil ranked third, and industrial engineering ranked first.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our engineering programs continue to be recognized as the best,\u0022 said Clough.  \u0022The consistency of the rankings of the individual engineering programs bodes well for our continued success.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s internships and cooperative education programs were ranked one of 12 \u0027Academic Programs to Look For\u0027 under internships and co-ops.  Also Tech was selected as one of 35 outstanding examples of undergraduate research opportunities among \u0027Academic Programs to Look For\u0027 under undergraduate research\/creative projects.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech alumni continue to be some of the most generous. The percentage of Tech graduates contributing to the Institute is the highest among any public university ranked in the top 50.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech ranks eighth among public universities for undergraduates"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"U.S. News and World Report has ranked Georgia Tech as one of the top 10 public universities in the nation. Tech moved up to the eighth spot from ninth last year among the nation\u0027s top public universities for undergraduates.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech ranks eighth among public universities"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-08-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72764":{"id":"72764","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177954","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:54","changed":"1475894663","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:23"}},"media_ids":["72764"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/usnews\/home.htm","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":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}