{"73890":{"#nid":"73890","#data":{"type":"news","title":"U.S. News Undergraduate Rankings Remain Strong","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the seventh consecutive year and the eighth time in the past decade, \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News and World Report\u003C\/em\u003E has ranked the Georgia Institute of Technology as one of the top 10 public universities in the nation.  Tech was ranked ninth among the nation\u0027s top public universities for undergraduates and 37th among all of the American universities, up four slots from last year.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Over the last decade Georgia Tech has shown the consistency in performance that reflects the quality of this institution,\u0022 said Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Jean-Lou Chameau.  \u0022I\u0027m pleased to see that excellence continue, despite the challenges that we face in today\u0027s competitive higher education marketplace.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChameau continued, \u0022We\u0027re especially proud of our ability to maintain an elite status among public universities during a time when our state funding has decreased.  I\u0027m hopeful that a rebounding economy will provide better dollars for higher education in the future.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s nationally prominent College of Engineering held steady with a ranking of 6th.  Among Tech\u0027s highlights this year is the ranking of the Biomedical Engineering program, which climbed two slots to 4th.  The College of Engineering had five of its programs ranked in the top 5 among specialty areas.  For the third year in a row, Georgia Tech\u0027s Co-op program was ranked one of 12  \u0022Academic Programs to Look For\u0022 under internships and co-ops.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our Engineering programs continue to maintain the highest standards,\u0022 said Chameau.  \u0022Biomedical Engineering made a significant improvement, while the other programs continue to receive high marks.  While such rankings certainly cannot convey the depth and breadth of the high-quality education Georgia Tech provides, it is nonetheless quite gratifying to have our ongoing efforts recognized.\u0022   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech continues to have some of the most generous alumni.  The percentage of Tech graduates contributing to the Institute is the highest among any public university in the top 50.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech ranks ninth among public universities"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"For the seventh consecutive year and the eighth time in the past decade, \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News and World Report\u003C\/em\u003E has ranked the Georgia Institute of Technology as one of the top 10 public universities in the nation.  Tech was ranked ninth among the nation\u0027s top public universities for undergraduates and 37th among all of the American universities, up four slots from last year.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech ranks ninth among public universities"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2005-08-19 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:27","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73891":{"id":"73891","type":"image","title":"Georgia Institute of Technology:","body":null,"created":"1449178028","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:08","changed":"1475894681","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:41"}},"media_ids":["73891"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/usnews\/home.htm","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"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":"\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":""}}}