America East, Member Institutions Again Excel in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
America East institutions once again stand out in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s Best College Rankings announced Tuesday, placing the conference among the best in the nation in the institutional rankings.
Three of the conference’s member schools rank among the top 100 national universities in the country while all eight of the conference's public institutions were chosen among the top 100 public universities nationally in the comprehensive rankings for the fifth-straight year.
"These rankings once again provide affirmation that our member institutions are some of the best in the country," said America East Commissioner Amy Huchthausen. "America East is comprised of like-minded institutions with similar academic profiles and aspirations and these institutions continue to offer their students what they need to be successful, just as we as a conference aim to provide our member institutions a platform upon which both collegiate and life success can be achieved.
Need to Know
- Only four other Division I conferences had more top-100 schools among non-FBS conferences.
- America East tied for 11th overall amongst Division I's 32 conferences with three top-100 schools.
- The conference placed 33 percent of its schools in the top 100, tied for the seventh-best percentage in the country.
- All nine America East schools ranked within the top 176 of the national universities rankings.
- America East is the only non-autonomy conference with eight institutions ranked among the top 100 public institutions in the country and tied fifth overall behind only the Big Ten, Big XII, Pac 12 and SEC.
- Four America East institutions qualified as ‘Best Value Schools’ determined by a school’s academic quality compared to its net cost of attendance for a student who received the average level of need-based financial aid.
- Four America East schools ranked among the Top-62 institutions for veterans, based on participation in federal initiatives helping veterans and active-duty service members apply for, pay for and complete their degrees.
- UMBC came in as the seventh-most innovative school in the country, just ahead of University of Michigan, Harvard University and Duke University.
- UMBC was also selected 13th in undergraduate teaching, up five spots from a year ago.
America East Institutions in US News & World Report Top 100 National Universities (Out of 311 Ranked)
Rank School
| T87. Binghamton |
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| T97. Stony Brook |
| T97. Vermont |
America East Institutions in US News & World Report Top 100 Public Universities (Out of 132 Ranked)
Rank School
| 38. Binghamton |
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| T41. Stony Brook |
| T41. Vermont |
| T46 New Hampshire |
| T78 Albany |
| T80 UMass Lowell |
| T83 UMBC |
| T97 Maine |
America East Institutions in US News & World Report Best Colleges for Value (Out of 143 Ranked)
Rank School
| 52. Binghamton |
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| 68. New Hampshire |
| 72. Vermont |
| 119. Stony Brook |
America East Institutions in US News & World Report Best Colleges for Veterans (Out of 94 Ranked)
Rank School
| T49. Binghamton |
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| T58. Stony Brook |
| T58. Vermont |
| 62. New Hampshire |
To calculate the rankings, U.S. News gathers data from each college on up to 15 indicators of academic excellence. The indicators are scored, normalized and assigned weights that reflect U.S. News' judgment about how much the measures matter. Next, the weighted values are summed and transformed so that each eligible school receives an overall score between 0 and 100, with the top school(s) in each category scoring 100. Finally, colleges and universities are ranked against their peers in descending order of their overall scores.
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