AE Schools Again Lauded in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
BOSTON – America East institutions comprise one of the finest collections of public universities in the country, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report’s Best College Rankings announced last week. Additionally, a pair of member institutions were recognized among the best 100 national universities in the nation.
All eight of the conference's public institutions were chosen among the top 100 public universities nationally in the comprehensive rankings for the seventh-straight year. Only the Big Ten and SEC placed more schools on the Top 100 public universities list.
"The America East Conference consists of like-minded institutions with similar academic profiles and aspirations and these institutions continue to offer their students what they need to be successful,” said America East Commissioner, Amy Huchthausen. “These similarities bond us as a conference as we aim to provide our member institutions a platform upon which both collegiate and life success can be achieved through our #3Pillars.”
Need to Know
- America East is the only non-autonomy conference with eight institutions ranked among the top 100 public institutions in the country and ranked third overall behind only the Big Ten and SEC.
- America East has had multiple schools ranked among the top 100 national universities each year the rankings have been published.
- Six 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.
- Five America East schools ranked among the Top-133 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 ninth-most innovative school in the country, tied with Northeastern University, just ahead of University of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley, Brown University and Harvard University.
- UMBC was also selected 12th in undergraduate teaching.
America East Institutions in US News & World Report Top 100 National Universities (Out of 399 Ranked)
Rank School
| T79. Binghamton |
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| T91. Stony Brook |
America East Institutions in US News & World Report Top 100 Public Universities (Out of 146 Ranked)
Rank School
| T31. Binghamton |
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| T39. Stony Brook |
| T55. Vermont |
| 58. New Hampshire |
| T68. Albany |
| T79. UMBC |
| T89. UMass Lowell |
| 100. Maine |
America East Institutions in US News & World Report Best Colleges for Value (Out of 183 Ranked)
Rank School
| 52. Binghamton |
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83. UMBC
91. New Hampshire
95. Vermont
113. Albany |
| 149. Stony Brook |
America East Institutions in US News & World Report Best Colleges for Veterans (Out of 140 Ranked)
Rank School
| 58. Stony Brook |
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| T84. Vermont |
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T87. New Hampshire
T105. Albany |
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T133. UMass Lowell
America East Institutions in US News & World Report Best Colleges for Innovation (Out of 87 Ranked)
T9. UMBC
T57. Stony Brook
America East Institutions in US News & World Report Top 100 Best Colleges for Social Mobility (Out of 381 Ranked)
T24. Stony Brook
T27. Albany |
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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.
The America East Conference provides its member schools and their athletic programs a platform upon which student-athletes can achieve both collegiate and life success through the promotion and nurturing of athletic excellence, academic achievement and leadership, on and off the field.
America East’s commitment to academic achievement among its member institutions and student-athletes is unmatched. The conference recognizes over 2,500 student-athletes each year via six different academic awards programs. Additionally, the America East Academic Consortium, a voluntary academic partnership of the nine universities that comprise the America East Conference, aims to leverage the distinctive academic strengths of each member institution to encourage and support inter-institutional academic and administrative collaboration.
- #3Pillars – Building the Complete Student-Athlete -