US News and World Report released their list of best colleges Monday, promoting responses from system universities.
UW-Madison was the only system school to be ranked inside the top 200 of the most broad rankings at No. 45, with the rest of the public institutions in Wisconsin ranking higher in more localized subcategories.
UW-Milwaukee ranked 134th nationwide in engineering programs for public institutions while many other schools in the state found their stride in the “Best Regional Universities Midwest” shown below:
Best Regional Universities Midwest Public/Private
28. UW-La Crosse
33. UW-Eau Claire
53. UW-Stevens Point
61. UW-Whitewater
72. UW-Stout
95. (tie) UW-Green Bay
95. (tie) UW-Platteville
Best Regional Universities Midwest Public
3. UW-La Crosse
4. (tie) UW-Eau Claire
10. UW-Stevens Point
11. UW-Whitewater
14. UW-Stout
24. (tie) UW-Green Bay
24. (tie) UW-Green Bay
UW-La Crosse saw a four-spot bump in the rankings this year, which the university's administration said was due to the daily “great things” coming from staff and students.
“We’re fortunate to be moving up in these prestigious rankings,” UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said. “We are particularly pleased to see our reputation rising among comparable universities.”
UW-La Crosse ranked just behind the University of Northern Iowa and Truman State in the “Best Regional Universities Midwest Public” category.
US News and World Report use a variety of factors to assess create their rankings including class size, alumni giving and college entrance test scores.
More information on the publication’s methodology can be found here.
