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Released this morning, the ��������’s undergraduate offerings take the No. 42 spot among public institutions (No. 99 overall, including public, private and for-profit universities) in U.S. News & World Report’s national “Best Colleges” rankings for 2022.

The data represent a long tradition of excellence reflected in marks from the publication—a showcase of CU Boulder’s top-tier academics.

Several specialty areas ranked in the top-20 range among public institutions for 2022:

• CU Boulder's undergraduate business program at the  placed 20th among public universities (or 30th overall).
• The university's undergraduate engineering program at the  came in at 18th among public institutions whose highest degree is a doctorate (or 31st overall).
  • Additionally in engineering, CU Boulder placed:
    • No. 6 among public institutions for its aerospace engineering program in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (10th overall).
    • No. 9 among public institutions for its environmental engineering program (15th overall).
    • No. 14 among public institutions for its chemical engineering program among public institutions (22nd overall).
    • No. 17 among public institutions for its civil engineering program (27th overall).
    • No. 18 among public institutions for its computer science program (37th overall).
      • No. 14 among public institutions for its artificial intelligence specialty (26th overall).
    • No. 18 among public institutions for its mechanical engineering program (30th overall).
    • No. 19 among public institutions for its electrical engineering program (31st overall).

The latest "best colleges" edition assesses 1,466 U.S. bachelor's degree-granting institutions on 17 measures of academic quality, according to U.S. News & World Report. See . U.S. News & World Report typically releases its annual rankings for global programs in the fall and graduate programs in the spring.