U.S. News & World Report Ranks Manhattan College’s School Of Engineering Among The Best In The Nation

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – U.S. News & World Report has ranked Manhattan College’s chemical engineering program fourth in the specialty category of best undergraduate engineering programs. The College’s ranking appears in the print and online versions of U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” released this week.

This isn’t the first time the College’s chemical engineering program has received a top spot in the popular survey. In the 2006 edition, Manhattan’s program ranked fifth in the same category. Other schools ranked with Manhattan in this year’s survey include Cooper Union, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Rowan University, Bucknell University and the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Overall, Manhattan College’s school of engineering earned a peer review rating of 2.9 and was ranked 38th among engineering schools whose highest degree is a bachelor’s or master’s.

U.S. News ranks only undergraduate engineering programs accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology. The rankings are based solely on a peer survey of deans and senior faculty who rate overall programs and best programs in various specialties. Forty-three percent of the individuals surveyed returned ratings.

In the Best Universities-Masters (North Region) category, Manhattan College ranked 19th. The Best Universities-Master’s category includes institutions that provide a full range of undergraduate and master’s programs, but offer few, if any, doctoral programs. The 572 universities in the category are ranked within four geographic areas – North, South, Midwest and West – because they tend to draw students from surrounding areas.

Founded in 1853, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of undergraduate study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, along with graduate programs in education and engineering. For more information about Manhattan College, visit www.manhattan.edu.