U.S. News rankings released
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis' undergraduate program in biological and agricultural engineering is ranked 5th among large national research universities, and its overall undergraduate engineering program is ranked 35th, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2009 "America's Best Colleges" report released today.
In addition, the magazine's newest rankings acknowledge 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis for the diversity of its student body and for the strength of its undergraduate writing program. 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis' student body is the 17th most racially and ethnically diverse among large national research universities, tied with 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Berkeley, according to the magazine. And 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏLA are the only 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ campuses named on a list of 23 universities nationwide that "typically make writing a priority at all levels of instruction and across the curriculum."
Overall, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis ranked 44th among national universities for the magazine's 2009 report, tied with 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Irvine and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Santa Barbara, and tied for 12th with those campuses among the top public national universities. In its 2008 report, U.S. News ranked 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis tied for 42nd overall and tied for 11th among public national universities.
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